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Cold Memory #1
Cold Memory
A rare, degenerative memory disease causes Niles's memory to reset. He has 30 days before the next reset, before he loses his memory once again. As he races against the clock to set things straight with the people who matter most to him, Niles discovers a way to capture his new memories and hold onto them forever... without having to ever experience another reset.
The only problem is that it comes at a price he and the people he loves aren't quite willing to pay.
The only problem is that it comes at a price he and the people he loves aren't quite willing to pay.
298 pages, Paperback
Published July 24, 2017
51 people are currently reading
462 people want to read
About the author
Harvey Church
10 books94 followersHarvey Church has a background in finance, which is how he found himself writing about the people and ridiculousness (sometimes the same thing) of that field in his Edwin Burrows light mystery series. Although he considers himself retired from that field (aka not working), he's planning another three Edwin Burrows novels for 2018.
His first "serious" novel, The Last Friend, is a Kindle Scout writing competition winner and was published by Kindle Press on January 9, 2018. The BookLife Prize called it "an entertaining read for mystery and thriller fans alike," and said it is "an unexpected and exciting series of events that will grab readers." Harv plans two sister novels to The Last Friend in 2018, one titled The Last Night (Spring 2018) and the other tentatively titled The Last Survivor.
For fun, Harv likes to practice street magic and spends hours engineering tricks to wow his audiences. He is also an avid hockey fan (Go Leafs Go). As for the boring details: He has a wife (incredible) and two kids (depends on the day, but they’re normally incredible too). His favorite color is blue, but he drives a black car because he read somewhere, back in the 90’s, that radar detectors have a tough time seeing them. Interestingly, he never speeds because he's too busy singing like nobody's watching, or maybe it's that everybody is deaf.
He's a supporter of double-chins, double-dates, and double-dipping (though never on double-dates), and obviously enjoys writing about himself in the third person, in the voice of the narrator from The Royal Tenenbaums.
Connect with Harv by searching Harvey Church Mysteries on Facebook, at @hashtag_harv on Instagram, and @harveychurch1 on Twitter. You can also find him wandering the streets of Chicago, Toronto, Montreal or the Lido deck of a Princess Cruise ship. If you ever meet Harv, ask to see a magic trick!
Don't forget to sign up for his email list at AListHarvey.com
His first "serious" novel, The Last Friend, is a Kindle Scout writing competition winner and was published by Kindle Press on January 9, 2018. The BookLife Prize called it "an entertaining read for mystery and thriller fans alike," and said it is "an unexpected and exciting series of events that will grab readers." Harv plans two sister novels to The Last Friend in 2018, one titled The Last Night (Spring 2018) and the other tentatively titled The Last Survivor.
For fun, Harv likes to practice street magic and spends hours engineering tricks to wow his audiences. He is also an avid hockey fan (Go Leafs Go). As for the boring details: He has a wife (incredible) and two kids (depends on the day, but they’re normally incredible too). His favorite color is blue, but he drives a black car because he read somewhere, back in the 90’s, that radar detectors have a tough time seeing them. Interestingly, he never speeds because he's too busy singing like nobody's watching, or maybe it's that everybody is deaf.
He's a supporter of double-chins, double-dates, and double-dipping (though never on double-dates), and obviously enjoys writing about himself in the third person, in the voice of the narrator from The Royal Tenenbaums.
Connect with Harv by searching Harvey Church Mysteries on Facebook, at @hashtag_harv on Instagram, and @harveychurch1 on Twitter. You can also find him wandering the streets of Chicago, Toronto, Montreal or the Lido deck of a Princess Cruise ship. If you ever meet Harv, ask to see a magic trick!
Don't forget to sign up for his email list at AListHarvey.com
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
January 24, 2018
How can you leave me hanging?
So we'll written, you will fall in love with these characters as the story grows around you. I was shocked when it ended, as I wanted to know what continued to happen to everyone in that room. Now I will be up all night speculating!
So we'll written, you will fall in love with these characters as the story grows around you. I was shocked when it ended, as I wanted to know what continued to happen to everyone in that room. Now I will be up all night speculating!
December 5, 2017
What a great ride
Fun interesting journey through uncharted territory!
This book really makes you stop and think about life and it’s endings and what if anything is beyond
Fun interesting journey through uncharted territory!
This book really makes you stop and think about life and it’s endings and what if anything is beyond
September 23, 2017
Definitely different than the normal cryogenic stories. The writing is excellent, on par with some of the best out there. The story flows. Then ends with a promise of a continuation. Hard end too. Kinda startled me, I liked it and got angry all at the same time. Good job Mr. Church. Not often a book actually makes me physically respond.
Few editing issues, barely noticeable, but I see them sometimes.
Looking forward to the next book in this series. Bravo.
Few editing issues, barely noticeable, but I see them sometimes.
Looking forward to the next book in this series. Bravo.
August 24, 2017
I will start by saying that I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. I found the plot of this book quite interesting and different from a lot of other books out there. The main character has trouble with his memory due to a physiological condition that causes his mind to reset at ever increasing intervals. This causes havoc with his ex-wife and daughter, but his current love and business partner seems to accept it and tries to help him handle the experience. Although the author writes well and the book held my interest, I found some parts to be rather confusing. I kept waiting for some twists in the relationship with the main character's ex-wife and girlfriend, but that didn't happen. My biggest disappointment in this book is that the ending leaves the reader hanging with so many unanswered questions. I certainly want to read the sequel to find out what happens next, but the "non-ending" took from my enjoyment of the book and is one reason why I gave it four stars instead of five.
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