Tell Her Story

I finished *Tell Her Story* in one sitting because I couldn’t trust myself to press pause. Dakota Fanning’s performance is the secret weapon here, her voice trembling just shy of hysteria as she unpacks Lyra’s unraveling psyche. The audiobook’s star-studded cast delivers standout turns—LJ Ganser’s gravelly authority as a skeptical cop, Vikas Adam’s chilling calm as the town’s golden boy, and Fred Berman’s eerie, oily charm as a local oddball. The production is crisp, with sound design that drops you into Lyra’s claustrophobic world: the hum of a recorder, the static of a phone call, the creak of a porch swing in the dead of night. My only gripe? The denouement feels a tad too tidy for a story so gleefully messy—I wanted more blood on the floor. But that’s nitpicking. Hunt’s plotting is ruthless, and the audiobook’s short runtime disguises how densely packed it is. By the time Lyra’s podcast drops, you’ll be Googling local cold cases yourself. If you’ve ever wanted a thriller that reads like a binge-listened podcast but with the bite of a thriller, this is it.