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So Cold the River
So Cold the River | Michael Koryta
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It started with a beautiful woman and a challenge. As a gift for her husband, Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to make a documentary about her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose past is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job even though there are few clues to the man's past--just the name of his hometown and an antique water bottle he's kept his entire life. In Bradford's hometown, Eric discovers an extraordinary history--a glorious domed hotel where movie stars, presidents, athletes, and mobsters once mingled, and hot springs whose miraculous mineral water cured everything from insomnia to malaria. Neglected for years, the resort has been restored to its former grandeur just in time for Eric's stay. Just hours after his arrival, Eric experiences a frighteningly vivid vision. As the days pass, the frequency and intensity of his hallucinations increase and draw Eric deeper into the town's dark history. He discovers that something besides the hotel has been restored--a long-forgotten evil that will stop at nothing to regain its lost glory. Brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real, So Cold the River is a tale of irresistible suspense with a racing, unstoppable current.
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Dogearedcopy
So Cold the River | Michael Koryta
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Mehso-so

Ultimately, it is a solid story, just not a great horror story. Lots of local lore, history and, weather; but despite the presence of tornadoes, ghosts and other supernatural elements, it just isn't very creepy.

🎧 Robert Petkoff, the audiobook narrator was fine, too! But again, nothing extra... though this would be a *great* audiobook for a road trip to Indiana!

Image: Inside the atrium at the West Baden Springs Hotel, the setting of the book.

Hestapleton My husband and I honeymooned at this hotel!! 4y
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Dogearedcopy
So Cold the River | Michael Koryta
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🎧 For some reason I thought this was a mystery thriller, but it seems to a have a supernatural/horror bent to it!

A failed filmmaker heads to Indiana to check out the West Baden hotel & casino— the place where the enigmatic subject of his next film assignment ostensibly grew up in.

Robert Petkoff sounds oddly younger, smoother and blander than I recall him being on other audiobooks; but not a deal breaker.

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MMFinck
So Cold the River | Michael Koryta
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Panpan

Nope. Nada. Don‘t - can‘t - buy into this one. I do not recommend it. The writing is very good. But the magic, which is the spine of the novel, did not work for me. (As a rule, I don‘t review books that I don‘t enjoy, but this one is old. I don‘t think my review will hurt any book sales. Read him! Just not this one.)

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Bloomingjen
So Cold the River | Michael Koryta
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At the amazing West Baden Springs Hotel on which the fictional hotel in this book is based. I bought a copy of this book at the hotel because I am dorky and like buying a book that has a connection to a place - if that makes sense.

DivineDiana It makes perfect sense! Not dorky at all! 🙂 6y
charl08 Me too! 6y
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NatalieR
So Cold the River | Michael Koryta
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Fun Friday Photo!! I collect bookmarks like I collect books. They even have their own special home inside a decorative box on my library shelf when not in use. 😍

SusanInTiburon They make the best souvenirs, don't they? 8y
Vblancsbooks Cute! Good idea about the box! 8y
NatalieR @Susanintiburon Yes, they sure do! 8y
NatalieR @Vblancsbooks Thanks! ☺️ 8y
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