What do You think about The Ice Maiden (2003)?
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
