I Have Some Questions for You
Six Stories books
by Rebecca Makkai
Narrated by Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
The 3-star reviews all say the same thing: 'too literary' — which tells you exactly who should listen.
- Great if you want: literary cold-case mystery that interrogates memory, guilt, and institutions
- Listening experience: slow-burn and cerebral — ruminative over propulsive, rewards patience
- Narration: Whelan and JD Jackson split perspectives cleanly; podcast format lands
- Skip if: you want plot momentum over prose and moral complexity
About This Audiobook
When film professor Bodie Kane reluctantly returns to her elite New Hampshire boarding school to teach a guest course, she finds herself confronting ghosts she has spent decades avoiding. Twenty-five years earlier, her roommate was murdered during their senior year, and the school's athletic trainer was convicted of the crime. Now, as true crime podcasts and online forums continue to dissect the case, Bodie discovers troubling inconsistencies in the investigation that put an innocent man behind bars. Her attempts to maintain professional distance crumble as she realizes she may have possessed crucial information all along.
Julia Whelan and JD Jackson deliver a masterful dual narration that captures both the psychological complexity and investigative tension driving Makkai's story. Whelan embodies Bodie's conflicted perspective with nuanced vulnerability, seamlessly shifting between present-day authority and teenage uncertainty as memories surface. Jackson provides essential counterpoint voices that ground the narrative's darker elements. Their combined performance transforms the novel's intricate timeline into a compelling audio experience, with pacing that mirrors Bodie's growing obsession. The production quality enhances the story's podcast-within-a-book structure, making the format feel naturally suited to audio storytelling.