It was a busy week around here last week. Careful of Thy Wishes, book #13 in the Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator series launched on Friday (check out Careful of Thy Wishes and other new releases here.) I also had another big promo going in the Reg Rawlins series, with Books 1-3 discounted to just $0.99. It may still be $0.99 at a couple of stores for another day or two, so if you want it, grab it now!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I am currently in the midst of Jenny Milchman’s Cover of Snow. I thought that I had read something from this author before, but looking at her other publications, I can’t spot what I might have read previously, so maybe I have just heard her name before. Browsing through her books did reveal one thing, though, Milchman has a definite taste for writing books about the Adirondacks, and particularly winter weather in the Adirondacks.
Cover of Snow has an interesting premise. The main character’s husband (a policeman) commits suicide, and she is digging down, trying to understand why. It turns out there are a number of secrets hidden in the past, and at this point (more than halfway through the book) there are many indicators of a police coverup and conspiracy to keep her from finding anything out.
Expect plenty of snow scenes in this one! Dig into this chilly thriller and see what you think.
“It won’t be the right time for me to decide anything for a while. Not until I find out what happened.”
Jenny Milchman, Cover of Snow
Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong. When her fog of sleep clears, she finds her world is suddenly, irretrievably shattered: Her husband, Brendan, has committed suicide.
The first few hours following Nora’s devastating discovery pass for her in a blur of numbness and disbelief. Then, a disturbing awareness slowly settles in: Brendan left no note and gave no indication that he was contemplating taking his own life. Why would a rock-solid police officer with unwavering affection for his wife, job, and quaint hometown suddenly choose to end it all? Having spent a lifetime avoiding hard truths, Nora must now start facing them.
Unraveling her late husband’s final days, Nora searches for an explanation—but finds a bewildering resistance from Brendan’s best friend and partner, his fellow police officers, and his brittle mother. It quickly becomes clear to Nora that she is asking questions no one wants to answer. For beneath the soft cover of snow lies a powerful conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep its presence unknown . . . and its darkest secrets hidden.
