Author: Marc Cameron
Published: April 26, 2022by Kensington Books
Format: Kindle, 399 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Arlis Cutter #4
First Sentence: The bow of the little skiff slammed into another frigid wave, sending Supervisory Deputy US Marshall Arliss Cutter’s badge flying out the collar of his immersion suit.
Blurb: After an early spring thaw on the Alaskan coast, Anchorage police discover a gruesome new piece of evidence in their search for a serial killer: a dismembered human foot.
In Kincaid Park, a man is arrested for attacking a female jogger. Investigators believe they have finally captured the sadistic serial killer. But one deputy is sure they have the wrong man.
In the remote northern town of Deadhorse, Alaska, Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter escorts three handcuffed prisoners onto a small bush plane on route to Anchorage. The men have been charged with racketeering, drug trafficking, and kidnapping. But Cutter doesn’t expect any trouble from them. It’s a routine mission and a nonstop flight—or so he thinks. When the plane makes an unexpected landing in the middle of nowhere, all hell breaks loose. The prisoners murder a pilot and guard. The plane is torched and blown up. And the last few survivors are forced to flee into the wilderness. But their nightmare’s just beginning. Back in Anchorage, deputy Lola Teariki has traced the dismembered foot to a missing girl—and the serial psychopath who slaughtered her.
It’s one of the prisoners on Cutter’s flight. . . .
Now it’s a deadly game of survival. With no means of communication, few supplies, and ravenous grizzly bears and wolves lurking in the shadows, Cutter has to battle the unforgiving elements while the cold-blooded killer wants his head on a stick. Here in Alaska, nature can be cruel—but this time, human nature is crueler. (Goodreads)
My Opinion: I love the Arliss Cutter series. The combination of humor, multiple storylines, great characters, and how Marc Cameron does not let out too much too quickly.
The beginning might feel a little slow, but you know the intense, disturbing, and graphic depictions are imminent, so you stick with it until the good stuff grabs you. Some of the scenes may be too much, but then there is humor peppered in to alleviate some of the rougher parts and you are back to turning the pages as fast as you can read them. Not every part is tied in a neat little bow, but a good writer doesn’t need to do that for you. Cameron gives you what is necessary to weave the dangly parts together allowing you to see the bigger picture all on your own.
From the end of Cold Snap, you can predict where the next Arliss Cutter will begin and this will be an emotional journey for Arliss and Mim.
Blurb: After an early spring thaw on the Alaskan coast, Anchorage police discover a gruesome new piece of evidence in their search for a serial killer: a dismembered human foot.
In Kincaid Park, a man is arrested for attacking a female jogger. Investigators believe they have finally captured the sadistic serial killer. But one deputy is sure they have the wrong man.
In the remote northern town of Deadhorse, Alaska, Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter escorts three handcuffed prisoners onto a small bush plane on route to Anchorage. The men have been charged with racketeering, drug trafficking, and kidnapping. But Cutter doesn’t expect any trouble from them. It’s a routine mission and a nonstop flight—or so he thinks. When the plane makes an unexpected landing in the middle of nowhere, all hell breaks loose. The prisoners murder a pilot and guard. The plane is torched and blown up. And the last few survivors are forced to flee into the wilderness. But their nightmare’s just beginning. Back in Anchorage, deputy Lola Teariki has traced the dismembered foot to a missing girl—and the serial psychopath who slaughtered her.
It’s one of the prisoners on Cutter’s flight. . . .
Now it’s a deadly game of survival. With no means of communication, few supplies, and ravenous grizzly bears and wolves lurking in the shadows, Cutter has to battle the unforgiving elements while the cold-blooded killer wants his head on a stick. Here in Alaska, nature can be cruel—but this time, human nature is crueler. (Goodreads)
My Opinion: I love the Arliss Cutter series. The combination of humor, multiple storylines, great characters, and how Marc Cameron does not let out too much too quickly.
The beginning might feel a little slow, but you know the intense, disturbing, and graphic depictions are imminent, so you stick with it until the good stuff grabs you. Some of the scenes may be too much, but then there is humor peppered in to alleviate some of the rougher parts and you are back to turning the pages as fast as you can read them. Not every part is tied in a neat little bow, but a good writer doesn’t need to do that for you. Cameron gives you what is necessary to weave the dangly parts together allowing you to see the bigger picture all on your own.
From the end of Cold Snap, you can predict where the next Arliss Cutter will begin and this will be an emotional journey for Arliss and Mim.
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