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Tell Her Story

By: Margot Hunt
Narrated by: Dakota Fanning, LJ Ganser, Vikas Adam, Emily Bauer, Ann Osmond, Fred Berman, Jonathan Davis, Laura Darrell
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Publisher's summary

From the author of Buried Deep and The House on the Water comes a shocking thriller about a young podcaster who’s investigating a cold case in her hometown and determined to uncover the truth at any cost.

Paige Barrett was living her dream as a journalist in New York City, racking up bylines as a staff writer at The Razor, a cutting-edge online magazine. But when she’s suddenly fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, she finds herself back home in the quaint seaside town of Shoreham, Florida, waiting tables and living in her sister’s guesthouse.

Restless and itching for something meaningful to occupy her time, she decides to launch a true-crime podcast about the death of Jessica Cady, a beloved teacher who died mysteriously 20 years earlier. The case went cold with no leads and no suspects, but the more Paige digs into the woman’s death, the closer she comes to a killer. In a small town like Shoreham, it’s impossible to keep a secret forever.

Tell Her Story is performed by Dakota Fanning and features the voices of LJ Ganser, Vikas Adam, Emily Bauer, Ann Osmond, Fred Berman, Jonathan Davis, and Laura Darrell.

©2022 Margot Hunt (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.

About the Creator

Margot Hunt is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of three novels and the Audible Original Buried Deep. Her debut psychological thriller Best Friends Forever, which examines the complexity of female friendships against a backdrop of duplicity, was heralded as a "cleverly constructed thriller [that] kept me guessing until the very end" by Peter Swanson, and her second novel For Better and Worse was called the "best thriller of the year" by Book of the Month. The Last Affair, Hunt’s latest novel, explores an extramarital affair that ends with the murder of one of the cheated upon spouses. Learn more at MargotHunt.com.

About the Performer

Dakota Fanning will soon be seen opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in the series The First Lady for director Susanne Bier, which premieres April 17, 2022 on Showtime. She recently finished production on another limited series for Showtime, Steven Zaillian’s adaptation of Ripley, opposite Andrew Scott. She reprised the role of Sarah Howard in season 2 of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness and appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. In 2018, she starred in the TNT event series The Alienist, based on the international bestselling novel by Caleb Carr. The series premiered as cable’s #1 new drama and was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Limited Series. She is the voice of Miranda in Rooster Teeth’s gen: LOCK opposite Michael B. Jordan. Also in 2018, she made her directorial debut with Hello Apartment, a short film for Miu Miu Women’s Tales.
Fanning's extensive filmography includes I Am Sam, The Cat in the Hat, Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, Uptown Girls, Dreamer, Charlotte's Web, The Secret Life of Bees, The Last of Robin Hood, Coraline, The Twilight Saga, Brimstone, Night Moves, and Please Stand By. She is the youngest actor to have been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for numerous Critics Choice Awards.
Fanning is an Artist Ambassador for Save the Children. She was just announced as one of the new faces of Clé de Peau Beauté.

About the Performer

Fred Berman is an award-winning narrator of over 200 books. A New York native, Berman brings energy and enthusiasm to every project whether it’s mystery or fantasy, biography or YA. Berman is an accomplished actor of both the stage and screen as well, performing on Broadway as Timon in The Lion King and off-Broadway in The Normal Heart, Room Service, and Bury The Dead, among others. Berman has had roles on HBO’s High Maintenance as well as the NBC series Smash and Law & Order, and Forever on ABC. Film work includes Putzel, The Judge, Twelve Thirty, A Very Special Episode, and Redirecting Eddie. Fred is also a drummer and played for many years with the NYC rock legends Lisa Jackson and Girl Friday. He lives in New York with his wife and two kids, banging out Rush songs on the drums in his basement in his spare time.

About the Performer

Emily Bauer has a passion for truthful, honest storytelling and creating memorable characters across all genres. Lauded as a prolific narrator by the Audiobook Publishers Association, Emily is the recipient of multiple Golden Earphones and Listen-Up Awards, and starred reviews from Publishers Weekly. She recently portrayed the beautifully tragic Beth in Audible’s Little Women with Laura Dern, and Mary Anne Spier in the iconic Baby-Sitters Club series. Emily has narrated over 300 audiobooks including The Incryptid Series by Seanan McGuire, the Razorland trilogy by Anne Aguirre, and Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. She is also well-known for her animation work on shows such as Pokémon, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Wallykazam!, and has done hundreds of commercials and jingles.

About the Performer

Laura has been a professional actor for over 20 years and has narrated over 60 audiobooks for several of the industry’s major publishers and production companies in various genres, including YA, contemporary nonfiction, fiction, fantasy, thriller/mystery, and romance. Studying with PJ Ochlan/Deyan Audio whenever she can, she continues to garner recognition for her honest and dynamic characters, diving into the truth of their stories. Her facility with a wide array of authentic accents as well as her warm and versatile tones continue to attract the ears of publishers and producers alike. Laura has also appeared in multiple TV shows in recurring roles, as well as several award-winning feature and short films, and has appeared on professional stages off-Broadway and across the country and internationally. She was nominated for a New England Emmy award at age 13.

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Jonathan Davis is a critically acclaimed narrator and voiceover actor. In 2017, Jonathan was inducted into Audible's Narrator Hall of Fame. He has earned accolades for his narration from The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the American Library Association, Booklist, the Audiobook Publishers Association, AudioFile Magazine, and USA Today.
Jonathan's work as a narrator includes films and programming for National Geographic Television, National Geographic Channel, VH1, NOVA, Apple News, and PBS. He has narrated over 600 audiobooks, a variety of bestsellers and award-winners for top publishing houses and national audio divisions including Penguin Random House Audio, Harper Audio, Hachette Audio, Recorded Books, Blackstone Audio, MacMillan Audio, Simon & Schuster Audio, Podium Audio, and Audible. He is a three-time recipient and sixteen-time nominee of the celebrated Audie Award, presented by the APA for excellence in audiobook narration/production.
He has narrated over 40 titles of the Star Wars franchise for Lucasfilm Ltd./ PRH Audio, including several iconic movie tie-ins. He has participated in the annual Star Wars Celebration and has built a significant fan base.

About the Performer

L.J. Ganser has been narrating audiobooks since 1994, when he began at the American Foundation for the Blind. Since then, he has recorded more than 600 titles over a wide range of styles. From children’s books like Oswald the Octopus to challenging economic times like Capital in the Twenty-First Century. L.J. embraces the material as if he had written it himself and is sharing it with an intimate group of avid listeners. He is the winner of three Audie Awards and multiple Earphone Awards from AudioFile magazine.

About the Performer

Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to over 225 audiobooks. He quickly established himself in the audiobook world as a versatile actor who embodies characters with clear and distinct voices. Equally at home with a light piece of literature or a dark thriller, a short story or an epic novel (his longest: 49 hours!), Vikas’ audiobooks have garnered numerous awards and nominations including the Audie Award in Fantasy, several AudioFile Earphones Awards, and various Best of the Year lists from the Los Angeles Times, ALA, and Library Journal. He has recorded books in multiple genres by luminaries including Salman Rushdie, Orson Scott Card, C. Robert Cargill, Sandhya Menon, and is up for the Audio Award in fiction for Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. When not recording, acting, or directing, he’s Adjunct Faculty in the Theater Department at UCLA. He was one of the inaugural inductees into The Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. Instagram/Twitter: @vikasadam.

About the Performer

Ann Osmond is a New York-based narrator, actor, and singer who embraces storytelling in all its forms. Her audiobook work spans a variety of genres. Recent titles include the short story collection Floyd Harbor by Joel Mowdy, Chris Cander’s novel Whisper Hollow, and The Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia by Gail Weatherill RN CAEd. Theatre favorites include the title role in Tamara and The Stonewater Rapture (Fringe First award winner, Edinburgh Festival). Film and television credits include Law& Order: SVU, Hallmark’s Last Vermont Christmas, Diane, Then Came You, and Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. She has a degree in Theater from Stanford University and has studied acting, voice, and dance with a multitude of private teachers. Jazz and cabaret performance venues include The Falcon, Metropolitan Room and Cornelia St. Café.

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Great Mystery Short!!

Loved the premise of a true crime podcast as the backdrop for this intriguing suspense/thriller. Awesome narration! Highly recommend for true crime podcast fans and criminal mystery thriller enthusiasts.

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Brilliant

What is fantastic Novela!! so interesting the characters came to life and Dakota Fanning was perfect for the role !! I hope there is more to the story!

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Great story line and great narration!

What a fun listen!
I really enjoyed the story and narration was wonderful !
I would recommend this title.

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absolutely amazing

loved this book! finished it within no time. when will we get a second book!

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Suspenseful short story

This was a really fast moving short story. Great way to spend an afternoon or short road trip. I am going to listen to some more his theories. I think I would like them

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Just what I needed

Short story and cold case AND podcast? What's not to love? Really enjoyable listen! Short and sweet without a lot of unnecessary fluff. Beautifully narrated and written, you're quickly immersed in the story. Here and there a little cliché, but didn't negatively effect the story. Well worth the listen!

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Fun and Entertaining

My book club was lucky enough to receive this audiobook free thanks to Booktrib. Engaging "who done it?" story that kept me hooked from the first chapter. I also really enjoyed Dakota Fanning as narrator.

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Well read and kept moving right along

The story had good characters and full of twists and turns and could be a true story
I recommend it short story nice pace

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good job!

good story. well written. moved along very quickly, coming to a bit of a surprise ending. narration was spot on. a fun listen.

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Her story was a great story

Nicely done! I found this story to be very engrossing. Kept me interested from beginning to end.

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