A Wicked Snow

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“Olsen will scare you—and you’ll love it.”
—Lee Child

Hannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up—one of them her mother’s. The killer was never found….

Twenty years later Hannah is a…

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Psychological thriller

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Why read it?

1 author picked A Wicked Snow as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Steve Rush

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The characters and setting in this story deliver as much realism as if the family moved in next door and invited me to dinner. Once I learned the mother hides a deadly past, I imagined myself looking out a window (a safe distance) while I watched the way she treated her family and everyone who opposed her chapter after chapter.

I enjoy Olsen’s novels, and this one (his first following many of his true-crime books) displays his ability to write authentic page-turners.

From Steve's list on crime thrillers I've read as a chief forensic investigator.

Lethal Impulse

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He’s riddled with guilt. She’s annoyed with the status quo.

The death of a crime boss’s daughter forces Detective Neil Caldera to leave NYC. He seeks refuge in the tranquil embrace of a small town, where he finds himself entangled in the labyrinth of a teenage girl’s murder. Tess Fleishman’s pale skin and extreme weight loss portrays a disease she wants others to see. While inside, a compulsion for Neil fuels her passion to have him or destroy him.

Lethal Impulse

By Steve Rush,

What is this book about?

He's riddled with guilt. She's annoyed with the status quo. The death of a crime boss's daughter forces Detective Neil Caldera to leave NYC. He seeks refuge in the tranquil embrace of a small town, where he finds himself entangled in the labyrinth of a teenage girl's murder. Tess Fleishman's pale skin and extreme weight loss portrays a disease she wants others to see. While inside, a compulsion for Neil fuels her passion to have him or destroy him. As Neil delves into the heart of the town's secrets, will truth deliver solace? Or will Tess prevail?

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