The moment Marian Larsen sees the patrol car stop outside her house, she feels a shiver of foreboding. The news is even worse than she feared. Marian's husband and young daughter have been in a snowmobile crash. Dan is paralyzed and Laura is dead, her body broken on the icy ground.
. . .With A Chilling Secret
Friends and colleagues in Marian's Minnesota hometown rally around to try and ease her grief. But soon there are more horrible accidents. Then the rumors start--that these are not coincidences at all, that someone is picking off victims one by one. And as winter deepens, the search for answers will reveal a killer whose blood runs colder than the blinding snow.
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Kensington; Reprint edition (August 6, 2013)
- ISBN: 9780758289773
JOANNE FLUKE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, which include Double Fudge Brownie Murder, Blackberry Pie Murder, Cinnamon Roll Murder, and the book that started it all, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. That first installment in the series premiered as Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke was born and raised in a small town in rural Minnesota, but now lives in Southern California. Please visit her online at www.JoanneFluke.com
REVIEW:
Wow!
For the first half of the book, I actually wondered if they got it wrong calling it a thriller. They didn't. It just took some build up, and after reading it you know it was much needed build up, to get to the thriller part of the tale. And oh what a tale it is!
I thought I knew who was the killer from the start of the thrilling parts. I prayed to God that I would be wrong though, I mean, no one would ever want to think it would be that person, but it was. It's still shocking to think I was right.
But what a story! You felt part of this web, you get weaved into it as a person watching on the outside, but BAM! It's with you.
I may be haunted by parts of it for a while. That's good writing for ya!
Joanne Fluke, I loved this intro, for me, into your writing, and you best bet it won't be the last.
For the first half of the book, I actually wondered if they got it wrong calling it a thriller. They didn't. It just took some build up, and after reading it you know it was much needed build up, to get to the thriller part of the tale. And oh what a tale it is!
I thought I knew who was the killer from the start of the thrilling parts. I prayed to God that I would be wrong though, I mean, no one would ever want to think it would be that person, but it was. It's still shocking to think I was right.
But what a story! You felt part of this web, you get weaved into it as a person watching on the outside, but BAM! It's with you.
I may be haunted by parts of it for a while. That's good writing for ya!
Joanne Fluke, I loved this intro, for me, into your writing, and you best bet it won't be the last.
4/5
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I have read all those Hannah Swenson mysteries, so this looks promising!
ReplyDeleteOoh. I need to check out this author and series! Sounds like some books I need to read!
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