Chill Factor
The gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestseller
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4.5 • 15 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A woman in danger. A killer with ice in his veins.
Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town - the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations.
Until now.
Four women have disappeared in two years. A blue ribbon left near the spot where each was last seen. There are no other clues. And now another young woman has disappeared without a trace.
Lilly Martin is trying to outrun a snowstorm when her car skids on the icy road and strikes a man as he emerges from the woods on foot. Lilly recognizes the injured man as Ben Tierney, whom she met the summer before. They've no choice but to wait out the storm in the cabin, but as the hours of their confinement mount, Lilly begins to wonder if the greatest danger to her safety isn't the blizzard outside, but the mysterious man right beside her.
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Praise for Sandra Brown
'A masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats'
USA Today
'Perfectly plotted . . . sin-tillating suspense'
People magazine
'Lust, jealousy, and murder suffuse Brown's crisp thriller'
Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lust, jealousy and murder suffuse Brown's crisp thriller (after White Hot), set in the snowbound mountains of North Carolina. Lilly and Dutch Burton's marriage didn't withstand the loss of their three-year-old daughter, despite their attempt at a fresh start with the purchase of a vacation cabin in bucolic Cleary, N.C., where the novel opens on the divorced couple discussing its sale. Dutch is now Cleary's chief of police, and Lilly is a magazine editor in Atlanta. As she races back to the city to beat a blizzard, her car skids out, striking a hiker emerging from the woods. Turns out he's a man she knows: handsome freelance writer Ben Tierney, whom she met and flirted with the summer before. With no choice but to wait out the storm in the cabin with Ben, who is injured, Lilly calls Dutch, but he can't reach her via the now impassable mountain road. Meanwhile, Cleary is haunted by the case of five missing women all now feared dead. With Lilly still stranded, Dutch goes ballistic when the FBI arrives in town with evidence that Tierney is the serial killer. The snowy suspense will cool off Brown's fans during the dog days of summer.
Customer Reviews
A Must read
Great book, couldn't put it down.
Huge disappointment
If you read Mean Streak don't read this book, or if you read this one don't read Mean Streak. They are basically the same story. I enjoy Brown's books and look forward to them. I'll be more cautious in future as I don't want to spend money on a rehashed storyline that I work out almost immediately.