For fans of crime fiction, this is a compelling listening experience shaped by trauma, memory, and consequences.
Three narrators work together to deliver this sprawling murder mystery. Each anchors a different female character connected to Calvin Boyer’s murder. Eunice Wong carries Birdie Chang’s sections with a contained urgency that reflects her flight to Whidbey Island, off the Pacific Northwest coast. Mia Hutchinson-Shaw makes former reality TV star Linzie King sound composed. Mary-Beth is Calvin’s mother, and Christina Moore gives her a steady, maternal presence as she confronts her son’s death and its implications. The ensemble structure plays up the emotional stakes of these tangled storylines. The narrators guide listeners through a layered journey of discovery driven by testimony, confrontation, and the struggle to define justice.
For fans of crime fiction, this is a compelling listening experience shaped by trauma, memory, and consequences.Pub Date: March 10, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9780063289710
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: March 9, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 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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