Cold wind : a mystery

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Title:

Cold wind : a mystery

Author:

Shelton, Paige, author.

Series:

Alaska wild ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn't been found yet, so she's not ready to go back. But as October comes to a close, Benedict is feeling more and more like her new home. Beth has managed to get back to writing, and she's enjoying these beautiful months between summer and winter in Alaska. Then, two mud-covered, silent girls appear, and a secret trapper's house is found in the woods. The biggest surprise, though, is a dead and frozen woman's body in the trapper's shed. Unable to escape her journalistic roots, Beth is determined to answer the questions that keep arising: Are the mysterious girls and the frozen body connected? And can she solve this mystery before the cold wind sweeping over the town and the townspeople descends for good?" Provided by publisher.

Edition:

St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.

Physical Description:

344 pages ; 18 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Kidnapping victims -- Fiction.

Authors -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Alaska -- Fiction.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Paperbacks,

Publication Date:

2021

2020

ISBN:

9781250782175

Publication Information:

New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2021.

Call Number:

SHELTON

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003587139	Adult Fiction	SHELTON Paige	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Second in a new series set in Alaska from beloved cozy author Paige Shelton, Cold Wind will chill your bones.

Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn't been found yet, so she's not ready to go back.

But as October comes to a close, Benedict is feeling more and more like her new home. Beth has been working on herself: She's managed to get back to writing, and she's enjoying these beautiful months between summer and winter in Alaska.

Then, everything in Benedict changes after a mudslide exposes a world that had been hidden for years. Two mud-covered, silent girls appear, and a secret trapper's house is found in the woods. The biggest surprise, though, is a dead and frozen woman's body in the trapper's shed. No one knows who she is, but the man who runs the mercantile, Randy, seems to be in the middle of all the mysteries.

Unable to escape her journalistic roots, Beth is determined to answer the questions that keep arising: Are the mysterious girls and the frozen body connected? Can Randy possibly be involved? And--most importantly--can she solve this mystery before the cold wind sweeping over the town and the townspeople descends for good?

Author Notes

PAIGE SHELTON had a nomadic childhood, as her father's job as a football coach took her family to seven different towns before she was even twelve years old. After college at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she moved to Salt Lake City. She thought she'd only stay a couple years, but instead she fell in love with the mountains and a great guy who became her husband. After many decades in Utah, she and her family moved to Arizona. She writes the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series, which begins with The Cracked Spine . Her other series include the Farmers' Market, Cooking School, and Dangerous Type mystery series. Find out more on her webpage!

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Shelton's serviceable sequel to 2019's Thin Ice finds thriller writer Beth Rivers, who recently fled her home in St. Louis after being kidnapped and tortured by an unidentified assailant, still living in a halfway house for low-level female felons in the small town of Benedict, Alaska. The appearance on the home's doorstep of two little girls, mute and covered in mud, throws Beth's new life into turmoil. When Benedict police chief Gril Samuels, Beth's friend, arrives to take charge of the children, he brings news that the frozen body of a middle-aged woman has been found in the woods. Arson and break-ins follow. Gril welcomes Beth's assistance in figuring out who's committing the crimes and why. Meanwhile, Beth is told by the St. Louis detective following her abduction case that the culprit's identity has been determined, but he's still on the loose. The appealing Alaskan atmosphere and a heroine with an intriguing backstory help make up for some pedestrian prose and the weak motives for the various crimes. Fans of light regional mysteries will be satisfied. Agent: Jessica Faust, BookEnds Literary. (Dec.)

Library Journal Review

Leaving behind her "Scottish Bookshop" and other cozy nooks, Shelton follows up the LJ-starred Thin Ice in this second in the "Alaska Wild" series. Beth Rivers is back, still hiding out in small-town Benedict, AK, from the man who kidnapped her. But then a mudslide brings forth two mute, frightened girls from a remote trapper's shed where a woman's dead body is found, and Beth's journalistic instincts are roused. With a 30,000-copy first printing.