Cold Ridge (MIRA) [Mass Market Paperback]

Carla Neggers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2003 | Series: MIRA

Award-winning nature photographer Carine Winter does whatever it takes to get the perfect shot but has some room for improvement in the relationship department. However, she and her ex-fiancee must take to the mountains of northern New England when her missing brother-in-law, who is also a U.S. Senator, goes missing. There, they come face-to-face with a danger that neither of them has encountered before.

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"No one does romantic suspense better!" -- Janet Evanovich

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Mira; Regular Print/Single Titl edition (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551666847
• ISBN-13: 978-1551666846
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carla Neggers is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 60 novels, including SAINT'S GATE, the first in her new Sharpe & Donovan series, and SECRETS OF THE LOST SUMMER. Her work has been translated into two dozen languages. Carla is a founding member of the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America and has served as president of Novelists, Inc. and vice president of International Thriller Writers.

Born and raised in western Massachusetts, Carla started writing at age eleven, when she'd climb a tree with pad and pen and perch on her favorite branch to spin stores. When she isn't writing, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, cross-country skiing and traveling. Carla and her husband, Joe Jewell, live on a hilltop in Vermont, not far from picturesque Quechee Gorge.

For more information and to contact Carla, visit her Web site: www.CarlaNeggers.com. You can also find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/carlaneggers or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/carlaneggers.

Photo credit: Julie Ireland

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Page-Turner !!!, April 10, 2004

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Amazon Reader (Palo Alto, Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Ridge (MIRA) (Mass Market Paperback)

Cold Ridge by Carla Neggers was a real page-turner. I was rather impressed by this writer. This was the first time I had read anything by her and after reading this story, I can tell you it won't be my last !!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can she learn to Trust Again?, March 26, 2004

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S. K. Leggate "Sunni" (Fernley, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Ridge (MIRA) (Mass Market Paperback)

Carine had her heart broken bu Tyler North, and due to a hoffifying turn of events it seems he is the only one who can help her and protect her from a killer. Can Carine trust Tyler enough to let him?

This is a wonderfully written book that kept me up until 3 AM. I coudln't put it down. The characters are interesting, entertaining and very believable. The novel has a plenty of suspense and romance and keeps its biggest secrets until the end. This is a great read.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Left me rather .. Cold, January 4, 2004

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Butterscotch (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Ridge (MIRA) (Mass Market Paperback)

This isn't a particularly engaging book. It's not bad, but it's not great either - the book is extremely average in every respect. The characters and their motivations for doing things are not carefully crafted, the murder mystery plot wasn't that interesting, and the romance between the two main characters was weak. I kept waiting for this book to really 'take off,' but it never did. The writing remained stable, but there just wasn't enough action, suspense or romance to make this a great book. The author did her homework in terms of describing the location where the book takes place, and it appears she studied up quite a bit on mountaineering and military terms, but even those descriptions lacked feeling and that engaging quality that good writing evokes. The characters are not ones that you will remember after the book is done, and the writing just isn't strong enough to create visuals and place you alongside the characters. While reading this book, I was reminded of college professors with mundane, uninflected voices that seem to drone on and on. This book, and the writing, was very monotone.