Dread of Winter

By: Susan Alice Bickford

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

The remote town of Oriska, New York, hasn't been home for Sydney Lucerno for 13 years. She's escaped the creeping addictions and long-simmering anger that are as much a part of the landscape as the bitter cold. But when she gets the call that her mother is dying, every secret and fear she left behind is waiting to welcome her back.

Two days later, her mother's lover is dead, too. And Sydney's sworn to protect a half-sister she never knew she had, a prickly teenager named Maude with an opiate habit and a bad-news family. But more lies and feuds are poised to spring from every once-familiar corner. The predators Sydney thought she'd escaped are threatening both her and Maude. To get free, Sydney will have to discover the truth about what happened when she left - and decide what should stay buried, deep in the unforgiving snow....

©2019 Susan Alice Bickford (P)2020 Tantor

Intriguing

Good story, keeps facts together, story flows, great narrator. I found this book; Highly recommended.

Too much

A dramatic telling of made-for-tv series murder. Strong women characters and skilled dialogue. Narrator of audio version was not pleasant.