When a woman's body is found submerged in icy water, police are shocked to find she is alive. But she won't disclose her name, or what happened to her - even when a second body is discovered. And then she disappears from her hospital bed.
Detectives Adrian Miles and Imogen Grey follow their only lead to the home of Reece Corrigan, and when his wife Angela walks in, they immediately recognise her. She's the woman from the river, with her injuries carefully masked.
The more they dig into the couple, the less they understand about them.
Why have people in their past been hurt, or vanished?
And why doesn't Angela want to be saved?
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[It's so cold out here]***
(Avon Books UK, 11 November 2019, 422 pages, ebook, ARC from @AvonBooksUK via #NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 4 December)
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This is another fantastic thriller from Avon Books. I'm really impressed with the standard of books I've reviewed for them recently. There's so much I loved about this book. There is intrigue created around Angela, the woman found in the water and her dark and creepy home life. It's clear to the detectives that she's been beaten by her husband. However, she refuses to speak out against him and there are no witnesses so it's a hopeless situation. Just how did Angela end up in the water? Is the second body connected to Angela? Exactly what is Reece hiding and why does he have such power over the people around him? This is one of those books where so much happens and there are multiple possibilities due to misdirection and clues that may be false. There are some harrowing scenes when one of the detectives discovers the price for rattling Reece's cage. I've never read something quite like this and it's handled brilliantly. I thought I knew what the book was about until the rug is pulled out right from under me towards the end and Angela and Recce's dark secret is revealed. I got a severe case of the creeps and I'm still shuddering. I cannot fault one single thing about this. It's a corker.
