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Summary: Again without Alex Jensen :-(
Review: As always a great book from Sue Henry, she knows how to describe the landscape, the surroundings and for the most important she describes the persons in a way that i sometimes believe they belong to my own family. Since "Beneath the ashes" i'm waiting for Alex (former companion of Jessie) to come back and help her with the cabin and all the other trouble. (they fit so perfect together). Anyway a really thrilling story,once started reading you won't put it away! even though my personal favorite is "Deadfall" and maybe"Termination Dust" .
Please,Sue Henry keep on writing !!!!
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Summary: I wonder
Review: Dog musher Jessie Arnold has not had an easy time of it lately. Four months ago, she broke up with her significant other, State Trooper Alex when he moved to Idaho and she didn't want to leave Alaska nor commit to a marriage when she guarded her independence. Three months ago, a serial arsonist burnt down her log cabin located in a remote area eight miles from the small town of Wasilla in Matunuska Valley.Now that the long days of summer are nearly here, work is getting underway to build Jessie a bigger and better log cabin complete with a basement. When they excavate the hole that will house the foundation, Jessie finds a skeleton buried in one of the dirt walls. The police also find a gold butterfly pendant near the remains, which belong to the victim of one of Alaska's most violent serial killers. The pendant links up to a copycat killing that are going on today and Jessie finds herself once again in deadly danger. Sue Henry brings to life the beauty and the camaraderie of living in Alaska to such a degree that readers will want to hop a plane to visit our forty-ninth state. The protagonist embodies the spirit of Alaska, a person who is fiercely independent, wants her way, and will bend but not break. The mystery itself is a well-drawn puzzle, impossible to fathom until all the pieces click neatly into place. Readers of COLD COMPANY will enjoy the latest installment in this long running series. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Exciting Alaskan mystery
Review: Dog musher Jessie Arnold has not had an easy time of it lately. Four months ago, she broke up with her significant other, State Trooper Alex when he moved to Idaho and she didn't want to leave Alaska nor commit to a marriage when she guarded her independence. Three months ago, a serial arsonist burnt down her log cabin located in a remote area eight miles from the small town of Wasilla in Matunuska Valley. Now that the long days of summer are nearly here, work is getting underway to build Jessie a bigger and better log cabin complete with a basement. When they excavate the hole that will house the foundation, Jessie finds a skeleton buried in one of the dirt walls. The police also find a gold butterfly pendant near the remains, which belong to the victim of one of Alaska's most violent serial killers. The pendant links up to a copycat killing that are going on today and Jessie finds herself once again in deadly danger. Sue Henry brings to life the beauty and the camaraderie of living in Alaska to such a degree that readers will want to hop a plane to visit our forty-ninth state. The protagonist embodies the spirit of Alaska, a person who is fiercely independent, wants her way, and will bend but not break. The mystery itself is a well-drawn puzzle, impossible to fathom until all the pieces click neatly into place. Readers of COLD COMPANY will enjoy the latest installment in this long running series. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Not my favorite
Review: I didn't find this book nearly as good as the previous books, something was definitely missing. I miss the Alex Jensen mysteries which started the series. Hope she brings him back soon.
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Summary: I wonder
Review: I have collected all of Sue Henrys' books and usually enjoy them. This book is not one I am sure I wnat to keep on my shelf. It was not up to her normal level of great writing.
I was very disappointed.
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Summary: Good but not the Best
Review: I have just recently read this book and found it good. The only problem was i suspected who did it from the start. There was also one other thing that bothered me. In the story it said Becker started talking about the girl he was dating, but in Murder On The Iditarod Trail there was something about the wedding-ring status of Cas and Becker. I don't know if i missed something about if he got divorced or Henry forgot about that. I also do like that someone more permanent in Jessie life though I would have liked to see Alex and Jessie back together. I also would like to see in Alex in her next book like one about things in Idaho.
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Summary: COLD COMPANY is a fast paced read.
Review: If you enjoy a mystery story full of red herrings, stalwart characters, an exotic Alaskan setting coupled with enough twists and turns to titillate the most ardent armchair sleuth, COLD COMPANY by Sue Henry is just the ticket.
Jessie Arnold is a well-known "dog musher" who was the target of a serial arsonist who destroyed her home in Henry's earlier book, BENEATH THE ASHES. Now with work under way to rebuild her lost log cabin, she finds a skeleton in the dig. Along with the male bones, investigators find a butterfly necklace purported to belong to a young woman who disappeared more than 20 years ago. Could her bones be buried near this body? Could Jessie's land be another burial site used by serial killer Robert Hansen, who was convicted of 17 murders and is now spending his waning days in prison?
This theory is ruled out almost immediately when the bodies of two recently murdered women are found in close proximity to the construction site. Everyone involved in the investigation agrees that a copycat killer is on the loose...but who and why? After all, in the small, claustrophobic towns of rural Alaska, neighbors and workers are friends who know each other. Or do they?
If these unnerving events aren't enough to jangle the nerves of ever independent Jessie Arnold, she also begins to receive anonymous gifts in the form of a single rose left first on her doorstep and then in her kitchen. At first, she thinks they may be a surprise from her former lover but then realizes that their break, while painful, was permanent. So, who is trespassing on her property and invading her most private space?
As all of the book's events unfold, the Alaskan summer solstice slowly melts away toward winter; Jessie and her friends are convinced that they are on the trail of a different serial murderer. They wend their way along wilderness trails that lead deep into heavy forest cover to emerge slipping and sliding over the icy glacial terrain that surrounds their part of the world.
Sue Henry is an adept storyteller. In Jessie Arnold she has created a prototype of a single, independent, self-supporting and intelligent but stubborn woman, who always wants things her way. But Jessie is not hard or cold hearted. She is has the courage to reexamine and reevaluate her opinions, behaviors, strengths, and vulnerabilities without compromising her integrity. These characteristics save Henry's protagonist from being a stereotype and rescue her tales from banality.
COLD COMPANY is a fast paced read, perfect for a hot summer day.
--- Reviewed by Barbara Lipkien Gershenbaum
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Summary: Jessie's cabin is rebuilt
Review: Jessie Arnold, intrepid Alaskan female musher, has been without a permanent home since her cabin was burned by an arsonist the previous year. Now she watches in delight as a construction crew digs a hole for the basement of her new home. In the process, however, Jesse discovers the skeleton of someone who was buried on her homesite many years ago. As the forensic experts attempt to discover the identity of the body, new bodies of women more recently killed begin to show up in the vicinity. Also Jessie begins to receive roses from an anonymous person, which parallels the modus operandi of a serial killer who operated in the area some 20 years ago. The investigation of the murders proceeds as Jessie's house is rebuilt and the mystery grows until the climatic moment when the killer's identity is revealed and Jessie's life is endangered. A new romance, and a new cabin for Jessie infuse some interesting elements into this enjoyable series.
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Summary: Jessie's cabin is rebuilt
Review: Jessie Arnold, intrepid Alaskan female musher, has been without a permanent home since her cabin was burned by an arsonist the previous year. Now she watches in delight as a construction crew digs a hole for the basement of her new home. In the process, however, Jesse discovers the skeleton of someone who was buried on her homesite many years ago. As the forensic experts attempt to discover the identity of the body, new bodies of women more recently killed begin to show up in the vicinity. Also Jessie begins to receive roses from an anonymous person, which parallels the modus operandi of a serial killer who operated in the area some 20 years ago. The investigation of the murders proceeds as Jessie's house is rebuilt and the mystery grows until the climatic moment when the killer's identity is revealed and Jessie's life is endangered. A new romance, and a new cabin for Jessie infuse some interesting elements into this enjoyable series.
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Summary: No dog racing, no blizzards
Review: Sue Henry has managed to write a hum-drum murder mystery which just happens to be set in the Alaskan wilderness. Bah! Humbug! Usually, she manages to educate us about the frozen North as she entertains us, but this time, she resorts to the old Hollywood technique of having her main characters do stupid things to get into harm's way, and then rescues them just in the nick of time ( and sometimes lets them crash and burn ). A rainy-day time-killer, but not one I would buy and/or keep.
Charlie
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