Dead of Winter

Name: Dead of Winter
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Annelise Ryan
ISBN: 9781977332073

Author: Annelise Ryan

Series: Mattie Winston Mystery #10

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/26/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural

Synopsis

A new home, a new marriage, a new family. It's a lot to sort out. But before medicolegal death investigator Mattie can smooth out the unexpected chaos of her new life, duty calls. At the local ER, a battered and bruised teenage girl has been brought in by a mysterious man who claimed she'd fallen out of a car. The staff is suspicious, but while they attend to the teenager, the unidentified man slips out. Then the girl dies, but not before informing social worker Hildy Schneider that the man had her little sister as well.

Mattie's exam reveals forensic evidence of long-term IV drug use and physical abuse, findings consistent with Hildy's suspicion that the girl was a victim of human trafficking. They are able to confirm her identity as a teen who went missing six months ago, along with her sister—facts that are deeply unsettling to Mattie, who now shares a home with her husband's teenaged daughter.

Working closely with Hildy and homicide detectives, including her husband Steve Hurley, Mattie must delve into a dark underworld to stop the ruthless trafficking of human lives—before it's too late for another young girl . . .

About Annelise Ryan

USA Today bestselling author Annelise Ryan is the pseudonym for the author of the Mattie Winston Mysteries and another mystery series. She has written more than 200 published articles, worked as a book reviewer for Barnes & Noble, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. She currently works as a registered nurse in an ER.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nila

This review is based about my mindset as a reviewer. If the author has a scene with the main character crapping in her pants in the CAR and staining the leather seat, with her boss in the passenger seat going - what's that smell - a scene which is not valid to the story line or the plot or the devel......more

Goodreads review by Georgie-who-is-Sarah-Drew

If an author chooses to write a detective book in 1st person present tense, that book should be pretty damn tense and deal with the present. It should not spend two pages describing each and every walk-on secondary character. It should not spend the first 10% recapping the history of the previous 9......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

The MC, Maddie Winston, always makes me laugh! This book is no different. There are a few different mysteries going on, one of them very heavy and heart wrenching. Sometimes things get a little far fetched, but it adds to the hilarity of it all I recommend this quick read.......more

Goodreads review by Betty

This is the 10th booking this outstanding and fast-moving series. It can be read as a standalone but reading the series in order will enable you to understand the backstory. It is the dead of winter in Sorenson, Wisconsin and snow storms are impeding movement. Mattie Winston and her homicide detecti......more