Review: Wrong Alibi

Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Life is a struggle for our protagonist, Evelyn/Evie who we meet as a juvenile delinquent. She has spent the majority of her high school years in Juvenile Detention for a crime that she did not commit. As a positive stroke of luck, at the time of her release, she finds unexpected good fortune in a job that will move her from California to small town Alaska. She is somewhat hesitant because the job is as a bookkeeper for a man living in an isolated home on the outskirts of town. She is also asked to take care of possibly shady finances, although she is rather naïve to this because she has not dealt with her own finances previously.
Evie considers it her good fortune that he pays her well, has her take care of easy tasks and does not try anything intimate with her. Then he finishes his project and leaves for the day and she is quickly in over her head as she is accused of a double homicide that he appears to have committed and there is no trace of this man ever existing. She goes on trial instead and is headed to prison.
The story is full of twists and turns and coincidences that are unlikely to be coincidences. At times, you aren't sure who to trust and who is a villain. The story unfolds in an interesting way and I turned the pages quickly to discover the whole story. The one caveat is that this is labeled as a romance but this is an important but relatively small piece of the entire story. It was a nice addition though.
Definitely recommend to thriller lovers.
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