HERESY

A full cast offers variety and verisimilitude in this production of Melissa Lenhardt's take on a Western. The story features three late-nineteenth-century women who become outlaws after being robbed of their Colorado horse ranch. Englishwoman Margaret Parker (Barrie Kreinik), former slave Hatty LaCour (Ella Turenne), and ex-Pinkerton detective Claire Hamilton (Bailey Carr) tell their stories of living, loving, riding, and robbing. A professorial introduction by Stephanie Bailey (Nikki Massoud), WPA interviews by researcher Grace Williams (Natalie Naudus), a podcast hosted by Krys Chestnut (Imani Jade Powers), and newspaper excerpts delivered by James Fouhey further enhance the audiobook's realism, while slowing the action and varying the story's pace. This is a diverting and unique tale about the Old West. A.C.S. 2022 Audies Winner © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2022]