Helpful Score: 2
I don't give 4+ star ratings very often but this one deserves it, it is very well written--Sara Henry writes a touching story with some mystery and human interest, enjoyed reading such a good story without foul language throughout or sex scenes for pages and pages or unnecessary description that don't add a thing to a story, just very well written----thanks Sara!
R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed A Cold and Lonely Place (Troy Chance, Bk 2) on + 1452 more book reviews
Sequel to [book:Learning to Swim|8736390], the author takes the reader to a small community in upstate New York where athletes come to hone their winter sport skills. Saranac Lake is the center of the novel, almost as a character, it looms over the story and worms into the reader's mind as the plot unfolds. Troy Chance, once a sports writer now does free lance. As the story begins, she is photograhing the building of the annual ice castle when workers halt, staring at each other. Seeing what they see, a body in the ice, she realises that it is someone she knows, Tobin, a close friend to her roommate.
The editor of the local newspaper asks Troy to write about the death and follow it with a three part series about the deceased, son of a wealthy couple. Key question is how did the young man come to be in the lake and why did he die. Troy discovers his death isn't the only mystery about Tobin and the story unfolds slowing layer by layer as she reports about him as a child, then a young man and finally how he came to be here in this place at this time. Suspence builds as peoplee speculates how and why he died, including Troy and her roommates, one of whom becomes a suspect. Characters are so well developed one can understand how they relate to each other and how they think. Rumor abounds from an statement written by a new reporter whose work Troy must counter with the truth. Sso well crafted and enticing, I could not put this read aside until I finished.
The editor of the local newspaper asks Troy to write about the death and follow it with a three part series about the deceased, son of a wealthy couple. Key question is how did the young man come to be in the lake and why did he die. Troy discovers his death isn't the only mystery about Tobin and the story unfolds slowing layer by layer as she reports about him as a child, then a young man and finally how he came to be here in this place at this time. Suspence builds as peoplee speculates how and why he died, including Troy and her roommates, one of whom becomes a suspect. Characters are so well developed one can understand how they relate to each other and how they think. Rumor abounds from an statement written by a new reporter whose work Troy must counter with the truth. Sso well crafted and enticing, I could not put this read aside until I finished.
This second Troy Chance story was as entertaining as Learning to Swim. I sincerely hope that Sara Henry continues to write these outstanding suspense filled novels. I will read every one!
I'm not into "novels", but this was pretty good. A 3-star from me on a novel is a great rating.
I thought this was an excellent book. Well written. I will definitely read the first one of this duo.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I did not read the first book in this series. The author included a lot of information regarding it, so I feel I don't need to read it to catch up on the main character. When or if the next book comes out I will definitely read it.
