Something of a Calling
- Author Zoje Stage
- Narrator Jenn Lee
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 17 November 2026
- Run Time 4 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction.
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What to expect
From the brilliant Zoje Stage, Bram Stoker Award finalist and author of Baby Teeth, Something of a Calling is an unsettling look at a woman—and a world—on the brink of change. This gorgeous hardcover edition includes sprayed edges.
Detective Andy Cooper is about to retire. She isn’t sure what’s next … perhaps traveling in the RV she has yet to buy, with a dog she doesn’t currently own. Perhaps gardening near the ever-shrinking patch of woods behind her house—once the cable company’s backhoe is removed.
She’ll need to do something, if only to distract herself from how empty her life has become. After the murder of her young daughter by a drunk driver. After the divorce. After the realization that all she has is her job and that she’s about to lose that, too.
Everything changes when bodies begin to turn up. Murdered, but how? Not by knife, gun, or any obvious weapon. Instead: teeth marks. Chunks missing. Like they’d been chewed on. And not by humans.
As she’s struggling to solve her final case, an unexpected new friendship seems like just what Andy needs. Where she is detached from life, Fiona embraces it. Where she is a homebody, Fiona roams. Yet the women are drawn together by a shared love of nature and wildlife. Until Andy learns the dark truth behind Fiona’s smile. A secret that threatens to unravel the world as she knows it.
Critics Review
“From one of the best writers working today, Something of a Calling is an intriguing eco-horror police procedural, with breakneck pacing, deftly drawn characters, and enough chilling scenes to send you running for a blanket while looking askance at those deer at the bottom of your yard.”
“Stage is a writer with a gift for the lyrical and the frightening.”
“The master of the psychological thriller.”
“Rare is a writer who produces a page-turner. More unusual is an author who does so book after book, yet Zoje Stage, a master novelist, has gifted fans another chilling read.”
“Author Zoje Stage flourishes in creating layered, manipulative, and deranged characters.”
“Stage expertly melds her brand of dread with a crime story lying just beneath the surface.”
“A chilling thriller that will definitely make you lose sleep at night.”
“You’ll tear through this thrilling, heartrending supernatural crime novel. But when you’re done? You’ll need a hot minute to sit with Stage’s wildly smart (and timely) message. And yes, you will fall in love with these characters. Because they’re wonderful.”
| Author | Zoje Stage |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Jenn Lee |
| Duration | 4 hours and 32 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9798228497078 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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