THE CHERRY ROBBERS

January LaVoy narrates a chilling audiobook, complete with ghosts, madness, and secrets. LaVoy channels Sylvia Wren, a world-famous, reclusive Arizona artist. Currently, she's being hounded by a journalist who's threatening to reveal her real identity: She is the heiress to the Chapel Firearms fortune, Iris Chapel. One-upping the reporter, Sylvia writes her own memoir, offering a disturbing look at her childhood, her domineering father, and her emotionally broken mother. LaVoy navigates the backstory smoothly, becoming each of the six doomed sisters and their Cassandra-like mother, who foresees "something terrible" for her daughters if they marry: "The Chapel sisters: First they get married; then they get buried." LaVoy's intimate breathy tones create the perfect gothic ambiance. Her delivery of the chilling details keeps listeners on edge. Intensely satisfying. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2022]