Blog Tour Review, The Ice Sisters

Shock slammed into her as she spotted the two little girls lying on the cold hard ground, snow swirling round their fragile bodies. Twins with button noses and heart-shaped faces, their pretty green eyes closed forever…

As the snow falls and a bitter wind blows, Detective Ellie Reeves is devastated to discover the bodies of two little girls, alone and frozen on an icy lake, in the isolated town of Cold Mountain. The girls are holding hands, with matching bows in their blonde curls, and when Ellie realizes they are twin sisters, her heart breaks for their mother, who must be desperately wondering where her little darlings are.

But, back at the police station, she is horrified to discover that nobody has reported the sisters missing. Are their parents in danger too? When an abandoned car is found near the girls’ bodies, and Ellie learns that the female driver is in hospital, she prays that the injured woman will know something about the twins.

A DNA test shows that the woman in hospital is the twins’ mother Barbara, and Ellie rushes to interview her. But when Ellie arrives at the hospital she is faced with an empty bed. Barbara has fled and her house is abandoned too. As Ellie searches the family home, she is chilled to see there is no sign of any children. If Barbara is the twins’ mother, where are the toys and photos of her precious girls?

When another little girl disappears, Ellie knows that finding Barbara might well be the key to saving an innocent child. But who is Barbara running from? Or does she have something to hide? And with the clock ticking and a fearsome winter storm brewing, can Ellie find the truth before another innocent life is lost?

This pulse-pounding and utterly addictive crime thriller will have you staying up way past your bedtime and tearing through the pages! Perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Lisa Regan and Kendra Elliot.

My Review

This can easily be read as a stand alone, but for those familiar with the series, it takes place just a few weeks after the last book in the series.  Also there is movement on the love triangle.  Did your favorite make the cut?  And will it stick?

The case is complex with a lot of moving pieces that at times didn’t seem to fit together.  Two deceased twin girls that no one reported missing.  Their mother is identified through DNA, but she disappears and has no kids’ stuff at her home.  Ellie, Cord and Derrick struggle to piece things together.  I liked how they worked together and at times set their differences aside to follow the clues.

I was gripped from the start and loved all the short chapters.  It kept the pace moving and me wanting more.  I really had no idea where this one was heading and didn’t figure it out.  It was an excellent add to the series and I binge read it in a day.

This one will be a struggle for some as it deals with family issues.  IVF, missing kids and of course losing kids.  There are heartbreaking moments and I was really moved by the family struggles.

USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. But she didn’t think real people grew up to be writers, so she became a teacher instead. Now she writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job.

With over ninety books to her credit, she’s penned romantic suspense, romantic comedy, and YA novels, but she especially likes writing dark romantic suspense and crime fiction set in small southern towns.

For more on. Rita and her titles, visit her at her website.