Scythe
by Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster, 2016); audiobook read by Greg Tremblay (Bolinda, 2019)
Shusterman’s world-building weaves unobtrusively through the story. The central premise—a future where longevity gives rise to professional death-takers—is intriguing, and while plot developments are necessarily fraught, they also at times prove genuinely unexpected. Tremblay’s audiobook reading adds to the characterisation.