Finde Mich

Katie Winter #1

by Molly Black

Am Ufer eines gefrorenen Sees, der in der Nähe der kanadisch-amerikanischen Grenze liegt, kommt es zu mehreren Morden, was das FBI und die kanadische Regierung dazu veranlasst, eine Spezialeinheit zu gründen, um grenzüberschreitende Mörder zu stellen. Agent Katie Winter, von der Verhaltensanalyseeinheit des FBI, die von der oberen Halbinsel stammt und sich die kalten Winter sowie das unwegsame Gelände im Norden gewohnt ist, ist die perfekte Kandidatin für den Fall, obwohl sie gehofft hatte, nie dorthin zurückkehren zu müssen, weil sie die Entführung ihrer Schwester im Kindesalter noch immer verfolgt.

FINDE MICH ist der erste Band einer neuen Buchreihe von der Nummer-1-Bestsellerautorin im Bereich Mystery und Suspense, Molly Black.

Special Agent Katie Winter vom FBI ist sich eiskalte Winter, Abgeschiedenheit und gefährliche Fälle gewohnt. Weil sie schon beeindruckend viele Serienmörder geschnappt hat, ist sie ein schnell aufsteigender Stern in der Verhaltensanalyseeinheit des FBI. Als eine tote Frau auf einem gefrorenen See gefunden wird, ist deshalb klar, dass Katie zusammen mit einem kanadischen Partner auf den Fall angesetzt wird, um in einer schonungslosen Umgebung den Mörder zu finden.

Aber Katie und ihr neuer kanadischer Partner geraten aneinander, und es bleibt nur wenig Zeit, bis die Spur zum Mörder erkalten wird. Der Fall beschwört zudem Dämonen ihrer Vergangenheit hoch. Der Fall von Katies jüngerer Schwester, die vor vielen Jahren am Ufer desselben Sees spurlos verschwunden ist, bleibt nach wie vor ungelöst.

Kann Katie ihre Dämonen lange genug in Schach halten, um sich in den Kopf des Mörders zu begeben und ihn aufzuhalten, bevor es zu spät ist?

Oder wird dieses diabolische Monster sie in einem Katz-und-Maus-Spiel überlisten?

Ein komplexer und spannender Psychothriller mit Drehungen und Wendungen – und einer brillanten neuen Protagonistin –, den man selbst spätnachts nicht aus der Hand legen kann.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Ebooks, Crime, Mystery Thriller

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 7, 2022

About the author

Bestselling author Molly Black is author of the MAYA GRAY FBI suspense thriller series, comprising nine books (and counting); of the RYLIE WOLF FBI suspense thriller series, comprising six books; of the TAYLOR SAGE FBI suspense thriller series, comprising eight books; of the KATIE WINTER FBI suspense thriller series, comprising eleven books (and counting); of the RUBY HUNTER FBI suspense thriller series, comprising five books (and counting), and of the CAITLIN DARE FBI suspense thriller series, comprising five books (and counting).

An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Molly loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.mollyblackauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

BOOKS BY MOLLY BLACK

GRACE FORD FBI THRILLER

NEARLY MINE (Book #1)

NEARLY SAFE (Book #2)

NEARLY FREE (Book #3)

NEARLY GONE (Book #4)

NEARLY HIS (Book #5)

CAITLIN DARE FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER

COME GET ME (Book #1)

COME FIND ME (Book #2)

COME TAKE ME (Book #3)

COME CATCH ME (Book #4)

COME SAVE ME (Book #5)

RUBY HUNTER FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER

IF I RUN (Book #1)

IF I TELL (Book #2)

IF I LIVE (Book #3)

IF I FORGET (Book #4)

IF I RETURN (Book #5)

MAYA GRAY MYSTERY SERIES

GIRL ONE: MURDER (Book #1)

GIRL TWO: TAKEN (Book #2)

GIRL THREE: TRAPPED (Book #3)

GIRL FOUR: LURED (Book #4)

GIRL FIVE: BOUND (Book #5)

GIRL SIX: FORSAKEN (Book #6)

GIRL SEVEN: CRAVED (Book #7)

GIRL EIGHT: HUNTED (Book #8)

GIRL NINE: GONE (Book #9)

RYLIE WOLF FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER

FOUND YOU (Book #1)

CAUGHT YOU (Book #2)

SEE YOU (Book #3)

WANT YOU (Book #4)

TAKE YOU (Book #5)

DARE YOU (Book #6)

TAYLOR SAGE FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER

DON’T LOOK (Book #1)

DON’T BREATHE (Book #2)

DON’T RUN (Book #3)

DON’T FLINCH (Book #4)

DON’T REMEMBER (Book #5)

DON’T TELL (Book #6)

DON’T HIDE (Book #7)

DON’T BLINK (Book #8)

KATIE WINTER FBI SUSPENSE THRILLER

SAVE ME (Book #1)

REACH ME (Book #2)

HIDE ME (Book #3)

BELIEVE ME (Book #4)

HELP ME (Book #5)

FORGET ME (Book #6)

HOLD ME (Book #7)

PROTECT ME (Book #8)

REMEMBER ME (Book #9)

CATCH ME (Book #10)

WATCH ME (Book #11)

Reviews

[Judith Mccoy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible

Same old, same old.

Male partner resents the female partner; local law enforcement resents the FBI. All the snow but police unable to tell that a person has been outside by seeing tracks. Not very creative at all. I could not finish and would not recommend this to anyone else. Will not read other books by this author.

[Babs · Rating 1 out of 5]

Predictable plot line with okay characters. However, there was no apparent review by a competent copy editor. Geographic errors throughout the book as well as typos. They were significant enough for me to put the author on my do not read list.

[Anne Pak · Rating 1 out of 5]

Skip this one. Predictable plot, uninteresting characters, and filled with grammatical errors.

The word 'arrogant' and 'arrogance' was used numerous times. A couple of these times I think 'confidence' would have been a better word choice (which has very different connotations). A small point, but it grated on me.

The overarching thing that bothered me the most was the author's many inaccuracies about the FBI. I'm willing to overlook a lot but the errors were simply too glaring without additional explanation from the author. The MC is a 32 year old female who had "taken down more killers than she wanted to remember in her 10 years with the FBI" (page 8). You can't even apply to be a Special Agent until you're 23 and the application & training process is lengthy. Was she an intern? Was she extraordinarily qualified to the point they made an exception? Is she a serial killer expert? Doubtful, because she's out in the field doing casework but yet she also seems to work mostly alone instead of with a squad (also not likely). Explanations are needed.

There's an early mention about how 'female agents' are looked on by their peers. You might hear this term in a demographic or historical context (i.e. the first female agents were hired 50 years ago) but unlike perhaps a lot of law enforcement agencies, there is a general air of equality, respect, and acceptance among agents. An agent is an agent is an agent. You aren't likely to have gender be a discriminatory type of issue as the author implies. Anyone who gets through the rigorous training to actually become an agent has already levelled the playing field and doesn't have anything else to prove to their peers.

Lastly, without getting too mired down and giving any spoilers, here is another example of something that I thought was common knowledge: anytime a law enforcement officer engages in a shooting that injures or kills someone, their weapon is collected as evidence and they are placed on leave until the investigation is concluded. There's also mandatory counselling. A little research and fact checking would have helped. It's hard to imagine this is the first in a lengthy series featuring this character. No thanks.

[Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't like it

## This book was disappointing for sure. The writing juvenile and frankly a bit wooden. However, the main reason I didn't like this was the weather. Yep, the weather. Never have I read a book where the weather is the main character. Description upon description; on and on about the storms, snow, wind, ice....etc! We get it, it's cold! And now that Katie is moving up there permanently, I will not be continuing with the series because I'm sure the weather reports will continue.

[gladiatrix ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

It felt rushed especially towards at the end of the book. The way the author made Katie solve the case seemed clumsy and uncreative.

[Lovely Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️

Katie is an FBI agent called back to the scene of the place her twin sister died when they were young. A serial killer has been targeting blonde haired, blue eyed women and throwing their bodies in a freezing lake, and always during snow storms.

With the unsettling similarities between this current case, and some details of her sister’s case, will Katie be able to keep her focus and find a killer?

I really enjoyed this!

Language: 2 Bi, 6 d, 3 h

[Jane Marais · Rating 3 out of 5]

First time reading a book from this author.

I did enjoy the storyline of the book but it felt rushed. We missed a lot of build-up of the characters. Maybe the author did that so she can build on it in the next few books but it causes this book to not be as strong as it could've been.

I will read the next book in the series - Reach Me - to see if has improved from this book.

[Macjest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being a bit generous with a 3 star rank. Two main characters (both of whom are not that engagingly written) are thrown together dealing with a serial killer who goes back and forth the border between Canada and the U.S. Neither like each other, but naturally do by the end of the book. I kept reading because I was curious how it would all work out. Didn't care for the constant switching back and forth between the leads. I have one more freebie in this series that I'll give a try to see if it gets better.

[Cindy B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed my first foray into this author’s work. Liked the dramatic discomfort and even the frustration of knowing they weren’t doing it right. Well performed and pretty clean…Odd in a novel that deals with such tension between 2 people trying to accomplish the same goal in different ways.

[samantha.j · Rating 3 out of 5]

I decided to read this bc I was bored and it was free on my Kindle lol. Then I got distracted by other books and came back to it, read the majority of it yesterday and today. It was pretty interesting to see the killer's perspective but not know who he was. I know this is a kind of series, but I'm not super interested in reading the other books. Kind of manifesting a romance between Katie and Lablanc tho.

[Avid · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit more gruesome than what I enjoy reading but on the author's behalf I didn't like the bad guys at all so she did a good job. Yes, I am aware of the irony when purposely choosing a murder/crime novel. I personally find the authors that are capable of writing these type of books so much classier when the scenes are set up and left open for us to use our vivid imaginations creating many varying possibilities. (They don't paint just one & frankly for me a picture I don't care to have.)

I gave only 3 stars because I almost quit on the book. It took a long time for it to pick up momentum. Once it started to roll I did enjoy it the action. I'm not sure if I could have sat still with a hard copy though. I set it at 1.5 speed on my audio and worked around the house while it rained outside.

If a free audiobook,... give it a shot. You may really like this tough FBI girl out in some very harsh weather tracking down a serial killer and her partner who isn't sure he wants a partner.

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[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was pretty bad and unbelievable. The overall plot and characters were poorly written and like they had absolutely no experience in investigations.

[Beth-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its an easy read. Will you enjoy it? Probably. Will you remember any details about it in a week? Probably not.

I swear there's a crime/police type template out there that this follows. Someone with special skills, has to earn their place on a team. Tragic backstory that unfolds over the series, and is why they got into law enforcement/profiling etc.

[Jodi Pomerleau · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Kate is sent to the area where her twin sister had disappeared years earlier to investigate murder that called both Canadian and American authorities together to solve it. Lots of talk about the cold, the snow, the wilderness, but an acceptable story with predictable events.

[John Lambert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ho Hum

I'm not exactly fan of the feds, suspense, or thrillers.
Cookbooks, Occult, & Witchcraft are more so my bag.
Infact compared to RL,I find this book to be a bore and a half.
However: I do know there are tons of people back home who would love it.


Hi. I'm john. I'm from Wichita.
I've been kidnapped. I am not yet home.
I haven't been home since 2008.
My identity hath been stolen.
I own a B.S. computer company & a few shares of a few B.S. Sulfur Mines.
I'm staying at a homeless shelter in Vancouver.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. It started off ok but then all of a sudden the main characters are arresting every other person just because and then the story ends. It left me with a um ok that was a pretty quick end. Also WTH is up with all these people who live in an area that is suppose to be very cold (mentioned a few time just sayin)yet everyone is freezing or doesn't wear proper winter clothes. Take it from a person who lives in a place with cold snowy winters, style goes out the door when you are in a snow storm. We switch into warm boots when leaving work and we wear warm coats, etc. Ok really this isn't a big deal over all, yet it seemed to stand out to me how everyone at some point referance how cold they are or how it was freezing and it just bugged me. The book was an easy read that I start while camping but I probably won't be moving on too quick to the second one.

[Rebecca Clarke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quick detective book.

[Ashley Hedden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Save Me (Katie Winter #1) was a great read by Molly Black. Katie Winter is a FBI Special Agent that is no stranger to dangerous cases or the frigid elements. She hunts down serial killers and is a rising star in the BAU. She is picked to partner with Canadian law enforcement when a woman is discovered in the middle of a frozen lake. Katie and her new partner butt heads while tensionsrun high. Unfortunately this case brings back the case of Katie’s younger sister who vanished years earlier from the same lake. I enjoyed reading this book and cant wait to read more by the author.

[Satangan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading Source: Hoopla Digital (Free Borrow)
Format: Audiobook
Length: 5 h 15 mins
Language: English
Year: 2022
Genre: Mystery

[Aimee Prentice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting.
AUDIOBOOK
the narrator was talented with accents

[Quanita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being pretty, blond, and blue eyed can be murder. Katie Winter, FBI agent, is hampered by multiple false starts and a raging snow storm before solving the crime.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

FBI Special Agent Katie Winter, renowned for her expertise in hunting serial killers, faces one of her most chilling cases yet: a woman found dead on a frozen Canadian lake. Partnering with Canadian law enforcement, Katie must navigate a hostile partnership, a frigid landscape, and the haunting echoes of her own past—her sister’s unsolved disappearance on the same icy shores. But with tensions rising and the killer staying one step ahead, Katie’s race against time becomes a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

While the book's premise promises an edge-of-your-seat thriller, the execution leaves much to be desired. Katie, supposedly a seasoned FBI agent, often disregards standard procedures, works alone, and miraculously solves the case through leaps of logic that feel clumsy and unconvincing. Her theorizing comes across as forced, and her methods sometimes lack basic common sense—for instance, continuing to question a suspect after they’ve asked for a lawyer, or repeatedly finding herself unequipped in critical moments.

Character development is another weak point. Katie’s past—while tragic and emotionally charged—is barely explored in any meaningful way, leaving her character feeling one-dimensional. The tension with her Canadian partner is introduced but never fully developed, and the supporting cast is forgettable at best. The story’s conclusion feels rushed, with Katie solving the case in a way that’s neither creative nor satisfying.

Despite these shortcomings, the book does offer an intriguing setup and a brisk pace that might appeal to readers looking for a quick, uncomplicated thriller. But for fans of crime fiction seeking depth, realistic character work, or gripping procedural details, this book will likely disappoint.

Needless to say, I will not be continuing with the series.

[Denise Zendel · Rating 3 out of 5]

FBI Special Agent Katie Winter is a rising star in the Behavioral Analysis Unit with a track record for hunting down serial killers in this debut novel. When a woman’s body with a chess piece stuffed in her mouth is found in the middle of frozen Lake Ontario, where Katie grew up, she’s the natural choice to partner with a Canadian law enforcement officer to track the killer. She’s got the profiling skills and the knowledge of the area to catch the killer. The case brings forth memories of her sister, who disappeared in the exact same area, and who’s never been found. Katie has to work to keep her own demons at bay and her new partner is extremely difficult to work with. This case will challenge her personally and professionally.

Would I read this again? No. Would I read more in the series? Yes. This was an easy, engaging, action packed read for me and made the time on the treadmill pass quickly. It was filled with twists and turns and multiple suspects. I love all things Canadian, so the setting was a bonus. I enjoyed watching how Katie and her new partner worked out their issues as they solved the case. The ending was good, and a perfect set up for the series, which involves a cross-jurisdictional task force dealing with crimes on the US/Canada border.

The author also writes the Maya Gray FBI series, the Rylie Wolf FBI series, and the Taylor Sage FBI series. I liked the plot and character building enough in this book that I will check out the author’s other works when I come across them.

[Riley · Rating 3 out of 5]

**Save Me** was a very simple book. Totaling 200 pages on the dot on my device, this was a very quick read for me, even amongst my busy college and internship-search workload.

The story follows a FBI agent who returns to her hometown to solve a the case of a serial killer. She had reluctantly wanted to go (away from her new home in Virginia), but ultimately decided to given her knowledge of the area and her dedication as a detective federal agent. I think the fact that she knew the area well wasn't emphasized enough, and anyone could have probably done the things she was doing (perhaps not, but I wasn't convinced otherwise).

This is likely a lack of research on my part, but the reading felt around early middle-school level of reading for me. But again, given my course load and busy life, I was perfectly fine with jumping into a simple alternate reality to take my mind off of my own true reality.

I recommend this book if you need a quick break, but don't expect yourself to get invested. Story drew me in, but small grammatical errors, elementary rhetoric, and some small plot holes are keeping me from considering the second book in the series.

[Savannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

It isn’t often that I give one star. I had high hopes for this detective novel, but it fell flat on nearly every front. The writing is overly simplistic, with short, choppy sentences that make the narrative feel stilted and juvenile. The author relies heavily on repetitive sentence structures, which quickly becomes monotonous and frustrating to read.

Being a fan of Rachel Amphlett’s Detective Kay Hunter series, I was hoping this series would be comparative, however the disappointment had set in by chapter 3.

The characters are terribly underdeveloped. The protagonist, a detective who should be intriguing and complex, comes across as one-dimensional and dull. Supporting characters fare no better; they lack depth and fail to contribute meaningfully to the story. Their interactions are predictable and uninspired, adding nothing to the plot.

Overall, this book is a disappointing read. The lack of sophisticated writing, repetitive sentences, and poorly developed characters make it difficult to stay engaged. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone looking for a captivating detective story. I will not be continuing the rest of this series.

[Evan Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

*** SPOILERS *** summary of whole book to refresh memory

FBI agent Katie Winter is called for a case in her old home town which is very cold and always has snow storms. There are blond hair blue eyed women being murdered and found with chess pieces in their mouths. Katie is paired with an officer (a French man) who was standoffish at first but becomes friendlier).

Katie finds out the man killing the women must have a vendetta against someone that looks like these women. They interview and have different suspects throughout. Katie discovers the man who did it was this guy who lost his parents when he was young and his sister was given responsibilities of taking care of him. She was abusive and locked him in the attack where he only had chess pieces he found to play with. He basically felt like he was killing his sister over and over by killing these women that looked like her (even though he actually already killed her 10 years prior).

Katie gets offered a permanent job to work with that task force.

[Cayla Sparks · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is definitely on the higher end of two stars, I actually liked the main character. The side character was painted as a bit of a tool in the beginning but that was purposeful for the arc. As a whole this kept me entertained while a kept my hands busy (all hail the multitasking power of audiobooks)

The mystery was decent and there were quite a few red herrings which I'm impartial towards, can be fun but feel somewhat redundant and a waste of time, to each their own.

I actually don't know if this a gripe or not, the mystery was solved quite quick. The book felt snappy and fast paced which was fun but I think the timeline in the book itself was two days, that seems implausible but I'm no detective.. so what do I know?

Then everything was wrapped up with a very quick piece of detective work which made me think... why did we not do this sooner??

I picked this up for free so went in with no expectations and, in-fact, I may spend actual cash on this series... Once I have recovered from Christmas

[judymellinnetzero.net · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decent story, terrible writing, no editing

I always wonder how such poor writers keep getting published. This author has dozens of novels out there in several series but I have no desire to read even one more. Katie WInter is an FBI agent and apparent Superwoman. Nothing phases her or slows her down. She goes from crime scene to crime scene without taking a breath. But the author has so many mistakes. Katie and her partner drive 15 minutes in a snow storm but then decide to stay in a hotel rather than drive back. But there is absolutely nothing added to the story by this diversion. Her partner starts their car two paragraphs before they get in. At one point, the partner is shivering from the cold "dressed in flimsy fabric" but, two paragraphs later at the same scene, he is shivering despite multiple layers of clothing. There are several instances of "and nor" and so many dangling participles that I lost count. I see no appeal.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Save Me by Molly Black which is Molly's debut book in the Katie Winter series which there are eleven books in total and this is my first time reading one of her novels.

FBI agent, Katie Winter, is an asset to the BAU, the Behavioural Analysis Unit. Katie and her work partner French Canadian Le Blanc both strive to bring a serial killer to justice.

Katie knows the area and has been brought in from America to Canada where she knows the terrain inside out as she had grown up here. Coming home has brought up childhood memories of when her younger sister was abducted at the very same lake where a murdered woman has been found.

If the elements don't kill both Katie and Le Blanc a serial killer would without any qualms. The hunt is on to bring this serial killer to justice before he claims his next victim.

Molly Black really describes the elements of the Canadian winter in great detail that the reader can actually feel the brutal and harsh winter.