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?
About the Creator:
Ben H. Winters is the author of the novel Golden State, as well as the New York Times beselling Underground Aprilines, The Last Policeman trilogy, the horror novel The Bonus Room, and several works for young readers. Winters’ books have received the Edgar Award for mystery writing, the Philip K. Dick award in science fiction, the Sidewise Award for alternate history, and France’s Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire. Ben’s writing has appeared in Slate and in The New York Times Book Review. He also writes for film and television and was a producer on the FX show Legion. Ben lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.
In addition to the over 450 genre hopping audiobooks Vikas Adam has recorded, he’s a classically trained actor and director as well as faculty at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. His audiobook catalog includes works from prominent authors including Salman Rushdie, Paulo Coelho, Yann Martel, C. Robert Cargill, Grant Morrison, and E.M. Forster. Other voiceover credits include recordings for Audm/New York Times and vApple News*, animation, dubbing, and podcasts. Vikas has won several of the industry’s most prestigious awards including the Audie Award (and is a 12 time nominee), a Voice-Arts Award, 19 Earphones awards, is on several “Best of the Year” lists, and has the distinction of being an inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.