THE WIDOW'S HOUSE

Cassandra Campbell's remarkable acting skills and lovely voice are perfect for Carol Goodman's engrossing gothic mystery. Clare and Jess Martin leave New York City for upstate New York, hoping to jumpstart their languishing writing careers. Financially strapped, the couple agree to be caretakers for their former professor, Alden Montague, at his family manse, Riven House. After Montague tells them a story about his great grandfather running off with the local Apple Blossom Queen, then leaving her to marry another, Jess and Clare are both inspired to write again. Campbell navigates the serpentine plot--including ghost sightings, suicides, murder, and madness--in a way that makes the hard-to-believe credible. Campbell personifies all that is good about audio acting with this seamless, elegant performance of Goodman's spellbinding ghost story. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2017]