Book Details
Title: Ice
Author: Lauren Carr
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Publication Date: February 26, 2018
Number of Pages: 363
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The clues for a close-to-the-heart missing person’s case heat up when Chris Matheson starts chipping away at the ice on the cold case. When Sandy Lipton and her unborn child disappear, the court of public opinion finds young Chris Matheson guilty. Decades later, the retired FBI agent returns home to discover that the cloud of suspicion cast over him and his family has never lifted. With the help of a team of fellow retired law enforcement officers, each a specialist in their own field of investigation, Chris Matheson starts chipping away at the ice on this cold case to uncover what had happened to Sandy and her baby and the clues are getting hot!
My Review
Ice is book #1 of The Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery series and my first Lauren Carr read. The author makes the setting of Charles Town/Shenandoah Valley West Virginia come to life. Great hook at the beginning to pique my interest.
The story starts with 18 year old Sandy Lipton and her unborn child disappearing. The main character is Chris Matheson an ex-FBI agent who has recently moved back to his hometown after the death of his wife in a terrorist attack. Twenty-four years ago Chris was a suspect in Sandy Lipton’s disappearance. Sandy had been pregnant and claimed that Christ was the father. Chris denied he was the father and was going to have the baby’s DNA tested when it was born but Sandy came up missing before that. Even though Chris was cleared by the authorities many people thought he had something to do with it.
Chris is asked to join a group known as The Geezer Squad which is a group of retired law enforcement crime fighters who work secretly on cold case files. Once Chris joins the group they decide to investigate the disappearance of Sandy Lipton and to once and for all clear the name of Chris Matheson.
My favorite parts of the book were involving The Geezer Squad. I found the members of the group to be entertaining and pretty funny at times. Dog lovers are also sure to enjoy Chris’s dog Sterling, a former police dog that was wounded in action. Ice was full of mystery and suspense making for a fast and exhilarating read. The dialog between characters was realistic. I hope to read more in this series.
Thank you Lauren Carr, Acorn Book Services, and iRead Book Tours for providing me with a copy of this book to read.
About The Author
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!
Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Now, Lauren has added one more hit series to her list with the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries. Set in the quaint West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry, Ice introduces Chris Matheson, a retired FBI agent, who joins forces with other law enforcement retirees to heat up those cold cases that keep them up at night.
Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.
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