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Bone Cold
If you lost a child, how far would you go to get that child back? Detective Sarah Cuddahy lost her daughter five years ago. Work is all she has left and right now she has six missing children on her case board. She's hoping for a miracle. She desperately needs a break in this case. Having her estranged husband, FBI Agent Tom Cuddahy, show up and take the case in a whole new direction isn't the miracle she'd expected. She isn't sure her heart can bear the agony of being near him much less working with him. Each time she looks into his eyes all she can see is the truth--they lost their little girl because Sarah made a mistake. Special Agent Tom Cuddahy was certain he'd seen the worst of the worst until he found himself drawn into the kind of case that true nightmares are made of. Unless he can find the children, they will all die. Can he convince the woman he still loves with all his heart to trust him again? Sarah is determined not to make a mistake this time...this time she will find those missing children even if it means sacrificing her own sanity and exposing herself to the one man who holds the power to shatter her already broken heart.
270 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 24, 2014
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About the author
Debra Webb
544 books2,340 followersDEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.
With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
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December 24, 2018
Too far-fetched scenario, but sooo good written and so intense!
I wished for extended epilogue though.
Why there are no more books in this series?! 😫
I wished for extended epilogue though.
Why there are no more books in this series?! 😫
October 8, 2014
John Kurtze Review of “Bone Cold” by Debra Webb
“Bone Cold” by Debra Webb has a story line that grabs readers and takes them on a trip through the lives of families whose children have been abducted. The key protagonist Lt. Sarah Cuddahy is the lead investigator and she hasn’t a clue as to the children’s whereabouts. Sarah knows what questions to ask. They are the same questions she answered during the investigation of the abduction of her own daughter.
Debra Webb introduces her readers to the horrors parents experience as they deal with the abduction of their children. The pace of the plot increases with the turn of each page. Webb shows us and helps us understand what motivates Lt. Sarah Cuddahy as she proceeds in her search for the missing children.
Readers see Webb developing the story’s mystery, suspense and intrigue. Each new clue quickens the pace of the plot. When Sarah’s boss asks her to work with her estranged husband she is reluctant as she sees in Tom’s eyes the truth to the loss of Sophia their daughter. Tom is sure the case he is investigating will help find the missing children. He needs Sarah’s help. Sarah and Tom set out to follow a new direction for the investigation. As the story progresses, we find key support characters both protagonists and antagonists and their back stories explain their role in Webb’s spell binding mystery.
“Bone Cold’s” intriguing plot changes direction several times. Webb places readers on the shoulders of Sarah and Tom and they see the investigation through their eyes. Their investigation involves secrets of scientific experiments, manipulation of people, murder, taking of hostages, rogue investigators, corrupt politics, power, control, and romance.
Webb helps her readers understand Sarah’s commitment to find the missing children and to uncover who is behind the kidnappings. Webb is a master of taking her readers into uncharted waters on social issues and then delivers an unpredictable ending. Everything comes to a surprising bone chilling conclusion. “Bone Cold” is a must read and earn a 5 star ranking.
“Bone Cold” by Debra Webb has a story line that grabs readers and takes them on a trip through the lives of families whose children have been abducted. The key protagonist Lt. Sarah Cuddahy is the lead investigator and she hasn’t a clue as to the children’s whereabouts. Sarah knows what questions to ask. They are the same questions she answered during the investigation of the abduction of her own daughter.
Debra Webb introduces her readers to the horrors parents experience as they deal with the abduction of their children. The pace of the plot increases with the turn of each page. Webb shows us and helps us understand what motivates Lt. Sarah Cuddahy as she proceeds in her search for the missing children.
Readers see Webb developing the story’s mystery, suspense and intrigue. Each new clue quickens the pace of the plot. When Sarah’s boss asks her to work with her estranged husband she is reluctant as she sees in Tom’s eyes the truth to the loss of Sophia their daughter. Tom is sure the case he is investigating will help find the missing children. He needs Sarah’s help. Sarah and Tom set out to follow a new direction for the investigation. As the story progresses, we find key support characters both protagonists and antagonists and their back stories explain their role in Webb’s spell binding mystery.
“Bone Cold’s” intriguing plot changes direction several times. Webb places readers on the shoulders of Sarah and Tom and they see the investigation through their eyes. Their investigation involves secrets of scientific experiments, manipulation of people, murder, taking of hostages, rogue investigators, corrupt politics, power, control, and romance.
Webb helps her readers understand Sarah’s commitment to find the missing children and to uncover who is behind the kidnappings. Webb is a master of taking her readers into uncharted waters on social issues and then delivers an unpredictable ending. Everything comes to a surprising bone chilling conclusion. “Bone Cold” is a must read and earn a 5 star ranking.
November 11, 2014
Bone Cold will definitely chill you to the bone! Webb has outdone herself with this dark and chilling nightmarish tale. Be forewarned that there’s somewhat of a “science fiction” feel to it – which only added to the sinister plot.
A parent’s worst nightmare comes true when children start disappearing without a trace. Working as a member of the Task Force investigating the cases, DC Police Lt. Sarah Cuddahy is all too familiar with exactly what these parents are experiencing because her daughter was taken five years ago and never found.
Sarah’s soon-to-be ex husband shares the painful experience of losing his only child and the destructive aftermath to his marriage. FBI Agent Tom Cuddahy sees similar patterns in the current missing children’s cases with an old case he worked on. And as the cases criss-cross, Sarah and Tom are thrown together in solving both.
This is a fast-moving, ultra suspense-filled crime package that you’ll be unable to stop reading until the last word. Debra Webb is a master at holding readers’ emotions hostage with her skillfully drawn scenarios and the well-developed characters – both the good guys and the bad one, as well.
My biggest complaint here is that readers are left wondering what happens once the case is solved and life is supposed to return to normal. How do you just pick up and move on? What are the aftershocks of something so horrendous? Is there really a happily-ever-after for one and all? Will we revisit these characters at a later date?
October 27, 2014
Bone Cold by Debra Webb is a story that gives you chills and is the nightmare every parent worries about; your child being taken.
Lieutenant Sarah Cuddahy is on the Task Force looking into the children who have been disappearing. They believe Sarah is the best person to help since five years ago Sarah’s daughter Sophie went missing. Sarah’s life hasn’t been the same. The hurt and depression are still there. She tries to control the panic attacks that have plagued her and not let anyone see her when she is experiencing one. Sarah has never given up hope that Sophie will be found one day. Carla Parson’s son Josh went missing a week apart from Sophie and she has never given up hope either. Sarah’s husband, Tom, who is with the FBI, grieved as well, but accepted the loss of Sophie to be able to move forward. With too much grief and the distance in their marriage, Tom left. He couldn’t watch the pain and suffering as Sarah fell apart.
Now Tom has been called in on the case and he and Sarah have to work together to try and stop the abductions of prominent people’s children. The more they investigate the more complicated the answers become. They want to stop whoever it is behind this and return the children back home to their parents. Who is taking the children and why? Where could they be taking them?
Debra Webb writes books that are hard to put down as they pull you into the story and make you want to find out what happens next. I started reading this book and did not put it down until the early hours of the morning. It’s a great story!
Lieutenant Sarah Cuddahy is on the Task Force looking into the children who have been disappearing. They believe Sarah is the best person to help since five years ago Sarah’s daughter Sophie went missing. Sarah’s life hasn’t been the same. The hurt and depression are still there. She tries to control the panic attacks that have plagued her and not let anyone see her when she is experiencing one. Sarah has never given up hope that Sophie will be found one day. Carla Parson’s son Josh went missing a week apart from Sophie and she has never given up hope either. Sarah’s husband, Tom, who is with the FBI, grieved as well, but accepted the loss of Sophie to be able to move forward. With too much grief and the distance in their marriage, Tom left. He couldn’t watch the pain and suffering as Sarah fell apart.
Now Tom has been called in on the case and he and Sarah have to work together to try and stop the abductions of prominent people’s children. The more they investigate the more complicated the answers become. They want to stop whoever it is behind this and return the children back home to their parents. Who is taking the children and why? Where could they be taking them?
Debra Webb writes books that are hard to put down as they pull you into the story and make you want to find out what happens next. I started reading this book and did not put it down until the early hours of the morning. It’s a great story!
July 8, 2015
It has been 5 years since Detective Sarah Cuddahy's daughter vanished into thin air, and she still blames herself for not being able to find her. In the aftermath, she lost a whole lot more .... her husband, Special Agent Tom Cuddahy, who she ruthlessly pushed away.
Sarah is now back on the job, but still taking meds for panic attacks which crop up almost on a daily basis. She has to pull herself together because the job is all she has ...and there have been 6 child abductions in the last few weeks. There are no clues, no ransom notes, and no bodies.
When the FBI steps in, wouldn't you just know it's her almost ex who is slated to work her case. Working together and trying to keep things on a non-personal level, they discover there are some connections among all these children.
They all come from rich families, they were all born in the same hospital, and they all have a sibling that was killed approximately a year before they were born.
I had an idea of what was coming ... but it was so much more than what I had imagined. The characters weren't perfect, but that's why I liked them. The storyline was mostly believable. Very good reading.
I'm giving it 5 stars because I've always found Debra Webb's writing to be satisfying..and this one does not disappoint at all.
Sarah is now back on the job, but still taking meds for panic attacks which crop up almost on a daily basis. She has to pull herself together because the job is all she has ...and there have been 6 child abductions in the last few weeks. There are no clues, no ransom notes, and no bodies.
When the FBI steps in, wouldn't you just know it's her almost ex who is slated to work her case. Working together and trying to keep things on a non-personal level, they discover there are some connections among all these children.
They all come from rich families, they were all born in the same hospital, and they all have a sibling that was killed approximately a year before they were born.
I had an idea of what was coming ... but it was so much more than what I had imagined. The characters weren't perfect, but that's why I liked them. The storyline was mostly believable. Very good reading.
I'm giving it 5 stars because I've always found Debra Webb's writing to be satisfying..and this one does not disappoint at all.
October 9, 2014
In Bone Cold, Webb crafts a story featuring a minor character from Bone Deep, FBI Agent Tom Cuddahy. Horrified by what he witnessed in Paradise, and trying to move forward from the abduction of his daughter five years ago, Cuddahy throws himself into the search for the last missing brother. In the meantime, his estranged wife Sarah, a Detective, is working a child abduction case. The two seemingly unrelated cases are on a collision course bringing Tom and Sarah back together. When Tom and Sarah begin working together they are far more successful than each on their own. Together they are able to solve the mystery and bring the mastermind to justice.
Webb brings her masterful use of suspense to this new novel. Taking on issues as sensitive as child abduction and cloning, Webb treats both subjects with grace and understanding. Her latest novel takes readers on quite a ride. While it is nice to have read Bone Deep first, it is not necessary to fully enjoy this novel. If you haven’t read any of Webb’s novels yet, this is a good place to start. If you are a long-time fan you will not be disappointed.
Webb brings her masterful use of suspense to this new novel. Taking on issues as sensitive as child abduction and cloning, Webb treats both subjects with grace and understanding. Her latest novel takes readers on quite a ride. While it is nice to have read Bone Deep first, it is not necessary to fully enjoy this novel. If you haven’t read any of Webb’s novels yet, this is a good place to start. If you are a long-time fan you will not be disappointed.
November 10, 2014
This book just keeps getting more intense. It is a stand alone but follows Debra Webb's Bone Deep. It's not necessary that you read Bone Deep first buy you are going to want to go back and read it after you finish this one, I promises you that! :-)
This book will grab you fast. Missing children and the detective on the case has lost a child in the same way five years before. She is still fighting those demons when she is dropped right in the middle of the investigation. With the assistance of her estranged husband an FBI agent who knows more then he is saying they work together to bring these children home! INTENSE!
This book will grab you fast. Missing children and the detective on the case has lost a child in the same way five years before. She is still fighting those demons when she is dropped right in the middle of the investigation. With the assistance of her estranged husband an FBI agent who knows more then he is saying they work together to bring these children home! INTENSE!
October 27, 2014
Debra Webb leaves you hanging by the seat of your pants again in her book Bone Cold. You start out with kidnappings of 2 5 yr. olds 5 years prior to the start of the story. Now there are more kidnappings happening and when all is said and done at the end of the book you can never have foreseen the finale. I have to see I have not been disappointed in any of Debs books. She just keeps me wanting more.
October 24, 2014
Tom and Sarah Cuddahys child was taken five years ago. She has never been found. Sarah blames herself and it has torn their marriage apart. Sarah has dedicated herself to work as a police detective. Her husband Tom is an FBI agent. When children start disappearing Sarah is put on the case and Tom shows up with information he is only willing to partially share about what might be happening to the children. This book grabbed me right from the beginning and held my interest until the very end!!!
October 26, 2014
I enjoyed this book with all the twist and turn it had. It is scary when one thinks something like this could be going on. Then one would have to ask if it would be a good thing or a bad thing to be able to clone those we love to get them back if we loose them when they are young and will they really be exactly like the first person? That is what I walked away from this book thinking about. Anyway, enough of my deep thoughts this book provoked. This was another excellent book by Webb.
October 25, 2014
Bone Cold is a suspenseful must read book! Ms. Webb is a masterful story teller and has created characters that come alive on the page. Once I started reading I could not put it down! Bone Cold is one of the best written books that I have read in a long time. Even though this is a stand-alone book, I would also recommend reading Bone Deep. You will never be disappointed with a Debra Webb story.
October 26, 2014
I absolutely enjoyed this book, as I do with all Debra's books. If your a fan of Debra Webb i highly recommend you read this book, you will not be disappointed. This book had me on the edge of my seat from the beginning and i just couldn't put this book down.
November 1, 2014
As I read more and more from Debra Webb, I am amazed at how each new story is different, but just as spell-binding as the others. I received this book as a gift, and just started to breeze through it. That didn't happen! The story gripped me by the throat and wouldn't release me until I had stayed up all night to finish it.
At the heart of the story is every parent's nightmare: the abduction of a young child without a trace or a clue. The story dips into what a parent that lost a child might do, whether legal, ethical or not. I won't spoil the story with hints of the many surprises it holds, but I will say that the character interactions are well-portrayed and quite compelling. The emotional pain is shared by the reader as the action continues. This story will stay with you long after you finish the book.
At the heart of the story is every parent's nightmare: the abduction of a young child without a trace or a clue. The story dips into what a parent that lost a child might do, whether legal, ethical or not. I won't spoil the story with hints of the many surprises it holds, but I will say that the character interactions are well-portrayed and quite compelling. The emotional pain is shared by the reader as the action continues. This story will stay with you long after you finish the book.
October 26, 2014
By cjr
This review is from: Bone Cold (Kindle Edition)
Always love a good Debra Webb book and this is another one. This book takes us thru the hunt for 6 missing children, the lead investigator and her estranged husband, who is brought onto the case against her wishes, the mind of a psychotic scientist and why this is all ultimately happening.
The fact that the lead investigator and her estranged husband have also had their daughter kidnapped 6 years before just adds to the story.
October 27, 2014
From the time I started Bone Cold I didn't want to put it down!! Great twists and turns along the way!!! Must read!!
March 24, 2025
Gah this one was not great.
H and h are separated she is kinda a mess and a bitch to her husband.
Both celibate during their 1 year separation
I just didn’t love the storyline and I didn’t like that she was so mean had she not gotten her daughter back she never would have gotten back w her husband. He deserved better
H and h are separated she is kinda a mess and a bitch to her husband.
Both celibate during their 1 year separation
I just didn’t love the storyline and I didn’t like that she was so mean had she not gotten her daughter back she never would have gotten back w her husband. He deserved better
November 19, 2014
Bone Cold, is continue from were Bone Deep, left off, with FBI Agent Tom Cuddahy, dealing with trying to move forward from the abduction of his daughter that happen five years ago. In the meantime, his estranged wife Sarah, who is a Detective, is working on several child abduction cases. These two seemingly unrelated cases are on a collision course that will bringing Tom and Sarah back together. When Tom and Sarah begin working together will they be able to solve the mystery and bring the persons who mastermind to justice.
As always Debra Webb, is able to take a very sensitive issue with the subject of child abduction that include cloning. You do not need to read Bone Deep first, to fully enjoy this story. Debra, has never disappointed me with any of her books. If you are a longtime fan as I am you will not be disappointed.
As always Debra Webb, is able to take a very sensitive issue with the subject of child abduction that include cloning. You do not need to read Bone Deep first, to fully enjoy this story. Debra, has never disappointed me with any of her books. If you are a longtime fan as I am you will not be disappointed.
November 3, 2014
Another suspenseful read, I finished in two days because I couldn't put it down. Tom and Sarah's daughter went missing five years ago and their marriage fell apart. The only thing keeping them going is their jobs and then they get stuck together on a case. Now up to seven children have gone missing and Sarah is determined to do what she couldn't do for herself, find the missing children. Tom has a lead on what is happening to them, but will anyone believe something that sinister can actually be happening to them. You can read this as a stand alone novel, but you will want to read Bone Deep to get even more background on the story. You won't be disappointed to read both of them!!
November 11, 2014
Once again Debra has written a really great book. It has suspense, drama and romance. Sarah is trying to get over losing her daughter and trying to find the other children that are now missing. In doing this she has to work with her husband Tom that she has not been together with in the years since their daughter went missing. They have to work their way through all the twists and turns that the terrible people doing this are throwing in their way but in the end they are able to come together as a family and also find the other missing children. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time you are reading it.
November 4, 2014
A great paced read
This is my first Debra Webb book and will not be the last. I like how quickly the story moved. The characters were believable and made me want the story to end in their favor. On to another by this author.
This is my first Debra Webb book and will not be the last. I like how quickly the story moved. The characters were believable and made me want the story to end in their favor. On to another by this author.
August 11, 2019
I wanted to love this one as much as the first in the series, but it just didn't happen. In the first I was able to suspend disbelief and enjoy the book. In this one, I just found it hard to buy into.
October 27, 2014
great book. it kept me intrigued the entire time!
August 7, 2022
A pretty interesting suspense with a slow burn second chance romance between the lead detective and her estranged husband, an FBI agent. Well written. Children are being abducted and they are running out of time to find them. 3.5 stars.
July 11, 2024
This was, apparently, one of the first books this author penned (2014) and so while the plot was good, the actual story telling had an 'immaturity' about it. Interesting enough but it didn't pull me into it, and the characters were a little flat and stereotyped.
June 23, 2021
A thrill from the first to the last page.
October 16, 2022
Round up to 4.5 stars.
January 16, 2025
These are quite good, but the third book should be labeled a short time. I wasn't prepared for it to end so abruptly. Why?
November 13, 2014
What is it like to have your child abducted?
My son's were abducted by a professional called Mean Gene. He called himself helping a father who had been "wronged by the courts" for a mere " $3,000 per head". Our story was the first parental abduction to receive international media attention. The press vilified me and the police protected him. I was abandoned by both families. My boss threatened to fire me because my clients were so concerned for me. I read this book to learn whether the author knew the depth of suffering I had, and still do experience. She did. the book was cathartic, but she generously omitted the suffering of the children with a thin fiction which also omitted the complicity of law and government. Read this for the characters of the mother and father. Then research the facts on child abductions. Purebred animals are better protected!
My son's were abducted by a professional called Mean Gene. He called himself helping a father who had been "wronged by the courts" for a mere " $3,000 per head". Our story was the first parental abduction to receive international media attention. The press vilified me and the police protected him. I was abandoned by both families. My boss threatened to fire me because my clients were so concerned for me. I read this book to learn whether the author knew the depth of suffering I had, and still do experience. She did. the book was cathartic, but she generously omitted the suffering of the children with a thin fiction which also omitted the complicity of law and government. Read this for the characters of the mother and father. Then research the facts on child abductions. Purebred animals are better protected!
August 22, 2015
First and foremost, having your characters frequently state, "This is so unbelievable!" doesn't make what you're writing more believable. Secondly, the main character fluctuated between only two states: she was either depressed about losing her child or lusting after her husband. Needless to say, that didn't make for very interesting reading. In short, I don't think this was a very well written book. That being said, it wasn't the most terrible thing I've ever read. So, that's something.
November 18, 2014
As always, Debra Webb knows how to weave a story that keeps you captivated. Detective Sarah Cuddahy lost her daughter five years ago. She blames herself for this. Special Agent Tom Cuddahy and Sarah were married, and the disappearance of their daughter tore their marriage apart. When six more children go missing, they team up to try to find them before it's too late. A can't-put-down book!
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