A PLEASURE AND A CALLING

Narrator Michael Page's portrayal of this "sociopath-next-door" will have listeners shopping for new door locks. Seemingly benign, even kindly, real estate agent Mr. Heming has a penchant for hanging onto keys and inviting himself into others' homes and secrets. His interest in knowing the intimacies of his neighbors' lives is by no means matched by such disclosures of his own life. Author and protagonist are united in their knack for holding back details until it suits their narrative. Page is right with them, sounding every bit the normal, vaguely middle-aged stuffed shirt Mr. Heming portrays himself to be, even as he recounts his inventive reprisals against those who have offended his twisted sense of right and wrong. K.W. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2014]