Cold
A Novel
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4.1 • 8 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Longlisted for the Leacock Medal of Humour • One of Kobo CA's Top Horror Ebooks and Top Horror Audiobook of 2024
A tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for their lives kicks off this sweeping and hilarious novel from award-winning writer Drew Hayden Taylor that blends thriller, murder mystery, and horror with humour and spectacle.
Elmore Trent is a professor of Indigenous studies who finds himself entangled in an affair that's ruining his marriage; Paul North plays in the IHL (Indigenous Hockey League), struggling to keep up with the game that's passing him by; Detective Ruby Birch is chasing a string of gruesome murders, with clues that conspicuously lead her to both Elmore and Paul. And then there's Fabiola Halan, former journalist-turned-author and famed survivor of a plane crash that sparked a nationwide tour promoting her book.
What starts off as a series of subtle connections between isolated characters quickly takes a menacing turn, as it becomes increasingly clear that someone—or something—is hunting them all.
Taking tropes from the murder mystery, police procedural, thriller, and horror genres, Drew Hayden Taylor weaves a pulse-pounding and propulsive narrative with an intricate cast of characters, while never losing the ability to make you laugh.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Okay, stay with us because this gets real complicated, real quick. First, a small plane crashes in Northern Ontario during an absolutely apocalyptic snowstorm, leaving two stranded survivors—one of whom, journalist Fabiola, has a broken leg. A year later in Toronto, aging First Nations hockey player Paul faces the looming end of his career, university professor Elmore is entangled in an affair with a student, and police detective Ruby is investigating an increasingly gory and inexplicable series of murders, all while Fabiola is on a press tour for her how-I-survived memoir. Also: This is a comedy. Ojibway playwright and filmmaker Drew Hayden Taylor expands the thriving Indigenous horror trend by incorporating elements of hardboiled mystery and domestic drama along with tart commentary on First Nations pop culture and LOL humour. You haven’t read anything like Cold before, and you’ll never forget it.
