The Ice Sisters, the tenth book in the Detective Ellie Reeves series, delivers a gripping tale filled with mystery and suspense. Fans of police procedurals will be captivated not only by the story but also by the characters. Within this installment, readers will find themselves plunged into a web of secrets, lies, and murder. Let the rollercoaster ride begin.

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 blond 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?

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At the start of “The Ice Sisters,”, which picks up a few weeks after the end of The Sleeping Girls, Detective Ellie Reeves went hiking with plans to return in time for Thanksgiving dinner with her parents. During her hike on the icy and wet mountain, she stumbled across the corpses of twin girls in the snow. Where were their parents? How did they end up in the mountains, and how did they die? The situation becomes more complicated when the mother of the twins turns up dead and another individual associated with the victims has gone missing.

What an experience! From the very first page, the story will captivate the reader and hold their attention until the very end. The mystery, filled with numerous twists, proved challenging, making it difficult for one to ascertain the villain’s identity. The plethora of suspects added to the challenge. At the point when one thinks they had it all figured out, Herron throws in yet another twist, leaving the reader utterly baffled. The secrets played an integral role in the plot, adding depth and intrigue. The revelation of these secrets elicits empathy for the affected parties, making the story even more compelling.

With regards to Ellie’s personal life, it was heartwarming to see her taking charge.  Her choice delighted the reader, and one hopes nothing happens to disrupt it. Overall, The Ice Sisters make an exciting addition to the series and one which I highly recommend.

 

Story Evaluation
Plot	5
Characters	5
World Building	5
Pacing	4
Cover	4
Enjoyment	5
Ending	5
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About Rita Herron

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. Although she wanted to be a writer then and actually scrawled her first novel at age twelve, she didn’t think real people grew up to be writers, so she became a kindergarten teacher instead. Ten years ago, she traded her classroom storytelling and puppets for a computer and now writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job. Having sold over fifty books to date, she enjoys spinning spine-tingling romantic suspense tales filled with murder, mayhem, and spicy romance as well as sexy romantic comedies. Rita Herron currently writes romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue and she’s writing dark, gritty romantic suspense thrillers for Amazon Montlake.

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