- Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Bantam; 1st mmpb edition (Mar 26 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553583719
- ISBN-13: 978-0553583717
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 2.1 x 17.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,489,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From an electrifying new voice in suspense fiction comes a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller as terrifying as a gunshot in the frozen air...and AS merciless as a sadistic killer’s
COLD HEART
The shooting has started. For the next four hours a killer will stalk the inhabitants of a remote Alaskan village hidden in a wilderness of awesome beauty. And Micky Ascherfeld, a burned-out ex-cop, is the only person who can stop him. Without a gun, cut off from the outside world, Micky plays a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a man on a killing rampage.
Moving from cabin to cabin, she finds her once-familiar world turned into a landscape of sheer horror. To survive, she must confront the demons in her own past–even as she becomes the focus of a madman’s sick obsession and a terrified girl’s only hope. With another life to save besides her own, Micky has found a new reason to endure...if only she can.
COLD HEART
The shooting has started. For the next four hours a killer will stalk the inhabitants of a remote Alaskan village hidden in a wilderness of awesome beauty. And Micky Ascherfeld, a burned-out ex-cop, is the only person who can stop him. Without a gun, cut off from the outside world, Micky plays a deadly game of hide-and-seek with a man on a killing rampage.
Moving from cabin to cabin, she finds her once-familiar world turned into a landscape of sheer horror. To survive, she must confront the demons in her own past–even as she becomes the focus of a madman’s sick obsession and a terrified girl’s only hope. With another life to save besides her own, Micky has found a new reason to endure...if only she can.
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From an electrifying new voice in suspense fiction comes a chilling edge-of-your-seat thriller as terrifying as a gunshot in the frozen air... and as merciless as a sadistic killer's COLD HEART.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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By AuthorZone.Com Book Review (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Heart (Mass Market Paperback)
Houston Police Officer Mickey Ascherfeld suffered the horrendous death of her parents as a teen. Years later in Houston, Mickey once more faces a merciless foe that leaves her brutalized and unsure what to do. When Mickey receives a letter from old friend inviting her to Alaska she finally decides to go. Four years later, McCray, Alaska is proving to be a healing refuge to the woman who now pursues stained glass as an outlet for pent up stress. The tiny settlement provides the slow pace of life that Mickey needs to get her life back together. Then without warning the town oddball Eldred Hoskins ensures Mickey's life will take another drastic turn. She must use every bit of police training to keep herself and a local teenager alive. Writer McGrew has outdone himself with his first foray into writing. COLD HEART is a fast paced work filled with short snappy chapters presenting a tale that is mostly confined to a time period of four hours. The tightly drawn, fear-inspiring suspense thriller is jam packed with gore, chills, a maddened killer and a bit of a surprise as to what has set old El off. The inaccessibility of the hamlet lends to feelings that escape is impossible and that the people living in the area must either find a way to stop the mad man or be annihilated. Some characters are not fleshed out as completely as might be. What might have led to El's frenzy is not foretold in subtle clues. The surprise causation for El's behavior is not quite as trustworthy as would be, had a few perspicacious hints and red herrings been tossed into the mix during the period leading up to the rampage. Writer McGrew does throw in an abundance of turns and twists. The book is sure to please all who enjoy a good suspense filled, action packed read. Despite the small omissions surrounding El and his lapse of reality COLD HEART is an entertaining read, perfect for a winter afternoon in front of the fireplace. Reviewed by: molly martin
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Of course it's great,
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This review is from: Cold Heart (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought the book was just great. Chandler is an exceptional writer that keeps you engrossed from cover to cover. I can't wait to read the next one. Keep them coming Uncle Chad!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a stunning first novel!,
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This review is from: Cold Heart (Mass Market Paperback)
One of the hardest genres to write in, I believe, is that of the thriller. Pacing, suspense, believability and *thrills* are very difficult to carry off in a novel-length work, and McGrew has done that spectacularly with this, his *first* published book!The novel has a real cinematic quality to it (thanks to the author's descriptive prowess), and begs to be turned into a Hollywood screenplay. Yet at the same time, the interior depths of Micky, the heroine, as well as that of the killer (who is developed more slowly, adding to his menace), shows a real versatility in writing style. The pace never lets up, helped along by the inspired device of shorter chapters, and I must make use of the hackneyed "a book I couldn't put down". As it happens, it's true, as I just went several hours past my bedtime in order to finish it! I haven't been so engrossed in a novel in a long time, and I'm just amazed that this is a first effort. If Mr. McGrew's next book is anything like this one, we're going to be hearing his name for a long time to come.
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