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A Cold, Cold World

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A female sheriff tries to fill her late father's boots and be the sheriff her small Washington State mountain town needs as a deadly snow storm engulfs the town, in this dark, twisty mystery.


"Riveting" Library Journal Starred Review

The world felt pure. Nature made the location pristine again, hiding the scene from prying eyes. As if no one had died there at all.
In the months since Bet Rivers solved her first murder investigation and secured the sheriff's seat in Collier, she's remained determined to keep her town safe. With a massive snowstorm looming, it's more important than ever that she stays vigilant.
When Bet gets a call that a family of tourists has stumbled across a teen injured in a snowmobile accident on a mountain ridge, she braves the storm to investigate. However, once she arrives at the scene of the accident it's clear to Bet that the teen is not injured; he's dead. And has been for some time . . .
Investigating a possible homicide is hard enough, but with the worst snowstorm the valley has seen in years threatening the safety of her town, not to mention the integrity of her crime scenes - as they seem to be mounting up as well - Bet has to move fast to uncover the complicated truth and prove that she's worthy of keeping her father's badge.

|A Sheriff Bet Rivers Mystery
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    • Kirkus

      July 1, 2024
      A small-town Washington sheriff fights the elements while seeking a killer and several missing persons. Bet Rivers, the latest in a long line of sheriffs named Rivers in Collier, left LAPD after her father died to take over his job. Now she faces her first big challenge in an unusually heavy snowstorm that may close down the town. With only her dog, Schweitzer, one deputy, and a septuagenarian secretary for help, she heads out to investigate a snowmobile accident first discovered by a visiting couple and their son. Arriving on the scene, Bet finds local teen Grant Marsden dead under suspicious circumstances. Next, George Stand, the caretaker of the Collier estate, shows up to report a break-in, a sleeping bag covered in blood, and a missing shower curtain. Soon afterward, someone breaks into the local ambulance and steals supplies, making Bet wonder if there's a connection to that bloody sleeping bag. At the Marsden house, Bet finds 21-year-old Bodhi Marsden partying and claiming that Grant was staying with a friend while their father and younger sister are out of town. When her deputy leaves to be with his wife, who's gone into labor, the shorthanded Bet takes a chance by deputizing George's great-nephew Kane, a former military police officer who's having a hard time adjusting to civilian life. Her heavy caseload forces Bet to put her life on the line in arduous conditions. An exciting combination of multiple mysteries and a thrilling fight to survive nature's wrath.

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      Starred review from July 1, 2024

      A devastating winter storm is bearing down on Collier, WA, and Sheriff Bet Rivers is determined to ensure the safety of her fellow citizens. She's the latest in the Rivers family to be elected sheriff, following in the footsteps of her forefathers, who served the small mountain town since its founding. But she's been in charge for less than a year, and her only support team is a single deputy, a septuagenarian secretary, and one big dog. When tourists report finding an injured teen on a snowmobile out in the snow, Rivers goes out looking for the teen, but he's already dead. She doesn't have time to process the crime scene due to the approaching storm and the next emergency: a cabin has been broken into, and there's a sleeping bag there, dripping with fresh blood. In the middle of a snowstorm, cut off by fallen electric wires and trees, Rivers has two crime scenes that she can't fully process, and a desperate suspect tied to all her cases. VERDICT The weather conditions are an essential component in this sequel to All We Buried. Readers who appreciate the strong woman police chief in Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder books or the vivid landscapes of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mysteries will appreciate Taylor's riveting crime novel.--Lesa Holstine

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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