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In Bitter Chill
In Bitter Chill: A Mystery | Sarah Ward
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The deepest secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves in this richly atmospheric, compellingly written, and expertly constructed crime debut from an emerging talent.Derbyshire, 1978: a small town in the idyllic English countryside is traumatized by the kidnapping of two young schoolgirls, Rachel Jones and Sophie Jenkins. Within hours, Rachel is found wandering alone near the roadside, unharmed yet unable to remember anything, except that her abductor was a woman. No trace of Sophie is ever discovered.Present day: over thirty years later, Sophie's mother commits suicide. Detective inspector Francis Sadler and detective constable Connie Childs are assigned to look at the kidnapping again to see if modern police methods can discover something that the original team missed. Rachel, with the help of her formidable mother and grandmother, recovered from the kidnapping and has become a family genealogist. She wants nothing more than to continue living quietly beneath the radar, but the discovery of the strangled body of one of her former teachers days after the suicide brings the national media back to her doorstep. Desperate to stop a modern killer from striking again, Rachel and the police must unpick the clues to uncover what really happened all those years ago as the past threatens to engulf the present.
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kspenmoll
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#policeprocederal #coldcase
It‘s a windy, bitterly cold season in Derbyshire,2008.A suicide reopens a cold case, the 1978 kidnapping of 2 young school girls.Is there a link between these events? Can modern police methods now solve the case? A homicide team are assigned to unpick the 3 yr old clues in hopes of getting to the truth. Genealogy, fascinating in & of itself, assists in the discovery.The motif of high frigid winds adds to the ambiance.

kspenmoll @Andrew65 have you read this series? This was a library find & my intro to this series. 3y
Andrew65 No but sounds perfect and just downloaded the first book. 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Visited one Canadian province and four British counties this month as well!

#SeparatedbyaPondTour @Andrew65

SaturnDoo Ohhh I love that map ❤❤❤🤩🤩🤩 5y
Andrew65 Love this 😍🥰 5y
TheAromaofBooks @SaturnDoo @Andrew65 - Thank you!! I'm really enjoying coloring! 😂 5y
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TheKidUpstairs Which province? 5y
jenniferw88 Do you need one for Dorset? 5y
TheAromaofBooks @TheKidUpstairs - Prince Edward Island, courtesy of Anne of Green Gables!! 5y
TheAromaofBooks @jenniferw88 - if you have a book you love set in Dorest, I'm totally open to recommendations!! Right now I'm doing this challenge more like as I read something, I see if it fits any of my challenges, but at some point I'll probably have to get more serious about my planning! 😂 5y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Is it extra ironic that this is the wrong "your" in a paragraph where they are talking about teaching??

Laughterhp 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 5y
rabbitprincess Muphry‘s Law! 😂😂 5y
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TheLudicReader
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From the balcony of my Paris hotel...and trust me, it makes my knees wobbly to go out there. This is a police procedural. British detectives are compelled to reopen a 30-year-old kidnapping when the mother of one of the girls commits suicide. Not gripping, but completely readable. Paris is, on the other hand, completely fascinating & amazing. Wish I wasn't heading home tomorrow.

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eclecticreading
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Whilst the book was a pretty slow burn for 2/3s of the way, it was an interesting mystery that kept me guessing for the most part. The characters were especially interesting to me though. 3.5/5

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Daria
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It's not one of the best thriller books I've read but it definitely creates that shady-misty atmosphere that this kind of novel needs

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Readingwithwrin
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This one kept me guessing who had done it all the way through and had lots of surprises involved.