SHIVER

Narrator Olivia Vinall performs this locked-room mystery set in the French Alps. Ten years after a tragic competitive snowboarding season leaves one woman dead and another paralyzed, Milla attends a reunion with four estranged teammates at a remote chalet, hoping for closure. From the first minutes, Vinall sets a foreboding mood, drawing listeners into the cold, dangerous beauty of the mountains. When cell phones go missing, messages appear on frosted windows, and unexplained noises are heard down darkened hallways, the group becomes more anxious about who invited them there and why. Vinall's delivery fits the first-person style of the audiobook, conveying Milla's growing fear as secrets are exposed and one of the men is found dead. Understated characterizations and good pacing will keep listeners fully engaged. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2021]