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ICE COLD by Tess Gerritsen

"Wild animals are not the only predators in the woods around Kingdom Come, Wyoming."

By: Tess Gerritsen

Genres: Suspense Psychological | Thriller Medical

Posted: July 15, 2010

Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is attending a medical conference in Wyoming when she runs into a barely remembered but charming college classmate. Feeling trapped in her current relationship and tired of always being cautious and responsible, she impulsively agrees to go on a ski trip with Doug, his 13-year-old daughter and two friends. A day of fun turns ugly, however, when the group gets lost in a snowstorm and their car ends up in a ditch. They make their way to the nearby village of Kingdom Come, rumored to be the home of a local cult, where they find the houses deserted, although food is still on tables and cars are in garages. As if that wasn't eerie enough, Maura discovers bloodstains in one of the homes, and she becomes convinced that someone is watching them. Someone who doesn't want intruders.

When Detective Jane Rizzoli finds out her friend is missing, she and her husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, head to Wyoming. When they discover bodies in the charred wreckage of a car -- one a female about Maura's age -- with Maura's baggage nearby, Jane reluctantly accepts the obvious conclusion, despite a few small details that just don't feel right. As she prepares to bury her friend back in Boston, Jane finds out on the day of the funeral that the body is not Maura's. She and Gabriel head back out west -- but are they already too late?

This book starts out a bit slowly, like a roller coaster going up that first hill, but once it hits the other side, readers are in for a wild ride of breathtaking twists and turns. Both storylines are nicely balanced, and while Maura's has the most action and danger, Rizzoli's race against time to find her friend is just as gripping. Part chiller, part adventure, part mystery, all entertaining, this book is another stellar entry in the Rizzoli & Isles series, which belongs in every thriller lover's library.

Book Summary

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen’s relentless, inventive novels take readers on pulse-racing thrill rides that are as satisfying as they are heart-stopping. Now, in this edge-of-your-seat suspense novel, a mysteriously isolated town stands abandoned as a silent watcher waits.

In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they’re stranded with no help in sight.

As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the blizzard in the remote village of Kingdom Come, where twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched on tables, cars are still parked in garages. The town’s previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but footprints in the snow betray the presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness—someone who is watching Maura and her friends.

Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura’s charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to light, Jane closes in on an enemy both powerful and merciless—and the chilling truth about Maura’s fate.

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Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen

Ice Cold

by: Tess Gerritsen

Rizzoli & Isles #8

Ballantine Books
August 1, 2010
On Sale: July 27, 2010
Featuring: Maura Isles; Jane Rizzoli
336 pages
ISBN: 034551548X
EAN: 9780345515483
Hardcover

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