"The Stranger in Room Six" by Jane Corry

Thank you LibroFM for gifting me this audiobook.

Publisher: Doubleday Canada   |    Pub Date: October 7th, 2025   |    Pages: 427

Listening time: 11 hrs and 44 min    |    Narrator:  Bronwen Price

Review in 3 words: History, Mystery, Elderly

REVIEW:

This book is categorized as a domestic thriller, but I didn’t find it very thrilling. The cover definitely led me to think it was spooky and scary. I did feel the attempt at making it scary, but I didn’t get that vibe. Instead, I got this amazing historical fiction vibe. I definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction!

The book revolves around two women in a nursing home telling their interesting life stories, each with secrets they haven’t shared before. In all, there are 3 stories: Belinda’s time in prison, Mabel’s time in World War II, and present day.

Truth be told, I love all of the stories. I loved the characters. I loved the narrator. 

 

SUMMARY: 

New beginnings always come with old secrets.

It's been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband's murder. Now that she’s free, she’s ready for a fresh start. So, when she gets a job at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart, she’s dead set on making sure no one learns about her awful past.

Mabel has spent her life at Sunnyside—first as an evacuee during the Blitz, and now as the home’s oldest resident. She’s held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that, in the wrong hands, could kill.

But history won’t stay hidden forever, because someone is onto both Belinda and Mabel, watching and listening from Room Six.

And they’ll stop at nothing to find out the truth. 

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