THIN ICE

Narrator Suzie Althens tells the story of traumatized Beth Rivers, who has moved to a small town in Alaska, where she plans to hide herself from the psychopath who kidnapped her back in St. Louis. The fear she lives with can be heard in her voice. Even though Beth is focused on her own troubles, she is drawn into the murder of a local girl and its possible association with girls staying in a halfway house. Benedict, Alaska, has a wide range of local characters, and Althens’s delivery includes varied accents since residents mostly come from elsewhere. Many disparate subplots remain unresolved. This is the first in a new series titled Alaska Wild Mysteries, so perhaps listeners' questions will be answered in a later audiobook. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2020]