The Favor - Nora Murphy Audiobook

Written by Nora Murphy
Read by Dylan Moore, Leon Nixon, Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release date: May 31, 2022
Duration: 11:20:28

Leaving would be dangerous. Staying could be worse.

Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives.

They don’t—ever—find themselves in the same train carriage or meet accidentally at the gym or the coffee shop.

They don’t—ever—discuss their problems and find common ground.

They don’t—ever—acknowledge to each other that although their lives have all the trappings of success, wealth and happiness, they are, in fact, trapped.

Leah understands that what’s inside a home can be far more dangerous than what’s outside. So when she notices someone else who may be starting down the same path she’s on, she pays attention. She watches over McKenna from afar. Until one night she sees more than she bargained for. Leah knows she can’t save herself, but perhaps she can save McKenna.

Leah and McKenna have never met. But they will.

‘Leah is walking in their shared neighborhood and sees McKenna’s husband physically abusing her through the front window. Struck by the similarity in their situations, Leah continues spying on McKenna until, unable to watch any more, she takes action, with fateful consequences for them both. In alternating chapters, three talented narrators–Dylan Moore, Leon Nixon, and Sarah Mollo-Christensen–portray the two women and Detective Jordan Harrison, who becomes entangled in the unsettling events that follow. Moore and Mollo-Christensen are clearly discernible as the different, but similar women, whose desperation and terror is clearly communicated. Nixon is equally effective as the detective who knows he’s figured out the crimes but cannot prove it. An author’s note gives valuable information about the realities of intimate partner violence. VERDICT This haunting thriller is recommended for most collections”—Library Journal