The Ice Maiden [Hardcover]

Edna Buchanan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House (1984)
• ASIN: B00121ZJD4
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER WINNER FROM THIS WHIZ BANG AUTHOR, November 16, 2002

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ice Maiden: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries) (Hardcover)

When it comes to crime novels Buchanan's the best. After almost 20 years of covering the police beat for a Miami newspaper she knows her subject and suspects well. She's a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter with insider knowledge, and potent pen.

"The Ice Maiden" is heroine Britt Montero's eighth spin, and it is a pulse pounding thriller. She's right there when Andre Coney, a would-be robber, is discovered after being electrocuted by a jewelry store booby trap. A quick thinking detective with a full memory bank ties the deceased to a 14 year-old murder case in which two teenagers on their first date were ravaged - the boy was fatally shot and the girl was raped and beaten.

Britt attempts to interrogate the girl, Sunny, hoping that she might recognize any of Coney's fellow thugs as one of the men who had attacked her. Understandably, Sunny wants no part in reopening past trauma.

However, the frightened young woman has no choice as others who may harm her focus on what was thought to be a cold case.

As always with Buchanan, subplots flourish and fascinate while readers are propelled by surprising secrets revealed. One more winner for this whiz bang writer.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Story! Ice Maiden Sent Shivers Through My Spine!, December 4, 2002

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Patricia (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ice Maiden: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Not since the very first book in the Britt Montero series, have I ever been so entranced with a story. I absolutely could not put it down. Ice Maiden is a fantastic read with all the ups and downs that you expect to get with an Edna Buchanan roller coaster ride. But just when you think you've got it figured out, she throws in another turn in the track. Congratulations to Edna. One of the best crime/ Mystery writers that I have ever had the pleasure to read. I just hope another book is in the works. Don't let it end like this for Britt!!!...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining, easy read, November 16, 2002

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"sarahboop" (Athens, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ice Maiden: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries) (Hardcover)

As always with Edna Buchanan's Britt Montero novels, this one is a fun read, quick and easy, and not exactly thought-provoking. Though the plot isn't as strong as some of her other books, the ending is powerful, and the characters are as interesting as ever. However, if you haven't read her other Britt Montero books, I wouldn't start with this one. Buchanan doesn't bother with very much character development for the main figures, and this isn't one of her strongest books.