Listen to a sample
The Sugar Man
- Author
- Nicolás Obregón
- Narrator
- Barbara Barnes
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 5 June 2025
- Run Time
- 12 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
Not available in your country
We don't have the rights to sell this audiobook where you are. If it's already in your library you can still listen to it in My Books.
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
A serial killer in a small religious cult. A detective who has waited decades for justice.
Dakota Finch never really recovered from the day her best friend was murdered. Dakota and Flora were best friends – and Dakota has never confessed her own dark secret about what she did that day.
Years later, Dakota has become a detective, hiding her broken heart behind a rock-hard shell. When her latest misdemeanour sees her re-assigned back to her small home town, she can’t help but think it could be her chance to finally catch Flora’s killer – a man who’s only ever be known as “the Sugar Man”.
When another body is found, stirring up memories of her last summer with Flora, Dakota realises the truth may be hiding in the secretive Amish-like cult based in the nearby woodland.
But this is a killer who has stayed hidden for decades, and they won’t hesitate to kill again to protect their darkest secret…
'A masterpiece' Jeffery Deaver
'I'm awestruck' A. J. Finn
'A dark, brutal ride' Anthony Horowitz
©2024 Nicolás Obregón (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
-
With a nod to the classic film Witness, The Sugar Man finds hardbitten cop Dakota Finch on the trail of a serial killer hiding in an insular religious community back in a place – and a past – she thought she had left behind. An unflinching and mesmerizing small town crime story.
Vaseem Khan
-
How exquisitely rare to read a novel as original as Nicolas Obregón’s latest: a profoundly spooky thriller soaked in honey and horror, sugar and shivers, from a storyteller far too bold to write an ordinary sentence. Every turned page feels like a step taken closer towards something deep, dark, and irresistible. For readers of folkloric suspense (think The Wicker Man or Lucy Foley’s marvelous The Midnight Feast), for fans of flinty, fascinating heroines, for anyone who admires rich, risky world-building on the scale of Twin Peaks — take a trip to Nectar. This is a good one.
A.J. Finn
-
Brooding and intricately woven, The Sugar Man delivers a rich tapestry of characters and a deliciously claustrophobic small town setting. Addictive and oh so clever, this book is a masterclass in plotting and I inhaled it in two greedy gulps.
Ali Land, bestelling author of Good Me Bad Me
-
With The Sugar Man, Obregón delivers a deft and riveting mystery that I genuinely struggled to put down. This one will haunt me for a long time.
Anna Bailey
See more reviews See fewer reviews
-
Nail-bitingly compelling and utterly engrossing, The Sugar Man keeps you turning the pages as worlds, pasts and secrets collide.
Tim Glister
-
A dark read of serial killers and cults
i
-
Praise for Nicolás Obregón
:
-
A masterpiece
Jeffery Deaver
-
I'm awestruck
A. J. Finn
-
A dark, brutal ride
Anthony Horowitz
User Reviews
No reviews yet.
Details
- Author
- Nicolás Obregón
- Narrator
- Barbara Barnes
- Duration
- 12 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 June 2025
- ISBN
- 9781405947848
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Thriller: serial killers, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A serial killer in a small religious cult. A detective who has waited decades for justice.Dakota Finch never really recovered from the day her best friend was murdered. Dakota and Flora were best friends – and Dakota has never confessed her own dark secret about what she did that day.Years later, Dakota has become a detective, hiding her broken heart behind a rock-hard shell. When her latest misdemeanour sees her re-assigned back to her small home town, she can’t help but think it could be her chance to finally catch Flora’s killer – a man who’s only ever be known as “the Sugar Man”.When another body is found, stirring up memories of her last summer with Flora, Dakota realises the truth may be hiding in the secretive Amish-like cult based in the nearby woodland.But this is a killer who has stayed hidden for decades, and they won’t hesitate to kill again to protect their darkest secret…'A masterpiece' Jeffery Deaver'I'm awestruck' A. J. Finn'A dark, brutal ride' Anthony Horowitz ©2024 Nicolás Obregón (P)2024 Penguin Audio
About xigxag
xigxag is an independent, UK-based audiobook platform and the UK's only B Corp certified audiobook company. We offer nearly 150,000 audiobooks, all with professional human narration. No AI-generated voices. xigxag is rated an Ethical Consumer Best Buy for audiobooks and a top-rated ethical bookshop.
There is no subscription. You buy the audiobooks you want, you own them permanently, and prices start at $13.95. The more you listen over the year, the less you pay per book, and there is always a selection in Listen for Less from $7.95. You can also send audiobooks as gifts using our audiobook gift cards or in-app gifting.
Every audiobook on xigxag has honest reviews covering both the book and the narration, and our community features make it easy to share what you are listening to, discover what others recommend, and find your next listen.
Download or stream on iOS, Android, or in your browser. Browse the full catalogue at xigxag.co.uk.