Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

Tess Gerritsen

Jun 2010 · Ballantine Books

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Gerritsen paces Ice Cold with surgical precision.”—Salon

A spur-of-the-moment ski trip becomes a bone-chilling nightmare when a wrong turn leaves Boston medical examiner Maura Isles marooned—far from home and help—in the snowbound Wyoming mountains. Seeking shelter from the cold, she and her traveling companions stumble upon Kingdom Come—a remote village of identical houses that seems to have become a ghost town overnight. But the abandoned hamlet has dark secrets to tell, and Maura’s party may not be as alone as they think. Days later, word reaches homicide cop Jane Rizzoli that Maura’s charred remains have been found at the scene of a car crash. But the shocking news leaves Jane with too many questions, and only one way to get answers. Determined to dig up the truth, she heads for the frozen desolation of Kingdom Come, where gruesome discoveries lie buried, and a ruthless enemy watches and waits.

This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content:
• Rizzoli & Isles, In Their Own Words: learn more about the lead characters in these special essays written by the author
• A special preview of Tess Gerritsen’s I Know a Secret.

“The kind of book you’d read in one sitting.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Amazing . . . another winner.”—The Plain Dealer

Ratings and reviews

Maura Isles, a Boston medical examiner, attends a conference in Wyoming. She meets an old friend from Medical school and decides to join her friend and his companions on a brief ski trip. In the heavy snow, they make a wrong turn on a deserted road, and become stranded. Seeking refuge, they trudge through the snow to a group of homes but find that the homes are empty and appear as if they have been recently deserted. One of Maura's friends becomes seriously injured and when one of her party tries to ski for help and doesn't return, she decides to try to get help, herself. In Boston, Maura's friend, Daniel Brophy, a Catholic priest that she had been seeing, becomes concerned when she isn't on her return flight. She doesn't answer her phone and Brophy asks her friend, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, for help. After Jane and her FBI husband make further inquiries, they become concerned and travel to Wyoming to search for Maura. The suspense mounts as the local police don't seem very forthcoming. Then there is a report of finding two bodies that are burned beyond recognition. Could one of the bodies be Maura's? The author provides excellent pacing in the novel. As law enforcement personnel approach the suspected mastermind of a number of deaths, it seemed as if Tess Gerritsen was a composer, I could almost hear the sounds of music such as "The 1812 Overture," as the action reached a climax. At this point, there was an unexpected plot twist that succeeded in taking me by surprise. This was well done but in this section the author had one major character having actions attributed to that person that were out of character with prior descriptions. This made it hard to accept. The author dealt with a number of sensitive issues such as religious cults and the manner in which women can be regulated to lesser status in cults. Gerritsen also provided information about the children of families in cults and how these children can sometimes be abused or neglected. Overall, a fun read and interesting progression of the Rizzoli and Isles tradition.

Excellant! Kept me very interested. I would love to read more books by this Author.

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About the author

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen earned international acclaim for her first novel of suspense, Harvest. She introduced Detective Jane Rizzoli in The Surgeon (2001) and Dr. Maura Isles in The Apprentice (2002) and has gone on to write numerous other titles in the celebrated Rizzoli & Isles series, most recently The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, and Die Again. Her latest novel is the stand-alone thriller Playing with Fire. A physician, Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.