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Cold Winter's Kill:
COLD WINTER'S KILL is a fast paced thriller that takes place in the scenic mountains of Lincoln County, New Mexico and throws Jim West into a race against time to stop a psychopath who abducts and kills a young blonde every Christmas...
It was one of those phone calls Air Force Special Agent Jim West never wanted to receive--an old friend calling to ask if he could drive down to Ruidoso, New Mexico to help locate his daughter who has disappeared while on a ski trip with friends. Jim found himself heading to Ruidoso even though he believed, much like the local authorities, that if she had gone missing in the mountains in December, her survival chances were slim. He didn't want to be there when they found her, but still he drove on.
Once in Ruidoso, Jim discovers a sinister coincidence that changes everything. It appears that someone is abducting and killing one young blond every year around Christmas. The race is on--can Jim locate his friend's daughter in time? But why is this happening and who's doing it?
Jim can't wait for the local authorities to raise the priority of their search, or for the pending blizzard to pass. In his haste he puts himself in the killer's sights. Will he, too, suffer from a cold winter's kill?
Praise
"GREAT SUSPENSE! In Cold Winter's Kill Bob Doerr grabs your attention from the beginning and holds it until the last sentence. Hard to put down!"
-- Shelba Nicholson,
former Women's Editor, Texarkana Gazette
"A MUST READ for anyone who loves a good mystery/thriller. My wife and I loved it and can't wait for the next one!"
-- Steve Polk, Lt. Gen. (ret.), US Air Force
AUTHOR Bob Doerr grew up in a military family, attended the Air Force Academy, and then had a career of his own in the Air Force. It was a life style that had him moving every three or four years, but also one that exposed him to the people and cultures of numerous countries in Asia and Europe and to most of these United States. In the Air Force, Bob specialized in criminal investigations and counterintelligence, gaining significant insight to the worlds of crime, espionage and terrorism, which he uses to provide authentic details in his novels about how law enforcement agencies do their work.
A Jim West(TM) Mystery/Thriller
It was one of those phone calls Air Force Special Agent Jim West never wanted to receive--an old friend calling to ask if he could drive down to Ruidoso, New Mexico to help locate his daughter who has disappeared while on a ski trip with friends. Jim found himself heading to Ruidoso even though he believed, much like the local authorities, that if she had gone missing in the mountains in December, her survival chances were slim. He didn't want to be there when they found her, but still he drove on.
Once in Ruidoso, Jim discovers a sinister coincidence that changes everything. It appears that someone is abducting and killing one young blond every year around Christmas. The race is on--can Jim locate his friend's daughter in time? But why is this happening and who's doing it?
Jim can't wait for the local authorities to raise the priority of their search, or for the pending blizzard to pass. In his haste he puts himself in the killer's sights. Will he, too, suffer from a cold winter's kill?
Praise
"GREAT SUSPENSE! In Cold Winter's Kill Bob Doerr grabs your attention from the beginning and holds it until the last sentence. Hard to put down!"
-- Shelba Nicholson,
former Women's Editor, Texarkana Gazette
"A MUST READ for anyone who loves a good mystery/thriller. My wife and I loved it and can't wait for the next one!"
-- Steve Polk, Lt. Gen. (ret.), US Air Force
AUTHOR Bob Doerr grew up in a military family, attended the Air Force Academy, and then had a career of his own in the Air Force. It was a life style that had him moving every three or four years, but also one that exposed him to the people and cultures of numerous countries in Asia and Europe and to most of these United States. In the Air Force, Bob specialized in criminal investigations and counterintelligence, gaining significant insight to the worlds of crime, espionage and terrorism, which he uses to provide authentic details in his novels about how law enforcement agencies do their work.
A Jim West(TM) Mystery/Thriller
- GenresMystery
254 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2009
60 people want to read
About the author
Bob Doerr
47 books35 followersBob spent nearly thirty years in the Air Force, all of it with the Office of Special Investigations. He then spent eight years as a financial planner before getting serious about his writing. Selected in 2013 by the Military Writers Society of America as its Author of the Year, Bob has fifteen books published. His fifth book in his Jim West mystery series was a winner in the 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. His book Another Colorado Kill took silver for fiction in the Stars and Flags Book Awards for 2012. The third book, Loose Ends Kill, was selected as a Finalist for the 2011 Eric Hoffer Award and then was awarded the Silver medal for Fiction/mystery at the Military Writers Society of America's 2011 conference. Cold Winter's Kill was a Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award in 2010.
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March 21, 2017
Story was ok, but the kindle format was awful. There were repeated sections, and at the very end Joe Maldonado and Rick Morrison had become Rick Maldonado. Somebody really fell down on the editing of this one. Very distracting, very disappointing. <><
December 4, 2009
Of course maybe I'm a little prejudice.
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March 27, 2012I won this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Hope to read it soon. Thanks.
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