Security

By: Gina Wohlsdorf

Narrated by: Zach Villa

When the gleaming new Manderley Resort opens in 24 hours, Santa Barbara's exclusive beachfront hotel will offer its patrons the ultimate in luxury and high-tech security. No indulgence has been ignored, no detail overlooked. But all the money in the world can't guarantee safety.

As hotel manager Tessa and her employees ready the hotel for its invitation-only grand opening, a killer is in their midst. One by one staff are picked off with ruthless precision. And before the night is over, as Tessa desperately struggles to survive, it will become clear that the strangest and most terrible truth at Manderley is simply this: Someone is watching.

With stunning ingenuity, Gina Wohlsdorf puts listeners front and center as the elite resort becomes a house of horrors. Riveting to the final sentence, Security is fierce, wry, and impossible to turn off. With a deep bow to the literary tradition of Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Daphne du Maurier, Wohlsdorf's razor-wire prose blitzes listeners with quick twists, sharp turns, and gasp-inducing terror. Security is at once a shocking thriller, a brilliant narrative puzzle, and a moving, multifaceted love story unlike any other.

©2016 Gina Wohlsdorf (P)2016 HighBridge

Can’t understand the plot

I would have to read this book several times to understand what happens. There seems to be two people killing people for no reason. The ending is even more confusing than the entire book. What a mess!!

Creepy, suspenseful, riveting

This was very difficult to listen to because it is so well-written. The staccato rhythm of the writing forces you to listen even when you don't want to.

A new and engaging thriller

I'm always inclined to give a thriller a try. Some are good, some are disappointing, but I enjoy the genre enough that it usually equals out. This book was wonderful, even by my standards. We watch a team preparing to open a new hotel, but not from a typical narrator. This narration comes from the point of view of the security cameras and what they see. And one of the things they see is a killer moving from room to room, stalking the survivors.

What really will shock and amaze you is the genius behind the narration. Just as you think you know what is happening, just as you think the point of view of the story, the author completely changes the ground underneath you. The narrator keeps up with the voice and the tone of the story. This is thought provoking, paced beautifully, scary, and engaging. I loved it.

Fantastic yarn, fantastic narrator.

I must chime in and say that I thought this book was innovative, well-written, perfectly narrated (Zach Villa is a treasure!), precisely paced, with just enough grey areas to keep me interested in solving the puzzles. It is grisly, no doubt. Loved the references to classic dark thrillers. A luxury hotel with a maze garden - hello! Give it a try... you may love it too!

If this book were a festival, it’d be called SNOOZEFEST!

There’s very little action. The concept sounded interesting, but it was squandered away by pointless exposition and some weird, formulaic “will-they-won’t-they” romance between 2 characters. Once it got to the part of them embracing and smelling each other, I noped out. I wasn’t rooting for anyone in this book besides The Killer, and even HE was boring me with his kills. There was nothing thrilling about this “thriller,” and I’m mad I wasted my time. Listening to this and hoping it becomes interesting is like trying to make “fetch” happen; it’s NEVER going to happen! Seek entertainment elsewhere.