by Alicia Beckman
Publication: April 13, 2021 by Crooked Lane Books
Genre: Suspense, Fiction, Mystery
4 🌠🌠🌠ðŸŒ
My Review:
Beckman,
pseudo name for Leslie Budewitz is a three-time Agatha Award winner and the bestselling
author of The Spice Shop and Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries. In her suspense
debut, Beckman brings readers to her native state of Montana and introduces them
to protagonist Sarah McCaskill, a young widow who recently lost her husband and
childhood sweetheart to cancer. Sarah is encouraged by her mother Peggy to come
back to the family-owned Whitetail Lodge on Bitterroot Lake to begin her
grief-healing process. Although the lodge has always held a special place in
Sarah’s heart, it was also the site of a horrific tragedy and crime that
occurred 25 years ago. That night so long ago involved a sexual assault and a
devastating car accident that ended in one of Sarah’s friends being killed. Lucas,
the driver should have been convicted but instead ended up going scot-free and
even became a lawyer in the same hometown. When Sarah returns to Whitetail
Lodge, she is met with the same friends of her past and a mysterious murder
that may be tied to the tragedy of 25 years ago. Sarah and her friends begin to
dig into the murder mystery and in doing so they uncover the secrets of
Whitetail Lodge and the McCaskill family from a century ago.
Beckman paints a gorgeous picture
of this idyllic small-town Montana setting. With some paranormal aspects, past
and present secrets abounding, and a multitude of suspects in a murder
investigation this suspense debut is sure to lure readers in. Loved it!! 4 🌠🌠🌠🌠for me.
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