A Cold, Cold World

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

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.

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A Cold, Cold World

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

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.

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A Cold, Cold World

A Cold, Cold World

by Elena Taylor

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged — 8 hours, 35 minutes

A Cold, Cold World

A Cold, Cold World

by Elena Taylor

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Overview

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

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.


Editorial Reviews

award winning author of Dead Drop and Face of Gree James L’Etoile

Sheriff Bet Rivers is back with a suspenseful and shrewdly plotted story of deadly small town secrets. Taylor's trademark vivid characters pull you in and the suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat as Bet uncovers the truth behind a snowmobile accident-a truth that will shake the entire town. Think Longmire meets Yellowstone

#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

Smart, action-packed suspense. Taylor perfectly captures the tension and determination of a small town sheriff facing down an isolating blizzard while racing against the clock to solve a murder and save a missing child. Sheriff Bet Rivers will be your new favorite character

Sheena Kamal

At the forefront of this haunting, impeccably plotted mystery by Elena Taylor is a sharp new heroine, Sheriff Bet Rivers, that crime fiction fans are sure to fall in love with

San Francisco Book Review on All We Buried

Extremely hard to put down . . . Would recommend this to anyone who loves mystery thrillers

Nichole Christoff

Atmospheric and addictive. You'll stay up all night to finish this novel

author of the multi-award-winning mystery The Phot J.L. Delozier

Tense and divinely atmospheric, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter’s day — or any day you long for a chilling, thrilling read

Lili Wright

A late-night read that mystery lovers will devour

Allen Eskens

A wonderful protagonist [and] a stellar mystery with a current of tension and suspicion powerful enough to quicken your pulse

USA Today best selling author of One Wrong Word Hank Phillippi Ryan

A terrific ensemble cast in a total immersion setting! When the brutal environment is as diabolical as the bad guys, intrepid Sheriff Bet Rivers must battle impossible odds in this page-turning mystery. Fans of CJ Box and Julia Spencer-Fleming will adore this novel - it's whipsmart, completely cinematic, and full of heart. Not to be missed!

Library Journal

★ 07/01/2024

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

Kirkus Reviews

2024-05-31
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.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940192349434
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Publication date: 08/06/2024
Series: Sheriff Bet Rivers , #2
Edition description: Unabridged
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