Sonya Walger, with her recognisable and ambient voice, exudes the necessary prestige, power and worth in Adored, a soap opera of a story reminiscent of TV's Dynasty. I'm intrigued by Wickham's dark style of writing which is made further interesting by the sounds of Kellgren's sinister storytelling.Īdored - Tilly Bagshawe (2005) Narrated by Sonya Walger I can't say I loved or hated this audio book. As you might imagine, listening to A Desirable Residence is like hearing the tick-tock of a time bomb just waiting to implode on its inhabitants.

As the stress of the mounting mortgage bills rise and money becomes nothing but a bore to talk to Jonathan about, Liz begins to seek more than just realty advice from Marcus and an affair quickly ensues. Although Liz and Jonathan couldn't care less about their new neighbours, daughter Alice is quite enthralled with them and begins to spend countless hours with them, playing games, drinking into the late night, and having more fun than she's ever known. Marcus finds them the 'perfect' leasees and soon after Ginny and hubby Piers move in. In her typical fashion, Wickham creates a world of quirky and eccentric characters whose lives become enmeshed when two of them, Liz and Jonathan Chambers, decide to take on tenants to lessen their payments on their new home, while still trying to sell their old house. I don't know that any other narrator would be able to tell these dark and twisted stories in a more perfect tone than she. I think I will forever hear the soothing yet sinister voice of Katherine Kellgren whenever I listen to or read Madeleine Wickham's satirical novels. A Desirable Residence - Madeleine Wickham (1996) Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

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