Chapel of Ease Audiobook (Free)

When Matt Johansson, a young NY actor, auditions for Chapel of Ease, an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show’s writer and composer. As their friendship deepens, Matt learns that Ray’s people call themselves the Tufa which the musical is dependant on the history of his isolated hometown. But there is one query in the show’s script that Ray refuses to answer: What is buried in the ruins from the chapel of ease?

As opening night approaches, unusual things about Chapel of Simplicity begin to happen. A dreadlocked girl comes after and spies on Ray. At the press preview, a strange Tufa woman warns him to stop the show. After that, as the rave reviews arrive, Ray dies in his sleep.

Matt as well as the ensemble are distraught, but there is no question of shutting down, and the run quickly offers out. Matt volunteers to consider Ray’s ashes back to Needsville, where he hopes to understand even more about the play and uncover the trick that Ray required to his grave.

Matt’s journey in to the haunting Appalachian mountains of Cloud County sets him on a dangerous route, where some secrets deserve to stay buried. “Bledsoe’s 4th Tufa novel weaves together the magic of off-Broadway movie theater using the lore and illusion from the Tufa…Along with his subtle, character-driven approach, Bledsoe skillfully fuses music, legend, and regional atmosphere to generate something that feels like an unexplored corner of American mythology.”-Publishers Weekly