Rachel L. Jacobs, Jane Oppenheimer, and Rene Ruiz lend their considerable talents to this story of a house bequeathed to a family by an unknown aunt. The Baker family is vacationing at the house. While they had hoped the vacation would bring them closer, instead they start turning on each other--with devastating consequences. Oppenheimer tells the aunt's backstory, tracing her path from family outcast to vengeful woman. Ruiz portrays the father, an optimist who is the brunt of family jokes, and son JJ, an awkward, overweight, pimply teenager who is tired of being ostracized. Jacobs portrays the perfectionist mom, Jenna, who is embarrassed by her family and obsessed with appearance, along with daughter Jessie, who is obsessed with her weight and social standing. Dysfunction is this family's legacy.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2024
Duration: 10 hrs
DD ISBN: 9780744311433
Publisher: CamCat Books
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Narrator Bailey Carr's perfect deadpan tone is fitting for Anya St. Clair, a fashion magazine contributor who expresses more worry over blood-soaked shoes than she does over its source. What begins as friendly competition for a promotion between Anya and her co-worker and obsession, Sarah Taft, turns fiercely fatal as Anya justifies what she's willing to do to achieve her goal. Delivering dark humor at its finest, Carr's narration is most notable for its crystal-clear quality, mostly void of emotion except for moments of rage delivered through gritted teeth. Anya's smooth voice belies her inner turmoil and disdain for the majority of humanity. Her editor, however, is a sharp and commanding presence spitting out orders that only compound the situations Anya finds herself in.
Pub Date: Sept. 11, 2018
Duration: 10 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781978630123
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
A time-traveling teacher tries to prevent President Kennedy’s assassination but finds the relationship between past and present more complicated than he expected. As the story begins in Lisbon Falls, Maine, narrator Craig Wasson delivers a spirited and thoughtful performance of Jake Epping’s first-person account. Further into the novel, however, Wasson falls headlong into that ever-frustrating pit that looms before King’s narrators: the failure to correctly pronounce one of Maine’s premier cities, Bangor. This introduces into the dialogue the standard inept, overdone imitation of the Downeast accent—and not much better renderings of various Southern tongues. The narrative passages, however, are delivered with care and enthusiasm.
Pub Date: Nov. 8, 2011
Duration: 35 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781442344297
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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