No Diving in the Shallow End

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

Betty is running away from someone. Jimmy is running away from dark events in his past. At the seedy Paradise Motel they're both staying at in Florida, everyone's running away from something.

Jimmy is divorced and living at a motel in Florida where his only pleasure is downing a six-pack of beer every night and hang out with retired cop Bert who has a gambling problem. When the mysterious Betty arrives to the motel, Jimmy is attracted to her, and very curious to find out what she's running from. Can this be a second chance at life? Betty's secrets brings up memories from his own past.

Betty is desperately running away from someone. When Jimmy helps her out with her new car, she thinks he seems like a nice guy. But what dark events is he hiding from his past? Is Jimmy really as nice as he seems?

Can anyone really escape their past? A gripping suspenseful drama/thriller.