A Mysterious Review of The Cold Nowhere by Brian Freeman. A Jonathan Stride Mystery.
Review summary: This series thriller starts strong, and ends even stronger, but is weighed down by a middle 150 pages or so where little of substance (or interest) happens. For the most part, a solidly written and entertaining novel, but one that could have benefited from being more tautly edited. (Click here for text of full review.)
Our rating:
The Cold Nowhere
Brian Freeman
A Jonathan Stride Mystery
Quercus (April 2014)
Publisher synopsis: Lieutenant Stride goes home to his cottage on the shore of Lake Superior, where he is confronted with a crime he cannot ignore. He discovers a young woman, Cat Mateo, hiding in his bedroom, scared and dripping wet from a desperate plunge into the icy lake.
The girl isn't a stranger to Stride; she is the daughter of a woman he tried and failed to protect from a violent husband years ago. When Cat asks Stride for protection from a mysterious person she claims is trying to kill her, Stride is driven by guilt and duty to help her.
Stride's police partner Maggie Bei doubts the homeless orphan, who has been supporting herself as a prostitute and living rough on the streets of Duluth. She marvels at how easily the hard-bitten young girl, who sleeps with a knife under her pillow, has won Stride's trust.
As Stride investigates Cat's case off the record, Maggie's suspicions solidify and a single question haunts the void between them: should Stride be afraid for — or of — this damaged girl?
0 comments:
Post a Comment