Brooke Breckenridge is looking for a fresh start when she leaves Seattle. Her destination is a house on Three Cranes Lake, located in a valley near the Cascade Mountains bordering Canada. What Brooke thought would be a restful place for her to relax soon turns into an explosive and dangerous situation. The neighbors on each side seem to be very nice people, but she's there only two days when vandals break in, tossing the place looking for something, though nothing is missing.

Enter HSI Special Agent Jack Stickland, a friend of Will Coreman, owner of the house and a retired communications expert for ICE, who has a room full of computer and electronics equipment. Will sent Jack a message that he'd uncovered something strange and wanted him to come to the lake house, but now Will is missing. Being this close to the Canadian border, it could involve anything from drug smuggling to human trafficking to terrorism. When Jack brings in Agent Ed Red Wind to assist with the electronics, he ascertains there could even be Chinese involvement.

Brooke is less than forthcoming in disclosing her past, which makes Jack suspicious. Her actions are subject to misinterpretation with just too many odd, unexplained coincidences. Brooke seems to be the common denominator in a series of seemingly unrelated events, with each explanation bringing about even more questions from Jack. Is Brooke a suspect or a victim? She's quickly become a big complication in Jack's investigation, in more ways than one.

The small town in BLUE ICE by I.C. Enger is anything but tranquil. Though Brooke is a novice at investigating, she shows a lot of deductive skills. The interesting premise of exactly what's going on at the lake house is an intriguing new take on bio-terrorism and scary in how easily it could happen in today's world.

Book Summary

What the agents discover at Three Cranes Lake will change how you view terrorism forever.

A much anticipated new start for Brooke Breckenridge erupts into an explosion of murder and international intrigue when she travels from Seattle to an isolated lake on the Canadian border to find seclusion and healing. Strange and dangerous things begin to happen, soon events at the lake house attract the attention of Homeland Security Special Agent Jack Strickland and she finds herself entangled in suspicion, crime and dangerous attraction.

As more agents are brought in and the web unravels, the true plot is revealed and life in the small town of Makkapitew will never be the same.

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