BY TESSA WEGERT
NARRATED BY CALLIE BEAULIEU
THE DETAILS✎
❐ LOCKED ROOM (ISLAND) MYSTERY❐ A NOR'EASTER BEARING DOWN❐ SOMETHING IS AFOOT HERE...❐ A PROMISING START TO A NEW SERIES❐ LENGTH OF AUDIO ➯ 9 HOURS, 48 MINUTES❐ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
I'm fairly new to the locked-room type of mystery...and it ultimately makes me think of the game Clue...this story really reminded me of playing that game as a kid. Except these people are family.
Shana Merchant is a former NYPD detective who barely survived being abducted by a serial killer and now she works in the Thousand Islands region in Upstate New York. Where she is sent to a private island owned by a wealthy family within the region to investigate the disappearance/possible murder of one of its members. From there the story and the family mayhem ensues. This mystery was fairly unpredictable, other than a person's natural greed for money, and it's filled with plenty of secrets, lies, and betrayals.
The real story, for me, is Shana Merchant's story...my interest is peaked when it comes to her story and it is only just scratched at in this first book (book #2 comes out is in December). The serial killer she escaped from is still at large and you just know there's a lot more coming from that angle.
BREAKDOWN✎Narration ➯ 4½ STARSPlot ➯ 4.3/5Characters ➯ 4.2/5The Feels ➯ 4/5Pacing ➯ 4.5/5Addictiveness ➯ 4/5Theme, Tone or Intensity ➯ 4/5Originality/Believability ➯ 4.3/5Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ➯ 4/5Twisty-ness/Mystery ➯ 4.5/5Ending ➯ 4.3/5SUMMATION ➯ 4¼ STARS
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