Christina Dodd’s latest twisted thriller Wrong Alibi will chill readers to the bone. Spine-tingling, fast-paced and nail-bitingly tense, Wrong Alibi will send readers’ heart rates soaring and keep them on the edge of their seats throughout.

Eighteen year old Evelyn Jones has just landed a job working in small town Alaska for a man in his isolated mountain home. However, far from the peaceful idyll she had imagined, Evie’s new job ends up being a nightmare from which there is simply no escape. When Donald White disappears, every single hope she had for her future is shattered as Evie finds herself accused of theft, embezzlement and a double murder! With her freedom in jeopardy and her life at stake, Evie finds herself faced with an impossible choice: either stay put and spend the rest of her life in jail for a crime she did not commit or try and prove her innocence. Unfortunately, all of her protestations fall on deaf ears leaving her with no other option but to do the unthinkable: go on the run.

Alone, frightened and constantly looking over her shoulder, Evie begins working at a wilderness camp under an new alias and tries to stay in the shadows as much as she possibly can. But regardless of how far you go to run from the truth, it will always find you, however, Evie refuses to be deterred. She is determined to prove her innocence and to recover her life, so Evie begins to look for a killer who murders without a single shred of compassion and remorse. Yet, is she ready for the shocking truths which she is about to uncover?

When Donald White finally returns, Evie emerges from her hiding place. The time has come for her to face her deepest and darkest fears and untangle the twisted strands of evidence that are unfairly condemning her. But who is responsible for her getting caught up in this mess? The more she discovers, the more she realizes that her fiercest enemy might be somebody who is very close to home and who will stop at nothing to make her pay for old sins and past mistakes.

Christina Dodd certainly knows how to ramp up the jeopardy and suspense in a terrifying page-turner that is brilliantly layered with pulse-pounding danger, heart-stopping action and jaw dropping twists and turns that readers simply won’t see coming. In Evie, Christina Dodd has created an intelligent, smart and determined heroine readers simply cannot help but admire and root for.

A brilliantly plotted thriller from a master storyteller, Christina Dodd knocks it out of the park with her latest novel, Wrong Alibi.

This book had me absolutely HOOKED! I loved the main character Evie/Petie. She was a badass protagonist and I loved her hard work ethics, and her determination to fight to the end and to prove her innocence. She never gave up in the toughest of times, and fought for what she believed in. She was a very interesting and likeable main character and I often felt back for her and some of the decisions she had made and the troubles she often found herself in.

I enjoyed reading her story as she tries to survive in the face of all this adversity. She did the best she could to be the best person that she could be and she was determined to bring Donald White to justice. Will she be able to get her revenge all these years later?

An edge of your seat thriller that you will love, you need to read this book now, you won’t regret it!

I throughly enjoyed this book. It was a bit slow to start for me but I'm so glad I kept on reading. It picked up and took off like I couldn't believe. It had so much going on and so many twists and turns to keep everyone happy.

"Sometimes God gives a second chance. It's up to you to be worthy." Quote from a doctor in this book! Good one!

Evelyn Jones/Petie was alone. Facing a very uncertain future. She got a break she certainly wasn't expecting when Donald White offered her a job as his bookkeeper. She was just released from juvenile detention for her involvement in a drive by shooting. Not the shooter or the driver. Just a girl without any luck. Seems her mother was deserting her also. She told Evie to not come back once she was released. I liked Evelyn/Petie very much. With all she goes through she is a strong female. Even when she thinks she can't be she is.

Donald White was a jerk. I saw him coming a mile away. To me it was obvious what he was going. Maybe not everything but a big part of it. He was a mystery. No one ever saw him or even truly knew of him except Evie/Petie. He was a bit of a loner for sure. I fully detested this man. I thought he was a coward. But he was also a sociopath so there was that.

Ioana is Evelyn/Petie's mother. I didn't like her for a while but then she kind of grew on me. She didn't want Evie/Petie around to ruin her younger sister's life. To me she was turning her back on Evie for Marya. Marya is Evelyn/Petie's sister. No mother should make such a big difference between her children. If Evie had been nothing but trouble maybe I would have understood it better but this it seems was the first trouble Evie had been in. She had spent four years in juvie. Released when she turned eighteen.

Zone was the man looking for Petie. He found out she had murdered his wife and very young son. Left them to rot in the basement. He wanted justice. He wanted vengeance. He was so filled with anger and hate for this woman who took his world away. But I liked Zone. I felt bad for him.

Then there is Tuddy. I absolutely liked Tuddy. He got on my nerves at times but he was still my second favorite character in this book.

This book is about a murder. A young woman who just wants a fresh start in life. A family who suffers the ultimate. Actually make that two families. A man who will use anyone to get what he wants. A very crooked cop. Wretchen Gretchen... I hated her! From the freezing dead of winter in Alaska this story unfolds. It's like watching a movie in your heard. Trying to figure out why things happen. Who helped. Will they survive. You know from fairly early on who the bad guy is but still you wonder when Evie/Petie will be found. When will they catch her and make her pay.

Thank you #NetGalley, #ChristinaDodd, #HQNpublishers for this ARC. This is my own thoughts about this book.

4/5 stars and a high recommendation. Read it. Love it. Enjoy!

This was a gripping, edge of your seat Thriller! The small town setting in the Alaskan wilderness is the perfect setting for this terrifying tale of murder and revenge. I could not put this book down, even when it started to creep me out. I found myself racing to know what happened next until the very last page. I enjoyed this story more than I thought I would, as I was pleasantly surprised at it's true dark nature. I definitely recommend this book for fans of Psychological Thrillers with a bit of gore.

I won a copy of Wrong Alibi in a Goodreads giveaway, and I am under no obligation to leave a favorable review. All opinions expressed here are my own. Suspense thrillers are one of my favorite genres, I did find this book a little slow in the beginning but once it picked up the pace it was able to pull me into the storyline and hold my interest. I found it to be a very good read, with lots of twists and turns. I would certainly recommend this book to others.. I also have received a ARC from NetGalley and the publisher.

The writing style of the first few chapters were not working for me. It all felt jumbled, broken, and bland. Nothing stood out to make me want to grab on and roll with a murder mystery as I initially believed the story would do. Ended up DNF’ing it rather quickly.

Another great suspense read this year for me, and it's my first book from Christina Dodd, and what a read.
It's twisted, the suspense was superb, it's about revenge and it has wonderful characters that I admire so much.
It might a bit slow at the beginning for me but once the suspense and mystery kicks in, there's no stopping, and I love how the author teases me about Petie's past, the mystery of it is what makes me keep turning page after page. That and Petie and Jeen are the reasons I love this book, I really admire these resilient, smart, strong women, one they determined to do something, they will do it no matter what it takes.
Great story and great characters, totally recommended for those who love suspense read.

*** Blog Tour ***

Some things in Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd don't quite ring true. If I suspend disbelief, the book becomes a quickly read, fun race to find the villain in a beautiful Alaskan setting. There are subplots to figure out and characters to link together. My understanding is that this book is the beginning of a new Alaskan mystery series by the author. It will be interesting to see which of the characters pop up in other books.

Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2021/01/wrong-alibi.html

Reviewed for NetGalley for the Fall 2020 mystery/thriller blog tour from Harlequin Trade Publishing

Wow, Wrong Alibi was a gripping read. I was hooked right from the beginning. Evie is a former naïve girl and gang member, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. In fact, her life is the epitome of this saying. She ends up in juvie for a drive by shooting, even though she just happened to be in the car. While there, she gets her GED and an accounting degree. Wanting to start over and be near her mother and sister, 18 year old Evie takes a job in Rockin, Alaska for Donald White, What she doesn't know is that he is a sociopath and is setting her up. She is framed for a double homicide and ends up convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison. What happens next sends her into hiding for 10 years.

I really enjoyed the setting of this story. The barrenness of the Alaskan landscape and the danger of wild animals gives the story an added sense of adventure and atmosphere. The story is told through reminiscences of her past where we get the full story of what happened to Evie. I loved Evie/Petey. She was a great protagonist and I loved her work ethics, and her perseverance to prove her innocence. She is a very smart young lady and using her downtime in the winter, developed some awesome skills on the internet and in dealing with antiquities. This story was full of adventure and excitement. It has themes of revenge/retribution, hatred, family, guilt, and second chances. This is a suspenseful read and there is some romance, but it is a relationship of desperation. One acronym I came across in this book was TSTL, standing for "Too Stupid To Live". This really jarred me when I read it, and to find out it really is used to put people down was heartbreaking. Young women often have a lot to deal with, I felt terrible thinking this is the way they may be referred to. Having said that, it fit the story at the time. Once I started this story, I did not stop. I did a read listen which worked out well. This is my first book by Christina Dodd, but it won't be my last. I know she has a large backlist, so I will have a lot to catch up on. I loved this book and definitely recommend it to those who enjoy Suspense and Adventure.

Wow, what a ride! I have not read this author before, but I've been in the mood for suspense lately and this one did a great job of filling that need.

Evie Jones has lots of bad luck. When she's framed for a crime she did not commit, she somehow finds it in her to battle back to a place where she could look for the man who set her up. Living a new life in the Alaskan wilderness, Petie lives her life quietly but purposefully.

When the man who set her up ten years ago shows up, she's pushed into action. With the help of a friend, she's back in town and ready to face the true murderer, but all is not quite what it seems.

Turns out that Petie/ Evie has someone coming after her.

I did like the twists and turns in this one and thought there was a nice level of suspense throughout. There are many little details to get through, and sometimes that slowed the story a bit for me, but in the end I really enjoyed this story and was surprised in all the right places.

There's even a touch of relationship at the end that made me smile. I hesitate to say romance, because it really isn't that in a traditional sense..

I'm intrigued now and want more stories set in this world. Good suspense and tension, some implausible circumstances that could have ruined it but didn't and a touch of hope for the future with the possibility of love at the end have me rating this 5 stars.

An ARC was provided by the publisher. This is my honest review.

We are introduced to Petie as she winters alone in an Alaskan hunting camp. Soon enough, the camp opens and we realize that there is much more to Petie than meets the eye..

At the same time, we flash back to Evie, a juvenile delinquent, getting ready to get out of confinement. Her run in with the law has her mother washing her hands of her and with the help of a counselor manages to find a job as an accountant in Alaska. What looks to be a god send to Evie turns out to be a set up. And when she is once again being transported to prison, an accident gives her yet another opportunity.

The story is very choppy and seems to have too many irons in the fire, Evie's family, their past, her stay in juvie, her release, the set up in Alaska, her miraculous rebirth, her new persona, the new opportunity that is thrust upon her, oh wait, her family, again, maybe some sex, a missing thing or person that only she can track down. None of the threads weave together t make a satisfying cloth.

The characters didn't seem to develop but rather were just said to be X, the dialog felt choppy and forced as did the characters relationships to each other,

Great idea for a novel and some interesting threads that weren't fleshed out enough for my liking.


Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I’ve always been a fan of Christina Dodd. I fell in love with her story telling when it came to her regency romances and love the direction she’s taking even now.
I’ve never been to Alaska…I know it’s beautiful and amazing and if I ever do visit, it will have to be in the summer because this girl does not like the cold!
And cold is what you get when you start this book…it begins in the middle of a storm and you know right from the beginning that Evie is a strong, capable woman who can handle whatever life throws her way…even if it’s murder.
This was a book I read quickly, in one night when I couldn’t sleep. It was twisty, haunting and emotional all wrapped in a setting that left me with shivers – in a good way!

This was my first time venturing into a world created by Christina Dodd and what a trip. Wrong Alibi is the first book in the Murder in Alaska series. This installment introduces the reader to eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones, who has recently been from juvenile detention after a four-year sentence. Determined to get her life back on track, she accepted a job from a Donald White in Rockin, Alaska. However, what Evelyn thought would be the means to regain her mother’s favour turned into a nightmare when her new employer framed her for murder and embezzlement. Charged and convicted, she faced life imprisonment, however fate had other plans and soon she would find herself on the run, under an assumed name with one thing on her mind, revenge.

I had a great time with this story, which unfolded at an exciting and suspenseful pace. Revenge may have been the dominant theme of this exciting tale, however, the reader saw where the characters went through a process of healing and forgiveness. The story drew me in, but the thing that kept me turning the pages were the twists, which kept changing the game. I never knew what to expect. The author treated the reader to a smidgen of romance, which I honestly never expected. Despite its unexpected introduction, I thought it blended well in to the story

Spending time with the characters and getting to know each one proved to be an entertaining experience. Evelyn’s story wreaked havoc on my emotions. The pain and heartache she experienced had the potential to break her, but she rose above it, which demonstrated her strength and determination. The secondary characters brought their share of excitement, danger and humour to the story.

Although I enjoyed the story, it was not without its issues. Sections of the story did not flow smoothly, and there were some aspects, which could have been further developed.

In concluding Wrong Alibi, which featured a wonderful cast of characters, providing an escaping reality for a few hours. Readers who enjoy suspense and thrillers should add it to their book shelf.

First time trying this author, but her writing is definitely not for me. The dialogue is so unnatural and formal, not how real people converse at all. Even the character's inner thoughts on the page were formal and strange. Also, several plot points were unbelievable. Not spending any more time on this one.

A copy was kindly provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really enjoyable read! It's the first one in a new series by Christina and I can see this is going to be a fun series to follow along with. I will say there are a LOT of events that take place in this book and it felt a bit jumbled at times just because there was so much going on that the author wanted you the reader to know about. With that being said, there are a lot of twists left in the book that shocked me. I seriously can't even predict what will come of the second book which makes it all the more fun!

Wrong Alibi has a Perils of Pauline or Toad’s Wild Ride feel to it. Step up, step up: find out how Evie transforms herself from Too Stupid to Live to Too Smart to Lose. Everything is larger than life, starting with the location, Alaska. The villains are scarier, the heroism over the top, and the difficulties Evie faces profound: it’s a super-sized thriller.

Life hasn’t been easy for Evelyn (Evie) Jones. Before she accepted a too-good-to-be-true job in Alaska eight years ago, she went to high school in juvenile detention. Even there, Evie made the most of her opportunities, graduating with a GED “and trade school,” and some bookkeeping skills. Alaska seemed like a great place for a do-over but that’s not how things worked out. Donald White, her employer, left her holding-the-bag on “charges of theft, embezzlement—and a brutal double murder,” before he disappeared. She’s about to spend the rest of her life in prison since no one believes her plea of innocence.

As the trial had unfolded and evidence had been produced, Evie had been forced to realize how thoroughly Donald White had conned her.



She realized, too, she had lived with a man who had murdered a woman and a child, plotted his own disappearance and calculated Evie’s apparent guilt down to the last detail—without a shadow of remorse. She remembered those times when she’d said the wrong thing, and he’d moved close, and she thought now if she’d been smarter about him, he would have killed her, too.

Evie thinks, “Death would have been better than the courtroom, the jail.” Life is bleak. But wait…while puking in a fetid bathroom at the back of a prison bus, the bus started rocking and rolling: “Evie was thrown around that tiny compartment. Her face hit the toilet and her bones…broke.” Who could have foreseen that “the bus had been caught up in the soon-to-be famed Licking Mudslide?” A sympathetic plastic surgeon in Anchorage remakes Evie’s face in the aftermath of the accident: he knows she isn’t who she says she is, and he gives her a second chance, right before a press conference where she would have been exposed as a fraud.

Dr. VanHooser handed her a prepacked backpack and a wallet with money and told her to go to Hawley Foggo at the Midnight Sun Fishing Camp for a job. He said if she was willing to work for cheap, Hawley wasn’t too fussy about things like social security numbers or background checks.



That was the truth.



She got a job.

Life at an isolated Alaskan fishing camp is brutal. Things go wrong from the get-go: in the throes of white-out conditions Evie (now going by an alias, Petie) finds herself outside the compound. During the wind and turmoil, her mother Ioana’s last words to her ricochet. Ioana had told her sullen 14-year-old daughter, just before she went to juvie, to “repent” of her misdeeds, saying, “When you can make me proud, come home.” They argue, things get heated, her mother slaps her and then asks for forgiveness.

“Forgive me. But you’re throwing away all your opportunities with both hands. Stop. Think. Live!”



Apparently, her mother and the wind had something in common.

Evie is not a quitter. She figures out how to get the wonky generator up and running. Success! She wasn’t going to die here.

She said it out loud, needing to hear the words. “I am not going to die here.”



Someday, somehow she would leave the wilderness behind, mend the rift in her family, but most of all, she was going to find Donald White: conspirator, con man…killer.



She would have revenge—and he would face justice.

Evie is phenomenally bright and living alone for eight months of every year gives her endless time to learn. Languages. How business works. Investments. Research skills.

In her eight winters here, she’d watched movies, read books, and gained a working knowledge of Mandarin, Belarusian, Spanish, French, Quemadese and a little Latin. But not enough, and the online translator always screwed up with Latin. So she was grateful when she got to Early Modern English, to a monastery looted in Henry VIII’s reign. That monastery and the land surrounding it had been granted to one of Henry’s nobles; the Bible had been a point of pride until the family lost their fortune in the early twentieth century.

The family sold their asset and years later, “it had passed to one little old lady…from whom the Bible had been stolen. The little old lady, Miss Merchant, was Petie’s client, and she was fierce in her fury at the loss.” But Petie figures out “the culprit and the buyer,” and tells Miss Merchant where the exchange will take place. Christina Dodd shows, not tells, Evie’s formidable skills. She’s a crack researcher, and a savvy investor (through well-thought-out financial decisions plus judicious eavesdropping on uber rich clients). Evie has “risen up the Midnight Sun chain of command to become Hawley’s camp director.” Someone else meets guests at the camp’s airstrip now although she makes an exception for “Cardinal Electronics CEO Jeen Lee.”

Everything changes when Petie tells Miss Lee that her son, kidnapped when he was just four-years-old, is still alive. Jeen Lee is so taken aback that she physically threatens Petie. Mistake: Petie tells her, “Like you, I’ve lost everything.” Implicit in that bald statement is that if Lee kills Petie, she’ll never find her son.

“Shall we start again? I heard about your son’s kidnapping. I investigated. I found the woman who had been his nursemaid and had committed similar crimes with similar results. I went looking for your son.”



“Did you find him? Did you find Hugh?” Miss Lee allowed emotion into her choked voice, or maybe she couldn’t stop it.



“Yes.”

It’s time for Petie to become Evie again—Katchabiggie Lodge was a refuge, giving her space and freedom to become a modern Valkyrie but with Miss Lee’s support, Evie is ready to “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war,” on Donald White. He will pay for what he did.

Wrong Alibi is a story of redemption and rebirth. Evelyn “Evie” Jones deserves her second chance at life; an opportunity to make amends, reconnect with her family, and find justice. I’m looking forward to the 2nd Murder in Alaska book: Evie is the complete package.

Evelyn Jones has been set up! After spending four years in juvenile detention, she thinks she is on the right path taking a job in small town Alaska. What happens next takes her on a journey that changes her life. Instead of taking that first paycheck home to a mother she has not seen in years, she is running away from charges of a double homicide.

Evelyn who now goes by Petie is living and working in a remote wilderness camp. She is determined to find and bring justice to the man who set her up years ago to take the fall. When she finally gets her chance, she heads back to the small town she visited ten years ago and the web of lies, deceit and murder start wrapping around her once again. Will Evie finally get her justice before it is too late? Can she save herself and her family that she longs to be a part of?

This was a suspenseful thriller that had me on the edge of my seat. The story twists and turns then twists again so that you are never sure what will happen next. The characters are well written, and the story grabs you from the very first page. Thank you so much to the author Christina Dodd, Harlequin Publishing and NetGalley for an advanced copy of the book to review. It was intriguing! All opinions expressed for this review are unbiased and entirely my own.

This is the beginning of I hope a fantastic series. I love the descriptions of this small town in Alaska. I love how Evie finally is able to reveal her true self. There are so many twists and turns. I love Evie and I learned to really like Zone. I love how the old and new sheriff are used in this story. If you like suspense you will not be dissatisfied with this story. I received a copy of this book from the author and through Harlequin for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.

Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd was a fantastic suspenseful thriller.
This was the first book I have read by this author and won't be the last.
The story was perfectly paced with well developed characters.
There were quite a few twists and turns and the final reveal was amazing!

I decided to give this book a try since I've heard great things about the author and I'm always on the lookout for something more than a romance. I thought this book had all the elements I was looking for--the suspense, the remote location and the conflict mentioned in the blurb. These all led me to believe that this story would be an engrossing and enjoyable one.

I won't go into detail, since there were a lot of things happening in this story. But I will say that I enjoyed Evie's backstory and getting to know her as the story progressed. Honestly, I didn't feel a great connection to her, but I quickly became interested in what was happening. There were many twists and turns throughout, which kept me engaged and anticipating what was to come.