Blood Runs Cold
A fast-moving crime thriller about FBI agent Ren Bryce, whose investigation into an avalanche murder drags her into her own troubled past.
Work Information
A fast-moving crime thriller about FBI agent Ren Bryce, whose investigation into an avalanche murder drags her into her own troubled past.
A fast-moving crime thriller about FBI agent Ren Bryce, whose investigation into an avalanche murder drags her into her own troubled past.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Harper
- Published
- 2008-12-01
- Pages
- 496 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 11.18 x 3.12 x 17.78 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780007268443
- ISBN-10
- 0007268440
- Price
- 2638 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Action & Adventure
Kidnap and murder collide in Alex Barclay's heart-stopping new thriller featuring FBI Agent Ren Bryce. The only way to reach the end is to turn back...When the body of FBI agent Jean Transom is found on the frozen slopes of Quandary Peak, the nearby town of Breckenridge, Colorado, becomes the focus of a major investigation. A quiet, dedicated agent on the surface, it soon becomes clear that there was another side to Jean Transom. And who better to uncover it than Special Agent Ren Bryce, an expert in violent crime and a woman with secrets of her own; secrets that could compromise the entire investigation and put an end to her distinguished career. Her boss, her informant, her colleagues, her ex - Ren needs to know who she can trust ...because the last person she can trust is herself.
Alex Barclay lives in County Cork, Ireland. She is the bestselling author of Darkhouse and The Caller, as well as the Ren Bryce series.
Reviews
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A powerful page-turner
I've read Barclay's first two books (Darkhouse, The Caller) and always felt she had more to give as a writer - in particular with regard to the full development of her male characters. What was needed was a female lead, and now we have it. "Blood Runs Cold" does not disappoint - Ren Bryce is a rounded character - full of human foibles - alcohol being one, but we watch her grow as a person as she solves the crime. The descriptions are word perfect, and the dialogue is fine (although a lot of conversations start with "How you doing?" - think Joey from "Friends"). The bottom line for me is, how quickly did I read this book, and did I want to finish it? I read it in two days and I could not wait to get to the end.
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Great book
Great book
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We'll worked who done it
A complex story with a good progression to the end , may be more detail needed at very end but an enjoyable read
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Blood Runs Cold Book
The book, Blood Runs Cold, arrived by mail in good shape and fast service. Recommend swller A+.
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Blood Runs Cold
I must admit that I'm a bit disappointed with the book. It got better towards the end, but 2/3 of the book felt like not much happened besides Ren interviewing people, funny banter between the cops and the agents, Ren sleeping with someone she shouldn't sleep with etc. It just didn't happen so much to the case with the dead female FBI agent, until the very and I tell you the end is good really good because then something from Ren's past was revealed and I got an explanation for the very first chapter. So, thanks to the ending the rating went up, because then I got a clearer picture of Ren and it also finally reveal what had happened to the murdered FBI agent. I was also a bit sad because someone I like didn't make it, someone that didn't deserve to die. But this book was just not as good as Harm’s Reach, it just lacked a really good story and I missed Ren's friend Janine that appeared in the book. I hope the next book is better and I hope to see Janine in if not the next book some book later on.
Related Literary Awards
- Irish Book Awards Edition 7 (2009) ・Winner