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Book Review of Colder Than Ice (Mordecai Young, Bk 2)

Colder Than Ice (Mordecai Young, Bk 2)
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"Colder Than Ice" picks up where "Thicker Than Water" left off. Madman, Mordecai Young escaped justice and death in the previous book by wearing body armor in a showdown with police and former members of his Young Believers cult, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Marcum and Julie (Jewel) Jones. Now going by the name Beth Slocum, Lizzy has moved to rural Vermont to hide from her former lover, but he's tracked her down, determined to take away everything and everyone she cares about before killing her.

Enter Joshua Kendall, the ATF agent behind the bullet that nearly killed Beth (Lizzy) 17 years earlier in a government raid on the Young Believers compound. Josh has been guilt-ridden ever since, believing he'd killed an innocent woman and it's destroyed most of his life. He lost his wife and son when his marriage went south and his job when the government needed a scapegoat. Now running his own business as a bodyguard for high-profile clients, he's called in to protect Beth who's being used by the government to draw out Mordecai Young. Josh makes it his life's mission to protect Beth at any cost when he learns that she's the girl he thought he'd killed. But he must do this without letting on that he's the man who shot her years earlier because Beth doesn't trust the government or bodyguards since both have nearly gotten her killed.

Cameo appearances by Dawn, Julie, & Sean McKenzie; and Cassie Jackson from "Thicker Than Water."