THE WAYSIDE

Narrator Lauren Fortgang performs this emotional thriller about a death at an elite liberal arts college and the mother who is determined to discover what happened. Kate Cleary simply intends to prove to herself that her son did not commit suicide. But when a student who was close to her son is found crumpled at the bottom of a staircase, it's clear something sinister is going on. Fortgang's empathetic performance captures the roller-coaster emotions of a mother who is in the depths of grief. Fortgang's pacing and distinct characters give listeners the eerie feeling that they, and Kate, are just once clue away from getting to the bottom of the two deaths. V.B. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2024]