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Avalanche: A Jacklyn Stone Thriller
A scheming son. A midnight break-in. Can she survive the chilling storm he’s about to unleash?
Jacklyn Stone is on edge. Fresh from surviving the loss of her husband and betrayal at the hands of her kids, the determined woman is fighting hard to find peace and fulfillment. So when the feisty sixty-year-old hears intruders in her home, she grabs a candlestick and charges toward danger… and catches her bitter child in an unforgivable act.
Facing down financial setbacks, personal threats, and complex family drama, Jacklyn is pushed to the brink when an uncaring neighbor puts her beloved dog at risk. Yet when her son’s arrogance lands him on the wrong side of nature’s snowy wrath, she rushes into the teeth of an avalanche.
Can the fierce mother outmaneuver a dangerous enemy before she’s swallowed by vengeance?
Avalanche is the heart-stopping standalone third installment in the Jacklyn Stone Thriller series. If you enjoy family betrayals, moody settings, and heroines who refuse to surrender, then you’ll be hooked by Susan Specht Oram’s emotionally charged tale.
Read Avalanche to outlast the lies today!
* Novels with Jacklyn Stone include Shore Lodge (over 58,030 copies downloaded/sold), By Midnight, The Winter Storm, The Cold Night, Avalanche, These Lies and The Gas Station Motel.
Jacklyn Stone is on edge. Fresh from surviving the loss of her husband and betrayal at the hands of her kids, the determined woman is fighting hard to find peace and fulfillment. So when the feisty sixty-year-old hears intruders in her home, she grabs a candlestick and charges toward danger… and catches her bitter child in an unforgivable act.
Facing down financial setbacks, personal threats, and complex family drama, Jacklyn is pushed to the brink when an uncaring neighbor puts her beloved dog at risk. Yet when her son’s arrogance lands him on the wrong side of nature’s snowy wrath, she rushes into the teeth of an avalanche.
Can the fierce mother outmaneuver a dangerous enemy before she’s swallowed by vengeance?
Avalanche is the heart-stopping standalone third installment in the Jacklyn Stone Thriller series. If you enjoy family betrayals, moody settings, and heroines who refuse to surrender, then you’ll be hooked by Susan Specht Oram’s emotionally charged tale.
Read Avalanche to outlast the lies today!
* Novels with Jacklyn Stone include Shore Lodge (over 58,030 copies downloaded/sold), By Midnight, The Winter Storm, The Cold Night, Avalanche, These Lies and The Gas Station Motel.
- GenresThriller
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 16, 2025
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About the author
Susan Specht Oram
85 books111 followersWriting mysteries-thrillers and creative nonfiction. Author of SHORE LODGE, THE THIEVES, CABIN EIGHT, THE MOTHER's THREAT and SECRETS AT THE CAFE, UNDER JACKSON BRIDGE, MISSING MAN, BY MIDNIGHT, THE WINTER STORM, THE COLD NIGHT. I live in a windy part of the Pacific Northwest with my husband and rescue dog.
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September 8, 2025
Jacklyn Stone is still reeling from her time at Shore Lodge where her son had her unjustly admitted and planned on taking all of her possessions, including her money.
She’s a strong woman and she survived but she is always leery that her son may show up again and continue to harass her. One night, he breaks into her home with a couple of other men, planning to take her by surprise and commit even more crimes against her. She is more than ready and fends him off.
Added to that, she has a troublesome neighbor that causes her even problems and puts her beloved dog at risk.
I have enjoyed all of the Jacklyn Stone books and look forward to more. Ms. Oram is a great author and her descriptions of the scenery and the various characters are vivid and easy to bond with.
I highly recommend this book to lovers of good solid thrillers.
August 29, 2025
Another great thriller in the Jacklyn Stone series! All of Susan’s books are great, I love following along with the character’s lives and the challenges they face. I feel like I know everyone in that town, and their personalities. This is hard to put down, and I love the cover!
Release date September 16, 2025
Release date September 16, 2025
August 24, 2025
Susan Specht Oram’s latest book, Avalanche, is an exciting look at residents in Millersville.
Some have had continuing trouble with illnesses, others with money issues, and one with a severe accident.
As with previous Jacklyn Stone books, the characters are quite familiar. Some are sweet, some are not.
Some are suffering from emotional trauma, others are plotting devious plans, and one gets injured in a real avalanche.
I enjoyed revisiting old friends, and can’t wait for book 4 of the Jacklyn Stone Thriller series.
Some have had continuing trouble with illnesses, others with money issues, and one with a severe accident.
As with previous Jacklyn Stone books, the characters are quite familiar. Some are sweet, some are not.
Some are suffering from emotional trauma, others are plotting devious plans, and one gets injured in a real avalanche.
I enjoyed revisiting old friends, and can’t wait for book 4 of the Jacklyn Stone Thriller series.
August 20, 2025
This book I read in one day! I loved it! Susan's is one of my favorite authors! Her books,are easy to read and follow! This is the continuing story from the Jaclyn series!
Great job! You got this Susan loved this series! So good!
Great job! You got this Susan loved this series! So good!
September 16, 2025
“Avalanche: A Jacklyn Stone Thriller” by Susan Specht Oram is an edge-of-your-seat read that blends domestic drama with heart-pounding danger. Although it’s the third book in the series, it can easily be enjoyed as a standalone. Jacklyn is a strong, complex character who finds herself caught in a storm of secrets, tension, and life-or-death stakes. The pacing is sharp, making it the kind of book you can fly through in one sitting. It’s a thrilling, quick read that I simply couldn’t put down!
September 3, 2025
Avalanche is another gripping entry in the Jacklyn Stone series, and honestly, I think it’s the strongest installment yet. Susan Specht Oram has such a knack for pulling you right into Jacklyn’s world—a world full of family betrayals, small-town drama, and dangers that feel both intimate and life-threatening.
What I loved most here is how personal the stakes are. Jacklyn is still reeling from past losses, yet she refuses to let anyone push her down—not her manipulative son staging a home invasion, not the neighbors who cause her more grief than help, and not even the brutal force of nature itself. Watching her take on every challenge with grit and determination made me root for her more than ever. She’s a heroine who feels both vulnerable and indestructible at the same time.
The pacing is fast and relentless. One minute you’re caught in the tension of a midnight break-in, the next you’re pulled into community secrets and shocking betrayals, and then suddenly you’re bracing yourself for the literal avalanche that puts everything at risk. It’s the kind of thriller that keeps you flipping pages late into the night, because you just have to know how Jacklyn will get through it all.
What really stands out is the mix of psychological tension and emotional weight. This isn’t just about the thrills—it’s about messy family ties, betrayal that cuts deep, and a woman who’s done being underestimated. The plot twist at the end was especially satisfying, and left me both shocked and eager for the next book.
If you’ve followed Jacklyn from Shore Lodge through The Winter Storm, you’ll love how Avalanche raises the stakes while keeping her voice as sharp and resilient as ever. And if you’re new to the series, don’t worry—you can jump in here and still get completely caught up in the story.
A taut, emotional, and absolutely unputdownable thriller. Highly recommend.
What I loved most here is how personal the stakes are. Jacklyn is still reeling from past losses, yet she refuses to let anyone push her down—not her manipulative son staging a home invasion, not the neighbors who cause her more grief than help, and not even the brutal force of nature itself. Watching her take on every challenge with grit and determination made me root for her more than ever. She’s a heroine who feels both vulnerable and indestructible at the same time.
The pacing is fast and relentless. One minute you’re caught in the tension of a midnight break-in, the next you’re pulled into community secrets and shocking betrayals, and then suddenly you’re bracing yourself for the literal avalanche that puts everything at risk. It’s the kind of thriller that keeps you flipping pages late into the night, because you just have to know how Jacklyn will get through it all.
What really stands out is the mix of psychological tension and emotional weight. This isn’t just about the thrills—it’s about messy family ties, betrayal that cuts deep, and a woman who’s done being underestimated. The plot twist at the end was especially satisfying, and left me both shocked and eager for the next book.
If you’ve followed Jacklyn from Shore Lodge through The Winter Storm, you’ll love how Avalanche raises the stakes while keeping her voice as sharp and resilient as ever. And if you’re new to the series, don’t worry—you can jump in here and still get completely caught up in the story.
A taut, emotional, and absolutely unputdownable thriller. Highly recommend.
September 7, 2025
The fast paced thriller, Avalanche, is Book 3 in the Jacklyn Stone series by Susan Specht Oram. The resilient female lead character, Jacklyn is dealing with grief, financial setbacks, and a devious, conniving son determined to ruin her. As Jacklyn fights to overcome these hurdles, the reader is also immersed in the strangely intertwined lives of the other characters from each of their point of view. The story moves quickly switching back and forth between character storylines leaving the reader anxiously anticipating what will happen next. The story ends leaving some storylines unresolved to be continued in book 4 of the series. The ending leaves the reader satisfied though and eagerly awaiting more.
September 3, 2025
This thriller swept me away as I was writing it, and I loved stepping into Jacklyn Stone's world and seeing how she deals with her conniving, greedy son when he stages a home invasion in her home. The ending was fun to write (no spoilers for the twist)!
I hope you'll love reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
All the best in reading, Susan
I hope you'll love reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
All the best in reading, Susan
August 24, 2025
Positives on the book-
* fast Paced
* read in 24 hours
* short chapters
* each chapter was gripping and was excited to see what happened.
* will be reading the next book to get answers.
Negatives-
* have to read the next book.
* no proper story it felt.
* no idea what I just read
* fast Paced
* read in 24 hours
* short chapters
* each chapter was gripping and was excited to see what happened.
* will be reading the next book to get answers.
Negatives-
* have to read the next book.
* no proper story it felt.
* no idea what I just read
January 7, 2026
love this series
so much happening in this book. its hard to keep track of, but they are all interesting people with lots of problems.
so much happening in this book. its hard to keep track of, but they are all interesting people with lots of problems.
September 2, 2025
So good, I could not put it down! This is the third book in the Jacklyn Stone series and the best one yet. I love the tough, resilient character of Jacklyn and the well described characters who have their own challenges to face. The plot is fast-paced and full of suspense with an interesting twist. I read it in one sitting and can't wait to read the next installment. This is a must read for all lovers of suspense!
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