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An ice cold grave
358 pages
A chilling, supernatural-tinged mystery where unearthing the dead forces a reluctant clairvoyant into a desperate fight for survival.
What it feels like
This propulsive mystery plunges readers into a dread-soaked, half-frozen landscape where long-buried secrets refuse to stay hidden. The mood is chilling and tense, driven by a grim discovery that quickly spirals into a high-stakes fight for survival. The narrative balances the eerie, supernatural elements of clairvoyance with the gritty reality of a serial killer investigation, creating an atmosphere thick with small-town darkness and impending danger. The prose is direct and suspenseful, pulling the reader alongside a reluctant protagonist who just wants to escape but is forced to confront unspeakable evils. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour atmospheric, supernatural-tinged detective stories where the past reaches out to claim the living.
- Mood
- chilling
- dread-soaked
- atmospheric
- tense
- Tone
- gritty
- suspenseful
- urgent
- grim
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- unearthing dark secrets · confronting mortality · reluctant heroism · small-town darkness
- The writing
- Direct and suspenseful, focusing on the grim realities of the investigation and the chilling atmosphere of the frozen setting.
- The arc
- Moves from a grim, reluctant obligation to a tense, high-stakes fight for survival against hidden evils.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave atmospheric, supernatural-tinged mysteries with reluctant investigators and dark, small-town secrets.
Content notes
- murder of teenagers
- serial killers
- violence
- physical assault
- buried bodies
About the book
Hired to find a boy gene missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother Tolliver head there-only to discover that the boy was only one of several who had disappeared over the previous five years. All of them teenagers. All unlikely runaways.All calling for Harper.Harper soon finds them-eight victims, buried in the half-frozen ground, all come to an unspeakable end. Afterwards, what she most wants to do is collect her fee and get out of town ahead of the media storm that's soon to descend. But when she's attacked and prevented from leaving, she reluctantly becomes a part of the investigation as she learns more than she cares to about the dark mysteries and long-hidden secrets of Doraville-knowledge that makes her the next person likely to rest in an ice-cold grave.
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