INTIMACIES

Narrator Traci Kato-Kiriyama provides the voice of an interpreter who moves from New York City to the Netherlands to work at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Cerebral and comfortably paced, Kato-Kiriyama's narration captures a serious protagonist. With little variation in emotional expression, Kato-Kiriyama describes the woman's relationship with her lover, Adriaan, who is separated from his wife but still enmeshed; her experience interpreting for a high-profile case involving a magnetic president who is accused of war crimes; and her growing interest in a crime that her friend witnessed. The narration is spare, perhaps with the intention of emphasizing the protagonist's introverted demeanor and internal world as she deals with stressful events in both her professional and personal lives. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2021]