Winter at the Door (Lizzie Snow, #1)

Posted on 18 June 2017 by Sarah Graves

Perfect for fans of Jenny Milchman, Linda Castillo, and Lisa Gardner the first book in a suspenseful new crime thriller series featuring the tough but haunted police chief Lizzie Snow, a big city cop with a mission, taking on a small town with a dark side.Moving from Boston to remote Bearkill, Maine, isn t homicide cop Lizzie Snow s idea of a step up But breaking away from tragedy and personal betrayal is at least a step in the right direction Her dead sister s fate still torments her, as does her long missing niece s disappearance Lizzie hopes to find the mysteriously vanished child here, amid the coming ice and snow But in the Great North Woods, something darker and dangerous than punishing winter is also bound for Bearkill.The town is a world apart in than distance full of people who see everything, say little, and know than they ll share with an outsider The only exceptions are the handsome state cop who once badly broke Lizzie s heart and desperately wants another chance and Lizzie s new boss, sheriff Cody Chevrier, who s counting on her years of homicide experience to help him solve his most troubling case, before it s too late.A rash of freak accidents and suicides has left a string of dead men all former local cops Now the same cruel eyes that watched them die are on Lizzie and so is the pressure to find out what sort of monster has his hooks in this town, what his ruthless game is, and just how brutally he ll play to win Whatever the truth is, its twisted roots lie in the desolate backwoods of Allagash County where the desperate disappear, the corrupt find shelter, and the innocent lose everything It s there that a cunning and utterly cold blooded killer plans the fate of the helpless lives at his mercy one of whom may be the lost child Lizzie will do anything to save As a blizzard bears down, and Bearkill s dark secrets claw their way to the surface, Lizzie gears up for a showdown that could leave the deep, driven snow stained blood red. Download Winter at the Door (Lizzie Snow, #1) By Sarah Graves – kino-fada.fr Homicide cop Lizzie Snow moves from Boston to Bearkill, Maine She is searching for her niece that disappeared not long after her sister died And now she has a photo of a little girl that could me Nicki Sheriff Cody Chevrier is problems of his own Four ex cops have died during the last year and only he suspects that it is murder.Winter at the door was a great book I liked Lizzie Snow from the moments she was introduced into the book, short black hair, red lipstick and red fingernails Small Homicide cop Lizzie Snow moves from Boston to Bearkill, Maine She is searching for her niece that disappeared not long after her sister died And now she has a photo of a little girl that could me Nicki Sheriff Cody Chevrier is problems of his own Four ex cops have died during the last year and only he suspects that it is murder.Winter at the door was a great book I liked Lizzie Snow from the moments she was introduced into the boo...I ve always been a sucker for the storyline that whisked me away to those small, quaint towns that scream of yesteryear where time had seemed to slow down One Watering Hole, one food mart, one gas station et al just like Mayberry, USA I waited in anticipation for the slow parts to kick in but the author insisted on keeping the action moving along, briskly That worked well for me It was well written and contained no digressions.Lizzie Snow, an experienced homicide cop fr...Lizzie Snow leaves her Boston homicide job when she is hired as a deputy in the small town of Bearkill, Maine The sheriff needs Lizzie s expertise to help solve the rash of murders of recently retired policemen She also has reason to believe that she may find her missing niece in this area.A fast paced story with many twists, lots of suspense and non stop action The author has created interesting characters that I look forward to readingabout in the next book Winter At The Door by Sa Lizzie Snow leaves her Boston homicide job when she is hired as a deputy in the small town of Bearkill, Maine The sheriff need...Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for a free copy of Winter at the Door I gather that Graves has written other mysteries but this is meant to be the first in a series I liked the detective Lizzie Snow , the Maine small town setting and the set up at the beginning when Lizzie arrives as a new cop in a small town But I didn t love the story It seemed messy and...As a blizzard bears down, and Bearkill s dark secrets claw their way to the surface, Lizzie gears up for a showdown that could leave the deep, driven snow stained blood red The first in a new series, Winter at the Door introduces us to big city cop Lizzie Snow She moves to small town Bearkill, Maine in the hopes of finding her missing niece, the only family member she has left She takes a job at the local Sheriff s department and is assigned a case to solve what could be the murders of localAs a blizzard bears down, and Bearkill s dark secrets claw their way to the surface, Lizzie gears up for a showdown that could leave the deep, driven snow stained blood red The first in a new series, Winter at the Door introduces us to big city cop Lizzie Snow She moves to small town Bearkill, Maine in the hopes of finding her missing niece, the only family member she has left She takes a job at the local Sheriff s department and is assigned a case to solve what could be the murders of local cops, staged to look like suicides To make things evenstressful for Lizzie, her former lover, Det Dylan Vanilla Jerkface, hangs around outside his jurisdiction, like a lot The positives the writing isn t terrible there is a lot of atmosphere, setting and vibrant character detail And Lizzie Snow is a tough, likable heroine The negatives overwrought with country bumpkin cliches The first 3rd of the bo...This is the first in a new series by the author of the long running Home repair is homicide books, also set in Maine I haven t read any of those but from perusing the reviews, I m guessing this one is a little grittier Lizzie Snow was a homicide detective in Boston before she upped stakes for a position with the Aroostook County Sheriff Dept in Bearkill, Maine It s not exactly what she expected Turns out her new boss Sheriff Cody Chevrier had an ulterior motive for offering her the job This is the first in a new series by the author of the long running Home repair is homicide books, also set in Maine I haven t read any of those but from perusing the reviews, I m guessing this one is a little grittier Lizzie Snow was a homicide detective in Boston before she upped stakes for a position with the Aroostook County Sheriff Dept in Bearkill, Maine It s not exactly what she expected Turns out her new boss Sheriff Cody Chevrier had an ulterior motive for offering her the job That s ok She has an ulterior motive for accepting Cody s a little uneasy about the recent deaths of several ex cops but he s the only one who is suspicious A big city homicide cop is just what he needs his buddy Maine State Police Det Dylan Hudson recommended Lizzie.Eight years ago Lizzie s sister was killed her infant daughter Nicolette disappeared Searching for clues to Nicki s whereabouts has been a ...It started out well, promising to be an interesting police procedural about a tough female cop investigating the accidental deaths of several ex cops But I first got suspicious when the author spent an inordinate amount of time detailing the MC s appearance, right down to her lipstick and every article of clothing she s wearing Then hints of a possible romantic interest, then love triangle And now we have an assholish love interest where she s apparentlyinterested in getting nekkid wi It started out well, prom...Winter at the Door is a book that chilled me to the bone It takes place in Bearkill, Maine Lizzie Snow has come to Maine to take a job with the police department She also has an ulterior motive She s hoping to find her niece, who s been missing This thriller held my attention throughout the book and when I said it chilled me, I meant it Not only does it take place in Maine, but it takes place in the winter in Maine The author manages to make the winter a character and I lo...NetGalley book review This book was a very good thriller There s a cop killer, a missing girl, other law breakers and drama lots and lots of drama I very much enjoyed this book and it wasn t that long of a read I am looking forward to when the next book in the series comes along.I m between 3 and 4 stars on this book from Sarah Graves Just give me anything with Maine in the mix and I m there This one adds adept scenes of Aroostook County and the deep, deep woods.Having never read the book prior to Winter at the Door, I was unfamiliar with the character of Lizzie Snow I liked her immediately.from her spikey black hair to her red lipstick Yes, it was a bit of a stretch expecting a Boston cop to fit in with a woodsy Maine setting, but it seems to work here However, I m between 3 and 4 stars on this book from Sarah Graves Just give me anything with Maine in the mix and I m there This one adds adept scenes of Aroostook County and the deep, deep woods.Having never read the book prior to Winter at the Door, I was unfamiliar with the character of Lizzie Snow I liked her immediately.from her spikey black hair to her red lipstick Yes, i...

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18 June 2017

Sarah Graves