LaVoy keeps listeners engaged as Arden builds her new life—and reckons with Dustin’s continuing obsession.
Narrator January LaVoy draws listeners into this story of author Arden Bowie and the man obsessed with her. Arden encounters Dustin at a book signing. He later assaults her and is sentenced to a psychiatric facility. Arden decides to start a new life and moves to a small town in Oregon, where she meets Gideon, a former detective. LaVoy captures the terror that Arden experiences as well as her journey toward regaining control. When they first meet, Gideon is aloof, but as he and Arden grow closer, LaVoy adds warmth to her voice. When Dustin manages an early release, LaVoy transitions her portrayal of him from meek to quietly menacing.
LaVoy keeps listeners engaged as Arden builds her new life—and reckons with Dustin’s continuing obsession.Pub Date: May 26, 2026
Duration: 15 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781250444776
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Review Posted Online: June 9, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2026
Outstanding suspense, gripping narration, and a highly topical premise.
A page-turner of the highest quality gets the star treatment it deserves. Mackintosh, queen of the thrilling plot twist, knocks it out of the park in this riveting production, brought to life by a quartet of outstanding vocal talents: Richard Armitage, Samuel Barnett, Tuppence Middleton, and Vineeta Rishi. From the moment Nadeeka arrives home to find police at the door and her boyfriend on the carpet, covered in blood, the listener is swept up into an intricately plotted political thriller where nothing is what it appears. As the story is told from four points of view, the suspense never lets up, and each well-voiced character is forced to confront, or reveal, the horrifying truth.
Outstanding suspense, gripping narration, and a highly topical premise.Pub Date: Sept. 22, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs, 31 mins
DD ISBN: 9781464297335
Publisher: Sourcebooks Audio
Review Posted Online: Sept. 15, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 2026
This quirky audiobook is both profoundly nonsensical and nonsensically profound.
In an impassioned voice, narrator Kimberly Wetherell tells the surreal, offbeat story of Dinah, a self-absorbed Vermont woman who is unable to process reality. She is fixated on her adolescence, bears, creatures of the night, various rules and codes of conduct, and fairy tales. Most of all she is haunted by memories of Rex, the charismatic but manipulative leader of the Nobodies, a group of vigilante teens, including Dinah, whoonce meted out punishment to bullies. Twenty years later, Dinah returns to her hometown to solve a mystery. What follows are riveting suspense, mystical revelations, and talking bears and cats. Wetherell makes one really hear Dinah, even if understanding her proves challenging.
This quirky audiobook is both profoundly nonsensical and nonsensically profound.Pub Date: Aug. 11, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs, 35 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668657041
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: Sept. 15, 2026
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