Shelter Island

Cold Ridge/U.S. Marshals #1.5

by Carla Neggers

A New York Times Bestselling Author

Boston doctor Antonia Winter has a feeling that someone is stalking her. Thinking someone sees her as a means of derailing the senatorial hopes of her boyfriend, Hank Callahan, Antonia leaves Boston for the secluded wilderness of Shelter Island.

This story is also available in a paperback 3-story anthology, "On the Edge" (ISBN: 9781551667119) which also has stories by Heather Graham and Sharon Sala.

Genres: Romance, Mystery Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Suspense, Fiction

152 pages

First published December 15, 2003

About the author

Carla Neggers is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sharpe & Donovan series featuring Boston-based FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan, and the popular Swift River Valley series set in the small, fictional New England town of Knights Bridge. With many bestsellers to her credit, Carla loves to write now as much as she did when she climbed a tree at age eleven with a pad and pen and spun stories perched on her favorite branch.

A native New Englander, Carla and her husband divide their time between their hilltop home in Vermont, a sofa bed at their kids' places in Boston and various inns, hotels and hideaways on their travels, frequently to Ireland.

Find out more and sign up for Carla's newsletter at CarlaNeggers.com.

Reviews

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first book by CN and boy was it short,lol! A novella from her series Cold Ridge/US Marshals. I enjoyed it and liked the characters. I'm gonna have to get my hands on the others in this series.

[Teresa Reitnauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Does Dr. Antonia Winter have a stalker, or is she imagining it? She heads to Shelter Island to sort through things and distance herself from her boyfriend's political campaign. Hank Callahan notices Antonia appears anxious, and he cancels some appearances to find and help her. Antonia's stay on Shelter Island is hampered by an incoming hurricane and two unexpected guests. This is an easy read that is suspenseful and entertaining.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story was okay, but the fact that it is 1.5 is weird. Since book 1 already has H & A married, then you already KNOW nothing serious will happen to them. It takes away all the potential suspense.

[Cheryl Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good one from Carla Neggers.

Another good one from Carla Neggers. Thanks! Just what I needed to read today. Perfect for a gloomy, rainy day.

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.85

[Mom2jngncna~ Stephannie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read more as a prequel

[Lois · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read July 2019 as part of the anthology “On the Edge”

[Selina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Wins

Another good book about the Winter family. Two sisters, one uncle, a crazy guy and two best friends keep this story moving along.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suspenseful plot, realistic characters. A good read.

[Candy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick novella. Good characters but a fairly improbable plot.

[Linda Baron · Rating 4 out of 5]

liked the suspense of this story - can't wait to read the others

[Jane Edwards · Rating 1 out of 5]

Misprints

Misprint make this difficult to read I like the author, not the presentation. Please do not buy this edition. Thanks

[Ns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shelter Island was a short but great read but one that left me wanting more.

The thing with novellas are that the great ones are those that you want more from, a much better alternative than a full-length not-so-great read. Even though the story felt "bare" the characters and plot were all there to create the situation and resolve it.

Hank Callahan and Antonia Winter are familiar characters to the US Marshals series but their isn't, so this makes a good prelude to the series or even as a story to revisit characters. The adventure and chemistry, as expected are all there but the development was very minimal. Too simplistic, particularly for Hank and Antonia, two strong characters who I felt deserved an all out story.

The mystery was simple, easy to figure out but nonetheless still interesting. The culprit is given away early on, but then again it wasn't really a mystery but a suspense. Quite comical, there were many parts that were laugh-out-loud ridiculous (in a good way) than thrilling. Although, the story could have done with the profanity nickname given to Antonia, which was expressed more times than necessary, and given this was a short story came as as distracting.

[Pattianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shelter Island - Investigative Series #1 - (Congressman Hank Callahan and Dr. Antonio Winters) intro to characters of Shelter Island and Black Falls.

Boston doctor Antonia Winter has a feeling that someone is stalking her. Thinking someone sees her as a means of derailing the senatorial hopes of her boyfriend, Hank Callahan, Antonia leaves Boston for the secluded wilderness of Shelter Island.

[Stephani]

US Marshalls Short Story

[Evon · Rating 2 out of 5]

predictable. only took me a couple hours to read.

[Kay Webb Harrison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know that I read this story when it first came out. I re-read it in the collection that was re-issued in 2012.

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. it was a quick read but I liked it. I would recommend this book to others.

[Bernie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shelter Island is the second book in the Cold Ridge series written by author Carla Neggers.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a novella. Short and to the point. Gave background on characters mentioned in Cold Ridge.

[Michele Varljen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I jest finished reading this book and found it good.

[Erica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read. Wish there was more to the story.

[Dianne Bowler]

One of the best book I have read in a while.

Very suspenseful - Not sure I yet I know what to believe