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  • The 22 Murders of Madison May

  • Written by: Max Barry
  • Narrated by: Helen Laser
  • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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The 22 Murders of Madison May

Written by: Max Barry
Narrated by: Helen Laser
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Publisher's Summary

From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality.

"I love you. In every world."

Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to know far too much about her and professes his love - shortly before he murders her. 

Felicity Staples hates reporting on murders. As a journalist for a midsize New York City paper, she knows she must take on the assignment to research Madison May's shocking murder, but the crime seems random, and the suspect is in the wind. That is, until Felicity spots the killer on the subway, right before he vanishes.

Soon, Felicity senses her entire universe has shifted. No one remembers Madison May, or Felicity's encounter with the mysterious man. And her cat is missing. Felicity realizes that in her pursuit of Madison's killer, she followed him into a different dimension - one where everything about her existence is slightly altered. At first, she is determined to return to the reality she knows, but when Madison May - in this world, a struggling actress - is murdered again, Felicity decides she must find the killer - and learns that she is not the only one hunting him. 

Traveling through different realities, Felicity uncovers the opportunity - and danger - of living more than one life.

©2021 Max Barry (P)2021 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

“Mind-bending.... A page-turner that also holds up in terms of its metaphysical conceit.” (The Chicago Tribune

“Barry strives to paint equally compelling portraits of the two women and comes pretty darn close. Each character assumes a fully rounded and weighty resonance.... Dynamic, suspenseful action with a light frosting of metaphysics." (The Washington Post

"Mr. Barry avoids the obvious sci-fi option of thinking up lots of exciting worlds, and takes the grittier route of imagining intrusions into the underbelly of this one.... Unnerving. He navigates the multiverse and the concepts of string theory and chaos theory with frightening conviction. Let’s hope he just made it all up.” (The Wall Street Journal)

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Fantastic

The story is really good with a lot of original twist and ideas but it’s the voice of the reader that makes it a « better than expected » expérience.

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Narrators Brought the Story to Life

I loved this book! Great narrator to accompany reading along. This was the first book I picked up after years of not finding my love for reading. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

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