Death in the Family, Tessa Wegert
Death in the Family, Tessa Wegert
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Death in the Family

Author: Tessa Wegert

Narrator: Callie Beaulieu

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/18/2020


Synopsis

Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly murder cases behind, she's taken a job in her fiancé's sleepy hometown in the Thousand Islands region of Upstate New York. But as a nor'easter bears down on her new territory, Shana and fellow investigator Tim Wellington receive a call about a man missing on a private island. Shana and Tim travel to the isolated island owned by the wealthy Sinclair family to question the witnesses. They arrive to find blood on the scene and a house full of Sinclair family and friends on edge.

While Tim guesses they're dealing with a runaway case, Shana is convinced that they have a murder on their hands. As the gale intensifies outside, she starts conducting interviews and discovers the Sinclairs and their guests are crawling with dark and dangerous secrets.

Trapped on the island by the raging storm with only Tim, whose reliability is thrown into question, the increasingly restless suspects, and her own trauma-fueled flashbacks for company, Shana will have to trust the one person her abduction destroyed her faith in—herself. But time is ticking down, because if Shana's right, a killer is in their midst and as the pressure mounts, so do the odds that they'll strike again.

About Tessa Wegert

Tessa Wegert is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Forbes, the Huffington Post, Adweek, and the Economist. She grew up in Quebec near the border of Vermont and now lives with her family in Connecticut. Tessa writes mysteries set in Upstate New York while studying martial arts and dance. Death in the Family is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on March 24, 2021

This book is another early, surprising, twisty, riveting, dark, mind-bending, whodunit gift for me makes me sing Christmas Carol songs louder lalalalala! In the beginning I was expecting I had a three stars, mostly four stars ordinary reading. A small town murder mystery with too much Christie vibes,......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 20, 2020

So excited about this Booktube video - all about the Top 10 Books of 2020 (so far).That muscle again. It slid beneath the surface of his skin like an eel in shallow water.Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant took her position at Thousand Islands to escape the haunting eventsfrom thir......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on September 07, 2022

"The beginning. Where was that exactly? Nowhere I wanted to take a stranger, even if he did smell nice. But maybe I could go back partway, just far enough to make him happy. Back to a limestone building on East Fifth Street, and a day that grabbed me by the throat and still hasn't let go." Hear ye, h......more