THE GLASS FOREST

Caitlin Davies, as Angie Glass, leads off the narration of this mystery, told from the perspective of three related women. Angie, who is enamored of her charming, older husband, insists on joining him to comfort his niece Ruby after the news arrives that his brother has killed himself and Ruby's mother is missing. Through flashbacks, Davies and her fellow narrators--Jayme Mattler as Ruby and Cassandra Campbell as Ruby's mother--reveal these women's relationships with the Glass brothers and exactly what has led to this moment. Campbell and Mattler offer strong supporting performances, but Davies's ungainly cadence is entirely out of step with the text. Consequently, her delivery of the plot's revelations--predilections indulged and dangerous choices made--falls flat. K.W. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2018]