By Kelly Bridgewater
Dr. Emily Hartford is back in Frozen
Lives, the next thrilling mystery from Jennifer Graeser Dornbush.
Chicago surgeon Emily Hartford has
never quite shaken off the dust of her hometown in Michigan. She may be a
professional success and have a princely boyfriend in the Windy City, but she
can’t seem to let go of being “the coroner’s daughter” from Freeport.
Once again, she finds herself pulled
back upstate during a wintery late March when Jeremiah—the eleven-year-old son
of her best friend, Jo—goes missing on the frigid shores of Lake Michigan.
To everyone’s relief, Jeremiah turns
up days later, alive and unharmed. But tensions remain high, and suspicions of
every sort continue to grow. Jeremiah’s account of his abduction doesn’t add up,
and Emily worries about Jo’s unraveling marriage. Jeremiah’s recovery, it turns
out, is not the end of their terrifying tale. It’s just the beginning …
For moving among them is a devious,
malevolent force. Sowing panic while seeking to fulfill his own twisted needs,
this wolf in sheep’s clothing leaves a trail of rack and ruin, heedless of the
damage in his wake … and the bodies he leaves behind.
Emily solidifies her role as the coroner’s daughter when she
puzzles out this madman’s chilling machinations. Risking everything dear to
her, Emily is determined to go the icy distance and end his killing spree.
My Thoughts:
Frozen Lives
by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush was a book that I could not put down. Dornbush
showed who the villain is pretty early on in the novel. Normally, I do not like
this when reading a suspense novel. But the way she crafted the novel, it was
like watching a car wreck happen, and then stick around for the aftermath. You
knew it was horrible, but you wanted to know how it played out. I wanted to
know the villain’s mental issues. Why was he doing what he was doing? How long
would the horrors happen before the rescue? Dornbush does a good job at leaving
little clues and pushing the victims harder and harder. Emily and Brandon had
to come to terms with where their relationship might be headed. If readers are
familiar with the previous books, they would understand this plot line. As a
word of Caution, there are some cuss words in the story, but they were spoken
when a character was angry, so I just them and kept moving forward with the
plot. It does help cement the anger of the person. Dornbush does leave the
story in a cliff-hanger. Now I need the next book as soon as possible. I need
to know answers to this ending. Overall, Frozen Lives by Jennifer
Graeser Dornbush was a wonderful suspense novel. I think it was the best book
in the series. I recommend this novel.
I received a complimentary copy of Frozen
Lives by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush from Blackstone Publishing, but the opinions stated are all
my own.
My Rating: 5 out of
5 stars
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