A Cold, Cold World

by Elena Taylor Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt

Overview

An amateur female sheriff tries to fill her late father's boots and be the sheriff her small Washington State mountain town needs as a deadly snowstorm engulfs the town, in this dark, twisty mystery.

The world felt pure. Nature made the location pristine again, hiding the scene from prying eyes. As if no one had died there at all.

In the months since Bet Rivers solved her first murder investigation and secured the sheriff's seat in Collier, she's remained determined to keep her town safe. With a massive snowstorm looming, it's more important than ever that she stays vigilant.

When Bet gets a call that a family of tourists has stumbled across a teen injured in a snowmobile accident on a mountain ridge, she braves the storm to investigate. However, once she arrives at the scene of the accident it's clear to Bet that the teen is not injured; he's dead. And has been for some time...

Investigating a possible homicide is hard enough, but with the worst snowstorm the valley has seen in years threatening the safety of her town, not to mention the integrity of her crime scenes-as they seem to be mounting up as well-Bet has to move fast to uncover the complicated truth and prove that she's worthy of keeping her father's badge.

Editorial Reviews

Sheena Kamal

At the forefront of this haunting, impeccably plotted mystery by Elena Taylor is a sharp new heroine, Sheriff Bet Rivers, that crime fiction fans are sure to fall in love with

Lili Wright

A late-night read that mystery lovers will devour

author of the multi-award-winning mystery The Phot J.L. Delozier

A Cold, Cold World delivers in spades. Sheriff Elizabeth "Bet" Rivers struggles to protect the people of Collier, Washington, a tiny mountain town, from a monster blizzard - and a potential murderer on the loose. A sleeping bag soaked with blood, a missing father-daughter, an arrow found at the site of a fatal snowmobile accident . . . the threats and threads tangle into a complex mystery, the investigation of which is hampered by power outages and several feet of suffocating snow. Tense and divinely atmospheric, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's day - or any day you long for a chilling, thrilling read. It was worth the wait

#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

Smart, action-packed suspense. Taylor perfectly captures the tension and determination of a small town sheriff facing down an isolating blizzard while racing against the clock to solve a murder and save a missing child. Sheriff Bet Rivers will be your new favorite character

San Francisco Book Review on All We Buried

Extremely hard to put down . . . Would recommend this to anyone who loves mystery thrillers

Allen Eskens

A wonderful protagonist [and] a stellar mystery with a current of tension and suspicion powerful enough to quicken your pulse

award winning author of Dead Drop and Face of Gree James L’Etoile

Sheriff Bet Rivers is back with a suspenseful and shrewdly plotted story of deadly small town secrets. Taylor's trademark vivid characters pull you in and the suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat as Bet uncovers the truth behind a snowmobile accident-a truth that will shake the entire town. Think Longmire meets Yellowstone

Nichole Christoff

Atmospheric and addictive. You'll stay up all night to finish this novel

Library Journal

★ 07/01/2024

A devastating winter storm is bearing down on Collier, WA, and Sheriff Bet Rivers is determined to ensure the safety of her fellow citizens. She's the latest in the Rivers family to be elected sheriff, following in the footsteps of her forefathers, who served the small mountain town since its founding. But she's been in charge for less than a year, and her only support team is a single deputy, a septuagenarian secretary, and one big dog. When tourists report finding an injured teen on a snowmobile out in the snow, Rivers goes out looking for the teen, but he's already dead. She doesn't have time to process the crime scene due to the approaching storm and the next emergency: a cabin has been broken into, and there's a sleeping bag there, dripping with fresh blood. In the middle of a snowstorm, cut off by fallen electric wires and trees, Rivers has two crime scenes that she can't fully process, and a desperate suspect tied to all her cases. VERDICT The weather conditions are an essential component in this sequel to All We Buried. Readers who appreciate the strong woman police chief in Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder books or the vivid landscapes of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mysteries will appreciate Taylor's riveting crime novel.—Lesa Holstine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940192380857
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Series:	Sheriff Bet Rivers , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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