Cold in Earth

by Melissa Jones

An appalling crime and the identity of the person who committed it are revealed in a series of journals in this Rashomon-like novel.
Innocence and evil - but which is which? A mother and child murdered. A husband arrested for the crime. Diary entries kept by the dead woman and her killer. But who is he? And why did he do it? As the horrifying story of one family's descent into madness unfolds, it becomes clear that the nightmare is far from the murderer is intent on claiming one more victim. He discloses the twisted motive behind the original murder in his journal and unveils a chilling plan to bring violence full circle in a terrifying finale. But who will stop him?

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Melissa^^^^^^^^Jones

Melissa Jones was born in London in 1965. She has written three critically-acclaimed novels: Cold in Earth (1998), Sick at Heart (1999) and Emily Hudson (2010).

She has also written an architectural book called Interiors for Under 5s published by Wiley in 2005.

Melissa lives in London.

Reviews

[Carol Peace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This took quite a long time for me to 'get into'. I found the beginning quite harsh, the death of a child is always hard but this seemed to be very heavy going. I am however glad I carried on, the book is written in diary form.
The beginning is Zoe take on the story and her various coping methods which I found really odd in some instances. The latter parts of the book are her husband Michael's extracts and later her sister Laura and her brother in law Felix has his say. I found that as I got to the end of the book the whole story took a dramatic change.
I don't want to spoil it but would just say I did enjoy it after a bit of a heavy start.

[Jill Hunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disturbing and chilling. Well written and I liked the different 3rd person narrations. I first read the book in 2007. I wrote then that it was good but disturbing - horror. Rereading I found the book slightly less disturbing until the end. It still left me feeling quite disturbed at the end. It is a book about death - and the death of a baby in particular - so is not for everyone.

[Tamina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Der Schreibstil war stellenweise nicht ganz so flüssig. Trotzdem fand ich es interessant zu lesen. Auch die verschiedenen Perspektiven waren sehr wichtig. Ich hätte mir noch etwas mehr Tiefe zu den jeweiligen Gefühlslagen gewünscht und das Ende hätte etwas ausführlicher sein können.

[Niloofarhamidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

داستان پردازی خوبی داشت. خیلی تجربه ی جذاب و خواندنی بود ولی در عین حال غمگین و ناراحت کننده هم بود. بهتون توصیه اش میکنم.

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[Helen R-t · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disturbing and chilling. Well written and I liked the different 3rd person narrations. Left me feeling quite disturbed.