THE WILD GIRLS

Narrators Stephanie Racine, Polly Baron, Silvia Presente, and Olivia Dowd portray friends in a formerly tight-knit group in this ensemble thriller. Once known as the "Wild Girls," the women are excited to escape their boring lives for Felicity's safari birthday bash. Alice is now a teacher, Grace is a homebody, and Hannah is a mother. Each woman has secrets, and this breeds distrust when they arrive at the African locale to find that, strangely, they are the sole visitors. The strangeness becomes unsettling when threatening notes appear. Racine is excellent as emotional Grace, her voice catching on the word "victim." Baron's soft, self-assured voice matches Hannah's caretaking role, Presente uses an airy tone for Alice, belying the character's suspicions, and Dowd uses subtle inflections as Felicity. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2022]