Hidden

By: Catherine McKenzie

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings, Angela Dawe, Amy McFadden

While walking home from work one evening, Jeff Manning is struck by a car and killed. Two women fall to pieces at the news: His wife, Claire, and his co-worker Tish. Reeling from her loss, Claire must comfort her grieving son as well as contend with funeral arrangements, well-meaning family members, and the arrival of Jeff's estranged brother, who was her ex-boyfriend. Tish volunteers to attend the funeral on her company's behalf, but only she knows the true risk of inserting herself into the wreckage of Jeff's life.

Told through the three voices of Jeff, Tish, and Claire, Hidden explores the complexity of relationships, the repercussions of our personal choices, and the responsibilities we have to the ones we love.

©2013 Catherine McKenzie (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Good story, annoying narration

Try the sample before you commit. The narration was challenging for me to listen to. One of the women’s voices had a bizarre affection where she sort of sang the last word of each sentence. Story is good.

Better if sped up

The story kept me wondering until the very end, just as Claire did. The relationships between the characters felt very real. Jeff Cummings and Amy McFadden did well as Jeff and Tish, but as the other reviewers have said Angela Dawe's performance as Claire was flat. Sadly, I've had this problem with some of her performances in the past. On a whim I decided to try speeding up the playback. At 1.25 speed (something that's possible in the apps without making them sound like chipmunks) I discovered that not only was Ms Dawe's performance reasonable but that of Mr Cummings and Ms McFadden were actually improved as well. After that the listen became rather enjoyable. I recommend you try it.

Angela Dawe is terrible

I'm sure she's a nice lady, but I nearly stopped listening to the book because her performance is unbearable. She speaks in ALL CAPS, and bolds the last word of each sentence while drawing out the vowels in the last word as well. The cadence is painful to listen to. "I went to the back DOOOOOR. I didn't like what I SAAAAW. There was a BEEEAAAAAAAR. I chased it AWAAAAAAY."

Overall the story is quite good, and the characters are well developed and likeable. The other two narrators are great., I've listened to many books they've narrated before.

Hidden

This book seemed to be a slow take off but the more the chapters went on the better it became.

Great book love the ending!

It was a great book. It had me pretty hooked and I kept wanting to know what was happening. I love and hate the end. Loved how it ended because we actually found out what happened, but hated that Jeff did that! The voice behind Clair’s voice was super annoying to me. Other then that great book.