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The Ice Maiden (2003)

The Ice Maiden (2003)

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0380728346 (ISBN13: 9780380728343)
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avon books

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Ice Maiden - GEdna Buchanan - 8th in seriesBuchanan's alter ego, Miami crime reporter Britt Montero, returns as the protagonist of an eighth fast-paced detective thriller (after You Only Die Twice). The Miami police's cold case squad (which investigates long-unsolved crimes) catches a break when an electrocuted burglar proves to be a vital link in solving a 14-year-old murder. Two affluent teenagers on their first date were abducted, assaulted, shot and left for dead. Despite a massive reward and a multi-state manhunt, the police were never able to find the attackers. The girl, Sunny, survived and has become a reclusive sculptress unwilling to revisit the past. But the reopening of the case attracts the attention of some who are willing to kill again, and Sunny finds herself pulled back in. As always, Buchanan packs her tale with fascinating secondary story lines, including a baby trapped in a well, a friend involved in domestic violence and Britt's on-again/off-again romance with detective Kendall McDonald. The somber shadow of September 11 hangs in the air throughout (Britt is plagued by nightmares; McDonald volunteers at Ground Zero).Very good until it loses punch at the end.

Britt Montero sees a body in the morgue and the chance occurrence changes her life forever. The dead body has scar tissue and Britt remembers a cold case where the same description was mentioned. The man was a thief who broke into the same business so often that the owner boogie trapped his ceiling where the man entered. The man was electrocuted and now lies in the morgue. Britt revisits the cold case file of two teenagers on their first date who were kidnapped and taken to a farm where the girl was raped and shot in the head and the boy murdered. The girl survived and has become a famous artist estranged from her wealthy family. A subplot involves a divorced reporter who works with Britt and her estranged husband who is released from jail and threatens his wife and child. It all comes together for a shocking ending.

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I didn't quite like the ending but of course I know not all ending are great.With how Edna wrote the last chapters, I knew what was coming. The way she got suddenly deep into the relationship of Britt and Kendall ticked something in me and I knew something was going to be wrong.I didn't expect the investigation to take a sudden turn about what really happened that night. It was surprising. Unpredictable and that's one of the reasons why I like those kind of books.Mysterious! Maybe one day I'll be able to write a mystery story/novel too as good as Edna Buchanan!
—Moody Claire

For some reason I thought this book was a fantasy but I soon discovered it's a mystery. Mysteries usually don't hold my attention so I'll see how it goes.Later on: I did finish this up because the writing grabbed me. It is apparently smack in the middle of a long ongoing series but the references to the earlier books didn't throw me too much although I think I would've found a deeper connection to many of the characters if I had read the earlier books first. Still, this was an attention grabbing murder mystery about a journalist following a cold case. The characterization was done very well and I genuinely cared for many of these people but when the big bad guy of the novel is finally revealed in the end it was a huge disappointment and simply unbelievable to me that the police hadn't figured it out long before. This is a dark book with a lot of pain suffered by most of the characters and adding to that is the fact that it takes place right after the 911 attacks. Don't read this if you need some cheering up!
—Bark's Book Nonsense

Entertaining mystery. It might have been rated 4 stars if the writer had just stuck to the mystery. The two subplots were totally unnecessary and out of place. Since I was listening to the audio book version, I just skipped ahead. Seriously. Totally unnecessary. The unnecessary romance subplot was particularly difficult to bear because the reader (Anna Fields) didn't sound like (or make the character sound like) she went in for male company... in that way. How can you not have chemistry between two characters when you're voicing them BOTH?I loved the supporting character of Lottie, especially her 'take' on the Queen Mum and Lassie.
—Tracy

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