Fourteen years ago, high school track star Sydney Adams was gunned down in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. The investigation yielded useless clues, and the case went cold. But homicide detective Augustus Knox never gave up on finding Sydney’s killer. Now, retired from the police force and with only months to live, he enlists the help of private investigator Jocelyn Rush to clear the case once and … and for all.
Armed with little more than a theory as to who murdered Sydney, Jocelyn tries to lure a killer into the open. But unraveling the mystery means facing off against a cunning psychopath whose ruthlessness knows no bounds. When more bodies start to pile up, Jocelyn has to decide just how far she’s willing to go to catch a cold-blooded killer.
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I ‘may’ have read this book in one sitting. It is that good. I’m a huge Lisa Regan fan, and I couldn’t wait to read the follow up to Hold Still. The second installment of Jocelyn Rush’s story is so full of terror and tension, you won’t be able to put it down. The calculation that went into this plot is beyond frightening. I don’t normally like thrillers, I don’t like reading about what humans can do to other humans, but Lisa has a way of pulling me into the story quickly and making it impossible to stop reading.
This tale weaves a little differently than Hold Still. In Cold-Blooded, Jocelyn is a little more vulnerable than she was in Hold Still. She’s a little more seasoned but also a little more scared. She’s had a firsthand taste of the violence she’s normally shielded from, and that’s changed her a little. She’s given up her badge and gained the freedom to investigate what she wants, but with this freedom comes a lack of security. Don’t worry, she’s still very sharp, and she’ll make you laugh out loud more than once! But she might make you think twice before drinking someone else’s coffee.
What else can I say, but that Cold-Blooded is the embodiment of a top-notch, great thriller. Lisa Regan will make you thankful for your safe, comfortable bed while you’re hiding under the covers reading this quintessential, calculated, maniacal masterpiece.
Good mystery book with a surprise ending.
This was a very good story.
Knox is dying and before he dies he wants to find out who killed Sydney fourteen years ago. Knox hires a retired cop that turned PI to solve the cold case before he dies. Knox has always suspected Sydney’s track coach, Riga. Rush and her partner Anita take the case and start digging.
Rush has a lot of baggage. And a lot of friends that are a little too convenient. I figured out who the killer was pretty early. Couldn’t understand why no one else saw it.
Regan seems to add a lot of extra filler to try to build the suspense or to give her characters time to say whatever they are covertly broadcasting on cell phones. When Rush is trying to get to a poisoned Knox, every street she takes is either under construction or dead ends. This goes on forever or until all the things Regan thinks the killer wants to say has been said. Unnecessary.
The idea was a good one and the story would have been better if it had been tightened up. Less filler, get to the point. I guess this is supposed to be part of a series about Rush, but I didn’t know that when I started reading. Hold Still must be before this, but I haven’t read it and won’t bother.
It wasn’t an awful book, but it wasn’t something that I couldn’t wait to get back to to find out what happened. But, it also wasn’t something I couldn’t finish and deleted.