Thaw

Detective Ellie MacIntosh #1.5

by Kate Watterson

Detective Ellie MacIntosh caught the Northwoods serial killer...or did she? When a judge's niece goes missing, Ellie must revisit the case to find the young woman...and save her reputation.

This thrilling short story bridges the events in Kate Watterson's first suspense novel, Frozen, with the next book in the series, Charred.

This short story includes an excerpt from Kate Watterson's next book in the Detective Ellie MacIntosh series, Charred.

Genres: Mystery

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

Writing as both Emma Wildes and Katherine Smith, Kate Watterson has over thirty published books to her credit, plus five Eppie nominations, one Eppie win for best historical erotic in 2007, a RWA Lories win, WisRWA 2005 final for best historical romance, and is a CAPA nominee. She loves suspense and to write erotic stories in the genre is a special treat.

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a novella and a fast read. The story moves at a very good pace, a kidnapping of a high school girl - but who did it, and why does the coach seem so guilty?

I liked this novella for a lot of reasons and one being how the story was so well written - great continuation of the series. No time for romance, well, maybe a bit of angst and a hint of it.

There was even a bit of geology in it!

Anyways, good novella and 2 thumbs up.

[Linda Strong · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short e-book (got mine at Amazon for Kindle) that is a bridge of sorts between the 1st in this series (Frozen) and the 2nd (Charred). A judge requests Ellie's help in locating her missing niece. Very short so there really isn't a lot to review. The author has kept true to her characters, as they are very believable. The mystery is okay. I think the reason for this short is just to get from book 1 to book 3 without a lot of extraneous information. This does not 'have' to be read ... there are references in Charred, so you really don't miss much.

[Gwynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but kept you hanging. Charred is next.

[Kristin · Rating 4 out of 5]

short

[Star ☔️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an entertaining mystery. It's sandwiched between Frozen and Charred. Can't wait to read the next one!