La señorita de compañía

I’ll admit, I approached *La señorita de compañía* skeptical that a 45-minute audiobook could deliver the same punch as Christie’s novels. Then Joan Mora’s voice—cool, measured, with just a hint of steel—pulled me into Elspeth’s carriage, and I was hooked. Mora’s performance is a masterstroke: she voices Elspeth not as a doddering old woman, but as someone whose sharp mind is betrayed by a world that refuses to believe her. The moment she gasps, *“¡Lo he visto!”*—delivered with such controlled horror—sent chills down my spine. It’s a narration that trusts the listener to fill in the blanks, which makes the story’s ambiguity all the more haunting. That said, the brevity *does* come at a cost. The resolution, while thematically satisfying, feels almost too neat for a tale so steeped in dread. I wanted one more scene, one more beat to linger in the unease. And while the sound production is clever (the way the train’s rhythm fades as Elspeth’s certainty does is *chef’s kiss*), the lack of ambient noise in key moments occasionally makes the dialogue feel stagey. Still, these are quibbles. What Mora and Christie achieve here is rare: a mystery that’s less about solving a crime and more about the paralyzing fear of being the only one who *knows*. If you’ve ever doubted your own eyes—or loved a story that trusts you to sit with discomfort—this is your next listen.