An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Amy  

psychological thriller

Jess needs some extra money and hears of a university psychologist paying for research study subjects. She sneaks her way into the study and greatly appreciates the doctor’s financial generosity and the freedom of feeling unburdened. But things eventually begin to feel off.

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen was well done. The anonymous girl of the title seems like the perfect candidate for whatever the psychologist has in mind. But what, exactly, does the psychologist plan? That is the main mystery that keeps the reader glued to the pages as we learn more about Jessica and the psychologist. Then, after the study hypothesis is divulged, the reader thinks they know how this will play out.  But there are plot twists! I was compelled to keep listening. The thriller part didn’t happen until late in the novel, but it got to the point where I was fully consumed with wondering how things would turn out.

The audiobook is narrated by Julia Whelan and Barrie Kreinik. I’ve listened to a few books narrated by each of them before and they both are awesome narrators. I had to wonder why the choice was made to use two narrators for this novel, though. Both have a sufficient voice repertoire that two narrators should not have been necessary. And the tones of the two women are similar enough that it took me a very long time to even realize there were two of them. I feel either one could have handled the entire novel alone. I would like to state that I disagree with the producer’s choice to use two of them but they both did a great job with their parts, had ample vocal repertoire (differing voices/accents), and great voice acting. I give them both As for this book and am only holding back the “+” because of choice to use two of them.