THE THERAPIST

Narrator Olivia Dowd performs the majority of this thriller, set in an exclusive gated community in London. Alice, a freelance translator, moves in with her boyfriend, Leo, after he finds the perfect house for the perfect price. From the start of the audiobook, Dowd builds the suspense, conveying Alice's growing suspicion that there's something amiss in the neighborhood, especially after she learns that one of the men at her housewarming party was a gate-crasher. Dowd underscores Alice's conflicted feelings upon discovering the house was once the scene of a brutal murder. As Alice researches the killing and her circle of distrust grows ever wider, Dowd keeps listeners fully immersed. Narrator Thomas Judd nicely performs a single chapter told from a male perspective. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2021]