The girl in the ice

Format:

Book

Title:

The girl in the ice

Author:

Bryndza, Robert author

ISBN:

9781538730171

Edition:

First Grand Central Publishing mass market edition.

Publication:

New York : Grand Central, 2019.

Physical Description:

421 pages ; 18 cm

Series title(s):

Detective Erika Foster novel.

Summary:

"When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation. The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound and dumped in water around London. As Erika inches closer to uncovering the truth, the killer is closing in on Erika. The last investigation Erika led went badly wrong ... resulting in the death of her husband. With her career hanging by a thread, Erika must now battle her own personal demons as well as a killer more deadly than any she's faced before. But will she get to him before he strikes again?"--Amazon.com

Subject(s):

Women detectives -- England -- London -- Fiction.

Serial murderers -- Fiction.

Prostitutes -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Serial murder investigation -- Fiction.

London (England) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

London (England) -- Fiction.

England -- London

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Thrillers (Fiction)

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Holds:

Available:*

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Summary

A young London socialite is brutally murdered by a notorious serial killer in this "compelling" page-turner of dark secrets and deadly investigations ( NYT bestselling author Jeffrey Deaver).

Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice . . . she is not the only one.
When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park's pond, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation. The victim appeared to have the perfect life -- what dark secrets is the girl in the ice hiding?
When Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes. All were found strangled, hands bound and dumped in water around London. As she inches closer to uncovering the truth, the killer is closing in. With her failing career hanging by a thread, Erika must now battle her own personal demons as well as a killer more deadly than any she's faced before. But will she get to him before he strikes again?

Author Notes

Robert Bryndza is the author of the international #1 bestselling Detective Erika Foster series. Robert's books have sold over 2 million copies and have been translated into 27 languages. He is British and lives in Slovakia.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bryndza (the Coco Pinchard romantic comedy series) leaves no procedural serial killer cliché unused in this pallid series debut featuring London Det. Chief Insp. Erika Foster. After her husband, a fellow police officer, was killed during a botched operation that Erika planned, she took an involuntary break from her job. On her return to active duty, she heads the investigation into the murder of 23-year-old Andrea Douglas-Brown, the daughter of a powerful former cabinet minister, who was found frozen in a disused boating lake one cold winter day. A media frenzy ensues. Erika, a stereotypical lone wolf determined to get the job done despite opposition from within her own ranks, makes one misstep after another, starting with upsetting the Douglas-Browns with her brusqueness at their initial encounter. Her predictable efforts to persevere, even in the face of professional jeopardy, alternate with the de rigueur scenes from the perspective of Andrea's killer, who keeps a close eye on Erika's progress. The climax does nothing to reinforce Erika as a capable lead. Few will look forward to her further exploits. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.