Lie in Wait

By: Eric Rickstad

Narrated by: Amy Landon

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test

Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present

In the remote, pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town's sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens.

So when a young teenage girl is savagely murdered while babysitting at the house of the lead attorney in the case, Detective Sonja Test believes the girl's murder and the divisive case must be linked.

However, as the young detective digs deeper into her first murder case, she discovers sordid acts hidden for decades, and learns that behind the town's idyllic façade of pristine snow lurks a capacity in some for great darkness and the betrayal of innocents. And Sonja Test, a mother of two, will do anything to protect the innocent.

Okay

An okay book, a little to slow. Needed more pizzazz. Too many "Victor said", "Tess said", "North said", etc.

Barely Started

I'm probably less than an hour in, but I'm not sure I can keep going. The storyline isn't bad so far, but the narrator is horrible. It sounds like she's either an AI TikTok voice, or a 4th grader in reading class.

Narrator sounds like a robot

Landon sounds like a robot and not at all familiar with the story. She even incorrectly pronounces words. Could have been much better.

Who is lying?

In a small town a teenage girl comes up brutally murdered while she is babysitting. Detective S. Test is on the case, but it isn't as easy as she thinks it is. While trying to investigate this murder she is encountering anger, fear, and prejudice and violence from someone in the town.. Who can it be? Detective Test also has is worried about her own family. I like this book it is pretty interesting, there are soo many different characters that it is a little bit hard to keep up with them all, so it is a little difficult to figure out who is lying and who isn't. Amy Landon does a great job reading.

It's not over until it's over

Just when you think you have it figured out there comes a twist. I wish it would have had one more end chapter, but the reader can use his/her imagination for that. Very enjoyable and has the reader guessing.