When a powerful twister hits the little town of Cherrystone, Wash., former Seattle homicide detective Emily Kenyon checks in on the Martins: she finds their home demolished by the storm, and three of the four family members murdered by a demented killer. Suspiciously missing from the carnage is older son Nick, but is he a witness or the murderer? And Emily soon finds that her teenage daughter, Jenna, has run off with Nick in order to help him clear his name. What Emily doesn't know is that the Martin family deaths are connected to a series of murders going back two decades, and are linked to a case from her own past whose tragic outcome ultimately drove her out of the Seattle police force. Olsen does a nice job balancing past and present plots and subplots in this intricately layered story, keeping the tension taut and pages turning.
Publisher's Weekly on A Cold Dark Place
“A great thriller that grabs you by the throat and takes you into the dark, scary places of the heart and soul.”
– Kay Hooper
New York Times bestselling author of Blood Dreams
“This stunning thriller is the love child of Thomas Harris and Laura Lippman, with all the thrills and the sheer glued-to-the-page artistry of both.”
– Ken Bruen,
Shamus Award-winning author of Priest
“Dark, atmospheric, riveting suspense . . . Gregg Olsen is one of the best. You'll sleep with the lights on after reading Gregg Olsen's dark, atmospheric, page-turning suspense . . . if you can sleep at all. Suspense that grips you from the first page to the last.”
– Allison Brennan,
New York Times bestselling author of Fear No Evil
"A stunning thriller – a brutally dark story with a compelling, intricate plot. The rare bonus is a heroine so genuine and engaging you’ll immediately connect and root for her against a dark, evil character who’s bound to scare the hell out of you."
– Alex Kava,
New York Times bestselling author of Whitewash
“A page-turner . . . Olsen brings his vast knowledge of the criminal mind to the fictional stage, deftly combining just the right mix of plot and characterization to create a work of dark, gripping suspense.”
– Anne Frasier,
USA Today bestselling author of Garden of Darkness
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