Black Water Sister
“Narrator Catherine Ho delivers a stellar performance…Ho’s seamless transitions between characters and accents keep listeners rooted…add excitement to the action and underscore the humor…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Amazon Editor’s Top Pick
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
A BookPage Best Book of 2021
A BookRiot Pick of Best SFF Standalones of the Year
A Tor.com Reviewers' Choice of the Year
Finalist for the Locus Award for Fantasy
When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke, and jobless, she’s moving back to Malaysia with her parents—a country she last saw when she was a toddler.
She soon learns the new voice isn’t even hers, it’s the ghost of her estranged grandmother. In life, Ah Ma was a spirit medium, avatar of a mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now she’s determined to settle a score against a business magnate who has offended the god—and she's decided Jess is going to help her do it, whether Jess wants to or not.
Drawn into a world of gods, ghosts, and family secrets, Jess finds that making deals with capricious spirits is a dangerous business, but dealing with her grandmother is just as complicated. Especially when Ah Ma tries to spy on her personal life, threatens to spill her secrets to her family, and uses her body to commit felonies. As Jess fights for retribution for Ah Ma, she’ll also need to regain control of her body and destiny—or the Black Water Sister may finish her off for good.
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