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Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Synopsis: "Make sure you wrap up warm for school, honey. A blizzard is on the way." Ten-year-old Teddy rolls his eyes at his mother. But then he hears a bang... By the time police arrive, Teddy's mother is dead. His open school backpack is strewn across the hallway. And Teddy is nowhere to be found.   When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake,  Agent Tori Hunter  races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that  ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared . His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy's father,  Tori finds he is missing too.   Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce. But interviewing everyone she can about Teddy's father, Tori's gut has her questioning if he would really kidnap his own child?  An...

214 Palmer Street by Karen McQuestion and Narrated by Stacey Glemboski


Title:
214 Palmer Street
Author: Karen McQuestion
Narrator: Stacey Glemboski
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Format: Audiobook
Listening length: 8 hours and 24 minutes 
Date of Publication: April 6, 2022


Description: A house with a secret. A woman with nothing to lose.

When Maggie sees the beautiful Venetian blinds moving in the Caldwells’ front window, she freezes. Her favorite neighbours Cady and Josh are away, so who is in their house?

The pretty young woman who answers the door tells a convincing story. She’s Sarah. The house-sitter. Just here for a month. An old friend of Cady’s who needed a place to stay. She’s pleasant and warm, and Maggie wanders back to her house thinking she might have made a new friend. Yet she can’t help but wonder why Cady never mentioned Sarah.

What Maggie doesn’t know is that on the other side of the door, Sarah is starting to panic. No one was meant to see her at 214 Palmer Street…

An unputdownable psychological thriller from number one bestseller Karen McQuestion, which will make you question what secrets your own neighbors are hiding… For fans of The Girl on the Train, The Woman in the Window and Gone Girl.

My Thoughts: I received this book through Netgalley and requested it as its description of an unknown woman occupying someone else's home caught my attention. This book jumps right in and hooks you, which is always a plus for me. Sarah claims to be an unexpected house sitter for Katie and Josh who are on vacation to the watchful neighbor Maggie Scott.

Sarah is probably my favorite character. She is independent and determined. She wants to discover the truth and does not fully understand what doing that will cost her. Her relationship with her husband Kirk is complicated. She has found a great friend in her physical therapist Phil, who Kirk is not fond of due to how he pushes Sarah's recovery.

Phil is a fun character who goes over and beyond for his patients, especially Sarah. The relationship between Sarah and Phil is one that I admire. Phil wants to help Sarah and wants only the best for her. They have a fun relationship that slowly develops as the story progresses.

There is so much going on in the story of Sarah and her husband Kirk. The relationships are complicated and it is truly a web of lies and deceit. I did have a little bit of difficulty keeping track of each character's relationship with each other at first as many of them cross paths with each other in different ways.

The mysteries in the book are great and they are well developed. I was honestly blind sighted by what really happened at the end of the book. Even once the murder mystery is solved, the lies and deceit continue as some individuals just can't let go.

I love audio books because it allows you to listen to them anywhere and pretty much at any time. I liked Stacey Glemboski's narration of the book. They did a wonderful job drawing you into the story and painting a picture for you as the story and characters develop.

Rating: 4 out of 5. I would give this book a 4 because I liked the pace of the story, the character development, and the narrator. This book was just not a "can't put down" one for me though.

Many thanks to Bookouture Audio and Netgalley for this review copy. This is my honest opinion.

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