When Crickets Cry
by Charles Martin
Narrated by Charles Martin, Adam Verner
★ 4.38 Goodreads (72.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (2.3K)
11h 15m
Released 2019 Literature & Fiction
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
A bearded stranger, a seven-year-old with a scar, and a lemonade stand — Charles Martin turns this small Southern moment into something that will quietly wreck you.
- Great if you want: quiet, emotional Southern fiction with redemptive depth
- Listening experience: gentle and slow-burning, with a gut-punch emotional payoff
- Narration: Martin reading his own work adds raw, unguarded intimacy
- Skip if: faith-infused sentimentality isn't your register