Blade

De: Wendy Walker

Narrado por: Julia Whelan

From USA Today bestselling author—and former competitive skater—Wendy Walker comes a chilling psychological thriller set in the cutthroat world of elite figure skating.

Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making—until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At the age of sixteen, she gave up her dream and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she’s a successful defense attorney, revered for her work with minors. But when her former coach turns up dead, Ana lands right back where it all began, and abruptly ended: The Palace, a world-renowned skating facility nestled high in the mountains of Colorado.

Ana returns to The Palace to defend the young skater accused of the brutal crime—Grace Montgomery. Despite her claims of innocence, all evidence points squarely at Grace’s guilt, and she’s days away from facing charges of first-degree murder.

But Ana’s investigation dredges up childhood memories of her own, triggering the fear that permeates this place where she once lived and trained far from home as an “orphan.” With a blizzard raging outside, and time running out for Grace, Ana is determined to uncover the truth—even if it means exposing her own secrets that she buried here long ago.

©2026 Wendy Walker (P)2025 Audible, Inc.

Great Characters

Great characters loved the way they developed, particularly Anna. I really enjoyed reading Blade. I want to read more of her books now!

Fascinating and incredible unfolding of the story!!!

The story immediately drew me in. The actors perfectly represented the characters with outstanding performances, I could vividly picture them. I also so enjoyed learning about the figure skating world. Highly recommend!!!

Perfection

In present day, a fourteen year old figure skater Gracie stands accused of killing her coach with her ice skate. Her attorney Anna is a former skater who trained under that coach, along with Gracie’s mother. Dual timelines converge to an explosive crescendo in this propulsive thriller.

BLADE is hands down my favorite read of 2026 to date. I know it’s only February, but I expect BLADE to remain among my favorites of the year.

I’ve been a figure skating fan for over fifty years. In that time skating hasn’t been the topic of many (if any) mysteries. If you know of any, please leave them in the comments.

Captivating

I was immediately captivated by this story and love the way it unfolded with dual timelines. So many twists, so much trauma and lots of skating. I really loved the court transcripts being read.

10/10. Perfect score.

BLADE had me on the edge of my seat until the very, very end. I read the print version (and loved!) but had to tune in to the audiobook for this stacked cast; I love an audiobook with multiple cast members and this did not disappoint and, sorry not sorry, you can never go wrong when Julia Whelan is at the helm! Wendy Walker has done it again! I cannot recommend this book enough. 10/10. Perfect score. Olympic gold medal in storytelling.