Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Cold Girl
    Cold Girl
    Cold Girl
    Ebook413 pages6 hours

    Cold Girl

    By R.M. Greenaway

    3.5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    2017 Arthur Ellis Best First Novel Award Finalist

    It’s too cold to go missing in northern B.C., as a mismatched team of investigators battle the clock while the disappearances add up.

    A popular rockabilly singer has vanished in the snowbound Hazeltons of northern B.C. Lead RCMP investigator David Leith and his team work through the possibilities: has she been snatched by the so-called Pickup Killer, or does the answer lie here in the community, somewhere among her reticent fans and friends?

    Leith has much to contend with: rough terrain and punishing weather, motel-living and wily witnesses. The local police force is tiny but headstrong, and one young constable seems more hindrance than help — until he wanders straight into the heart of the matter.

    The urgency ramps up as one missing woman becomes two, the second barely a ghost passing through. Suspects multiply, but only at the bitter end does Leith discover who is the coldest girl of all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateMar 26, 2016
    ISBN9781459734395
    Cold Girl
    Author

    R.M. Greenaway

    R.M. Greenaway has worked in probation and travelled British Columbia as a court reporter. Her first novel in the B.C. Blues Crime series, Cold Girl, won the Unhanged Arthur Ellis Award. She lives in Nelson, B.C.

    Related to Cold Girl

    Titles in the series (6)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Mystery For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: David Heska Wanbli Weiden

      Dec 9, 2020

      Little did I know that, in September, just two weeks after the release of my novel, I’d be sitting in my home office in Colorado giving a reading in front of a computer, and that a completely naked eighty-year-old man would appear on the screen. The

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Best Recent Thrillers – Review Roundup

      Nov 2, 2021

      Macmillan, £20, pp512 I didn’t expect, when picking up Hillary Rodham Clinton’s debut, State of Terror, for it to be the sort of thriller that I’d simultaneously want to read slowly, soaking in the delicious details of how high-level politicians real

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Turn Of The Tide

      Sep 24, 2020

      The Turn Of The Tide
      4 min read

    • Article

      Karin Slaughter

      Jul 2, 2020

      This American crime author has sold more than 35 million copies of her books globally. This month she’s celebrating the release of her 20th novel in as many years. It’s also the 10th book in special agent Will Trent’s series. “It feels really great a

      1 min read

    • Article

      TV Pieces Of Her

      Mar 24, 2022

      TV Pieces Of Her
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Truth Beneath

      Aug 28, 2022

      The Truth Beneath
      2 min read

    • Article

      Fight For Life

      Sep 25, 2023

      by Lauren Groff (Hutchinson Heinemann, $37) As climate change wreaks havoc on our precious Earth, many writers have chosen to contemplate the end of days by imagining dystopian universes inhabited by sole survivors of the planet’s destruction. These

      3 min read

    • Article

      Anna Torv HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS

      Aug 9, 2023

      Anna Torv HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS
      8 min read

    • Article

      'Glass Houses' Is Yet Another Excellent Louise Penny Mystery

      Sep 7, 2017

      Penny – whose books wind up on Best Novels of the Year lists, not 'just' Best Mysteries – is a one-woman argument against literary snobbery.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Marina’s Mission

      Jan 26, 2022

      Marina’s Mission
      7 min read

    • Article

      2019’s BEST BOOKS

      Dec 5, 2019

      Dark, with a focus on psychopathy and the way some of the most twisted individuals can blend seamlessly into society, this is undoubtedly our favourite thriller of 2019. Shiver as Dr Augusta Bloom is drawn into a chilling game with very high stakes.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Caro Ramsay

      Sep 3, 2020

      Caro Ramsay
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Sins Of The Father

      Apr 16, 2020

      Four years ago, the BBC aired a deeply disturbing documentary called My Nazi  Legacy. It followed the journey of Horst Wächter, the son of notorious Nazi leader Otto Wächter, as he visited the places in eastern Europe where his father had presided ov

      4 min read

    • Article

      Unforgettable!

      May 12, 2023

      Unforgettable!
      4 min read

    • Article

      Woolworths TASTE

      Dec 23, 2022

      EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kate Wilson EDITORIAL CONTENT & ART DEPUTY EDITOR Michelle Coburn michelle.coburn@newmedia.co.za GROUP ART DIRECTOR Jess Bailey CHIEF COPY EDITOR Lynda Ingham-Brown ACTING ART DIRECTOR Martin Jacobs SENIOR MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER Rugshaan

      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Cold Girl

    3.5/5

    18 ratings4 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I applied for a copy of this book as I live in Northern BC (although not that far north) and always enjoy a read that takes place at a location I am familiar with. The book was much better than I had hoped! A good, suspenseful story with great characters. It is a 'meaty' read. Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Death and darkness in Northern BCA missing singer and a killer dubbed the 'pickup killer' already having claimed three lives.A complex, edgy and dark read with some moments of unexpected rays of light. Featuring a cast of the lost and found. Lost on their path and found in many other ways. Of being on the brink, of trusting and not trusting feelings. Of friendships and family--working together and gone awry.Happenings as stark as the surrounding country of northern British Columbia--beyond Port Rupert, towards Hazleton before Smithers, a four hour drive away complete with logging roads and mountains in the depth of winter. (I looked at a map to get a further understanding of the area and distances. By the way, there's a very good reason why most of the map is white! Having flown into Port Rupert and caught the Marine Highway ferry north I do understand the isolation and 'tyranny' of distance.) The writing really pulled me in as the chill of the landscape settled into my bones.Seen through the eyes of two different RCMP officers; a recovering injured big city detective, now a cop in the small western Canadian community of Smithers and the lead detective from Prince Rupert.Dion, whose head injury has left gaps in his communication and thought abilities, but who's intuition sometimes cuts clearly through the clouds of fog, and David Leith, who has performance anxiety when Detective Sergeant Bosko from the Serious Crime Unit, joins the team investigating the disappeared 'hillbilly princess,' Kiera Rilkoff whose star was on the rise.The behaviours of the rugged small town inhabitants come under the microscope as the team race to find the singer, as do the prejudices and behaviours of the various members of this task force, as they come together. A complex and fascinating crime story.A NetGalley ARC
    • 4/5
      RCMP investigator David Leith is called to the Hazeltons in northern British Columbia when a popular young rockabilly singer vanishes. Leith has been working the case of the Pickup Killer for a couple of years and it looks like this disappearance could be another victim. He finds himself working with a small insular team of investigators who might be too familiar with the area and the suspects. The head of the local force has trouble believing that anyone she knows could be involved.Also posted to the area is Dion who was previously a detective in a more prestigious city until a car accident killed his partner, left Dion in a coma for six days, and has left with with a brain injury. Apparently, no one in his new office read his files because he is thought to be some combination of stupid and incompetent by his supervisor and by Leith. I enjoyed the parts from his point of view which seemed like good descriptions of the issues people with brain injuries suffer. One moment his is bright and insightful and the next he is confused and bewildered. He has useful insights to the case but his reputation and the petty behavior of another officer almost lead to disaster.This was a gritty police procedural that really showed that police work is a matter of putting together massive amounts of information much of it obtained from people who are lying. I enjoyed the mixed assortment of characters who were witnesses or suspects.While this story is complete and has a satisfying conclusion, there are still questions I want answered especially about Dion and his past.
    • 3/5
      A disjointed and too-long mystery with two main characters and several plots, none of which gel. A talented Vancouver detective, brain-damaged in the collision which killed his partner, returns to duty as a constable in a small town in the northern part of the province where he hopes to have the chance to recover and prove himself capable of returning to his old post. He gets pulled into a serial kidnapping and murder case as a temp and proceeds to irritate everyone around him, none of whom understand his situation (the commanding officer neglected to read the fine print accompanying his transfer). The person most angered by his inability to concentrate is the man running the search for the serial killer, and he's a pretty unpleasant fellow. These are the characters from whose points of view the story is primarily told.The problem is, the reader can't really relate to either of them, and the frequent misunderstandings detract from the suspense. The story has no clear arc, with numerous points at which the story seems to be ready to climax and then backs away, wallowing towards the next likely conclusion. Exhausting. This seems like it is set to begin a series with these two characters, but I can't say I'll watch for the next installment.

    Book preview

    Cold Girl - R.M. Greenaway

    I2^book_preview_excerpt.html}}ےHiw̶ٗ)Lʜ4RvcQ )?bv~`>d)tO+I?݋Wiw?qڽO_|Hˇ<8^|?o~t!* _|էQ}MBߏ>&t͹w6Slކ8nYi{979LS7{ ]]{)o8vf >m#~Ý!׽5|\_Ը>^4籓{]9t^.&Ow&ci vSst]Ӻp^nɱ] nh%y`E\r )^<~S.|>1{<>My| MKn3|]s.'7' V2ϼ|iE)E!w-=d7=]d_}w|ЅWrb#nKN;NeB8C؞N|HAN(,1ruʚ˓0=WY}rak>O99w&G7<㒽*2ڍdߊ \*{ x]G~7 WQㄭuH_!MܣR⊪o"C6]/6C*8gȾ7P*jo<,VQPղ +KrOX!*5-&?,vB {nDpЋflt`m͞w8Ѝ~ fbY a'Ԁhf'Q 'XGlڇ s,2V m}J׀%[u5j{ˢREo]:[iJm[]ơH+,.4Bbt"$]mlw[: u\7a]8W rf|@4܄ >'ru]PEOLxp7b2ilhS=m3F|boO%&.jlQ=Yl>b:^|Of-TиG89F>ڦy9$t,Q/hteM"c u8>:&u%{<2Pe7n@D/)r)Vg}ztWlfm+rEa{:"*|‹PU_o$n20eS{_>.}>dzw,,'|%sP[%{ڒ3~ baP$H)iZnp T?s (k*ː: kQt %r0 ܈K|NSږ7SZ"Gݕ \ۤl1~Ն tA>)|9B<-%ZCT9*fDWDcH ""(;FI`5=j#AH>kz:_CGFŮ,!311WFbaM^\r/VM~dNP..B$ ـ E0 %8rn vjK˄In8oa%HXHonH]DB,Nt=Sr 0t찅]U=en'4"M霘XO %jp)ao"-AOY/1(K!ẓ7 )%"$/*r-.,YAa.b)4V3Ey!oc/:Y,"n*N&K_B IزM:]g>. 4,ֺI>AsPb5M1jZP%b;YJ)ۅx}=D$NM?<W\Dy#$fs>9:e)!To"T=}VAbJ#K|]"]#%n-gwe?IO&hglؔ\Aw%J~2IEtɒؕLnȎyRŭ|7K5y2E6 @Ogo%AH$c$IPLQlFb (vY4 p螨v/aQe>C,ByJ.A;8::qWɗg ?!% &h@.(bC!( 8Nb bk P`{Q e>䣙} 'tkT#y|¤x)y0՚ \wԌ !+8XJ@?\ji<3EǥFp&S|J P؉ĬFiuC8]eZ7I7 MOAmb}r0ދs `t%E8\<S8 ځ#q";Eܞ -$C7hEcbA2f?"_ 뽨fzHɋY#`|ulN`U^?麩 E%00ˮt4ďPd$(" @K `vKX#% Eqzc:y3@nJd0O, CfS!J\$gA! V.j^/~n:0Vja 9V,jȹQR(aF'10xGx6gϔs,t!Vd cd[d׼n\{3]"Sd}1ykҍΓq6k?*zr鳤ANab ̾QMul Ǣރ- U4Ȁ#1Yɀ>9i Ghi&QS|7脄SlX˥TkpAW%G-עVU1' 춲/F{ .-A󪆶NhkXfh%e8E:MZbѡr.)7?vZQ"KY ~πXaVK/} Lﳳ]\F`Ð26KVH Vx"Z+aS`{Mj \RK<ʬ LP&)@ٖ HR DQhm5w0'5& .QeтRw]ʨWb*BN+Lq,?.yo`eO N+9v^[)I&d'}ńQhR!=sks^"~̖KAv| :\:]%Ә+ftlCH}jHFQ#%~FײXʯȠUKo`$h?&hMsEWe+Th)'j-a֦RlBr"0a_hrv+,GP C}TK`^d*AF|$RvdB{73¼N])͡ZyOb&Vl~-4ELE偒+~o4& b oIVcpyrO$ ,%7fpIN=*m} Xu{ckJˬ@?@3>`Y@^+ĿǙ59H_V哿!6ѝ<ɪ>kpN73rǏADzXD1%Ш3^ MNUHF+σ{q&)%68hg3wgE{BX$V~äثVkl&ܸf,! NוTf /@8=~4x,|s丹Z8 T$l(:ѳy'CBt0FNfUbb5RY)\UeLP6R0UNx)j)Uʟ*pbAALRTmbb5fuz2{xD?;Z@lRI<>.Bk^QئG,KzʢTIÉ6ׄ|J$?R5#ɦ- %Ǔ+K4PR'[TbY4ccre kSs&#~ 5ٺnC鶄ܪ”D|[{f;W 'NK YnE3'] <.G4 {X`!BAD;"5a;{(1(Qr)L}I.L|n_C vXQ9Z.? `#ٮPB4ZU ϚʏD'0g"{02,E1#{p!Aiׅ9'f-?i;4VP :[= "cNWdLzd9C?䥱-j/8+=րX򞳱L; \UPӒ)=A6+iNI"-߰K.kmuSv]/d)$ѭB Fs!]JUтPlvx*T-$N*^[D{^(ScDaK}|ôbNtnhRz}\BGI_b~"A*un@!%2صLPH19#^0e!ІK*[<Cu=$4(nccX8^8D>xp%rwyR$U㕲~6 Hf~jdž6(T_U_-M'zYr^ӟª3ܵRZBk(j;RR:$%yB ȑJ󵱎ژj\#ӹ~m7X76d^,_.[p,2Q 8)ٿX@6ik3UrBݰn`tȈفК ?uM$́%n@`o_}ޓw8\KRXBy1~,noB'1\n*-{cgE3iJ[ƪ*Z Ըo+jeҰ gFB(gw%VYA12K@Q"v$'TK[$pF_HbSr4Q%VqOwDg6B2˵<玲E}WYp"O-K Mqm.Xʭ*HV.T&J{}m=lּ`|򰐗"0G  pWu`5EBp^OGPұJ_bV<ǖv>~X~}ݾۜ8-kDdtz7n/6TX9Z%q2G>/xu+~coYC_\Q K^~k!Z'ے6_'Ph%CS6SܰӇ@"ȷXffk'fU t5YFN/aWMjWYMmv620ߴw@ CV,_49 ۾=3 Z1nۣ޾G1$%YR҆eddZu 5s5f 97[4^9n@b-/Z'~d؃P&1ڳSn'}i5‰1&LkUdZ \YV+ ac(cV{pWqr7?v71:/ؓUVX|JB>}`~ZXy@ɛƍ}|82~?9\=`^6}(N!gIXy}G($7hm5j#ѿd2lE,²z8i# Ѷ+exVɯ6ljoHpTC*qԨ:b jI9|6LV@^U8jZ`"M_3Tl t,E ^V+JFiW{Wkݥe*I}W_\i[vLP"$$pi7.c ȥ {z\ڪtf0BvZeB< `IHڌobz ,2emUq8!h_9^k>Fz"Jm_q݊Ka6+~zeq'_\ҺM7 DL磢\*T 7mY%Y %m|Aх&E\soa [VK1:ֳ敮ԁX𪻹dt#7"1QJ p0ks1![\2* ?9ee6\ *u!uR"b 9oNˀ23^5hU򭴶Kcy|;/<;u*%W[nhpJ%~pB<0,yL,ĦHu6,CH6wJUF^ VӈF#.t*)ɀCݚhsEvsT'С✏(nn•-em,>j}8#htHpYDZ)Yɉ`2p pp(bW5xZ;ɷ$̕PYǿl^I~"!zY7PMPa2 KCP3\) ȷ7N7}LEðẈᳶaڒro-^ٍկR/SO\:擬G2{X;(`PXT7y{Y:FWPt9Q5@\ӯ kԦB/fp[@KcO^9S믚d}9hTD͉_wa4jޅy(ȃ?.s Kg % gY8PCT]iwt,@"s!㪲6/La[-tۋgZՁ0Sk])a &yEPSTa([Y>v켡D֬HB]yE[`UER~8k䆦. PcmYSp9im$eX60.k1*yCskxOo>;+_*!/Ow~.{EW6vY/@f>{ocqm@ж26Ջ&!|8#:p GޚEKi^l " Āj2 F> ERwH|#S.``Z(B:;ټ]`1!*@{&J-?6dYљ;桄 zFVPAac-nC"8ӽ 67@@z\8Lݎ7*r2Ʈ]{(\x<#A*KCx]Ʌy?'JT/놲 #qlD>c[@O٤mN݈JV#:,1Uߔˡ3+HS~wZ'ˍ+HR #0jj( ˕jc4QzzcJ9 zb|AK7GbկD 6[- p1gh)EW&3>12b-;?6,5: Vy[(TW:%2y1,yA1dHl`)]-I9XN3Sq @ s<+Ef>EWɝj%Aur`.&akal JZnmW&lbm̗V8P#0gjjΥ; @lJ}ȞEe),i\JfYXvMo[h0Cla{ 7P9^QZT{AgP=yNIhʞє{QEBҬeRnwޏ$ J-jFS 80\a$-Ɔ5<ףl'ŧ;+/6O2š  b,?errc f?U8|*.ɫ_fɿ5MY&QIOKzMS0s3q4X/;AA,́,6]U}!Ac փtڧd'ԾTPyĂױ jeLQ4H-4lȼ2Jn#w5dmNͣ@B_GHIܤDa1Q$Hn2Jeб9d"f9J"6\_ױp6E\ 9TA믒IS; _-&HN{y3+\\_W?yk/6oeA1Pz}E +ַpm֪㲅y@}0$7MMp!c.qHMK&?mnΒ/r 3uf3z㴭3aez5$QRѠ2P؉/l.%'{-*cj,05p=b\vf&즵XNd!i6q.ӰDXU~Uɿ5*hL ".ݮ@֠b #gK9fjKsWm3-( %mLփ71.Wat\wde N+W ~ƼF ̳b4"-24Aw'<[eա7?9x[ç9#!y|yx>#V $mQ-VqVЇRa<+`Wa*_Dε1 _]HRڰ;G?a2M!9KK#9*0ĻBHFI/Jko;RK|KcM$YitC$H~x|ªi=YՎACƼ5_C߅^Fmr՗7KxIϜLڭTIѣֈ42XWeBkRt[P\XVk MǵtHuT [+ǻLWM|cꌲiPSXс]5if~ĮHub)tALO^y:1U~WݬXuiGBzš6TIՅBZb@cl&r*(:P&㨇5ԣe򹗘^GMŰL磬uRŰeoqݼHMЉp}n5dQMYFNE㐸Wі.HĕJ< bS&d en}@v.+=c6kZzPQVk}Z!ҏQzoJ Fk aW O>E O1D@OY=!_[̸ ^yW05=:իMo=(y`EQj̪(kju $\ JG _Z$S`X(T92RKdd cݡ]񾐑 f&3AÉI>\a|Wa&6NWe.rN_."Uv]AމHDGW Td6⺤ǣW/_8:A_`r!A7Rzʹu[!: MP兛
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1