When Winter Comes

by Amanda Brenner

With his high-pressure career drawing to a close, Larry Layton was ready to leave it all behind. He and his wife, Marge, sold their Minnesota home and retreated to a secluded cabin near a remote mountain town in Colorado. As autumn crept in, it carried subtle warnings—brittle winds, early frost—but Larry dismissed them. He believed he was ready for whatever Colorado might throw his way.

But he was wrong, and winter was already watching.  

436 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2025

About the author

Amanda Brenner is a native Midwesterner who has traveled extensively throughout the United States, and who now lives quietly with her husband and an assortment of wildlife visitors to their urban home.

Her interest in writing began at an early age when westerns were popular attractions at the local theater. It seemed only natural that her first novel, Trail of Vengeance, should be in that genre.

After finishing a second western, Shadow of the Rope, she began to explore a new direction and completed three contemporary mysteries involving private investigator Sid Langdon, a self-doubting magnet for offbeat clients and hapless scenarios, the latest being The Mystery of the Nourdon Blue.

Amanda enjoys learning from the books she reads, a characteristic reflected in the research she includes in her own works.