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Stranger
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Stranger
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Publisher's Summary
From Ben H. Winters, author of the Last Policeman trilogy, The Quiet Boy, and the Audible Originals Q&A and Self Help, comes a new crime story—a darkly comedic thriller, a wicked satire of our contemporary digital lives, and a loving homage to Patricia Highsmith’s iconic Strangers on a Train.
Meet Harry, aspiring tech entrepreneur. He’s a would-be Steve Jobs trapped in a cubicle gig at an angel investor firm, so close and yet so far from his dreams. His marriage is foundering, his career is stalled out, and all he wants is to create an app like Uber, or Tinder, something to make real change in the world, and change his own life forever.
Now meet Peter, a deeply troubled computer genius who lives in a basement apartment, chugging red wine, nursing old grudges and writing code.
When Harry meets Peter, it’s both of their lives that will change, when they invent an app for murder: you post your desired target, I post mine, and if we make a match we both carry out the other’s killing. Stranger is an instant success, and Harry’s dreams have come true…but at what cost?
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- stu ducklow
- 2023-08-13
Excellent story!
Fast moving story with an imaginative idea. Couldn’t put it down (or turn it off)
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- LDanna
- 2023-08-01
Well worth a listen!
'Stranger' held my attention from start to finish. It's a great riff on Highsmith's 'Strangers on a Train' set within a contemporary framework of app creation. Excellent character development, a perfect story arc and a very smart plot! Vikas Adam does a great job with the voices of all the characters. He has a pleasant flexible mid-range reading voice, well suited to Ben H. Winters' narrative. I loved it!
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- Phyllis B.
- 2023-07-28
Loved it.
I enjoyed listening to the story and the ending caught me by surprise. Worth the listen!
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- Sherij
- 2023-09-17
Not great
The narration was rough, but that's my personal preference for not loving the multiple pov from one narrator. The story took much too long to get interesting considering how short this was.
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