Book #97 |
Book: Ice on the Grapevine | Author: R.E. Donald | |
| Source: Free BookBub download Format: Kindle |
Pages: 304 | Duration: 10/25/25 – 10/26/25 (2 days) | |
| Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Genres: fiction, mystery, crime thriller, suspense | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Detectives work to unravel the mystery behind a frozen corpse. 🖌6-word review: Lots of characters. Felt lost sometimes. |
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| 💭A favorite quote: “Lonesome had hit him like a Mack truck, and sleep was the best antidote for now.” | |||
| 🎓Some new-to-me words: moldering, kokanee, puttanesca | |||
| Description:* A frozen corpse turns up at a highway brake check just south of the Grapevine Pass. Ex-homicide detective Hunter Rayne, who now drives an eighteen wheeler, is persuaded by his irascible dispatcher, Elspeth Watson, to help clear two fellow truck drivers who are arrested for the murder. The circumstantial evidence is strong, and a rookie detective from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department is eager to score a win. The investigation crosses the Canada-U.S. border when the victim is identified as a second rate musician from Vancouver, and it turns out there were more than a few desperate people happy to see him dead, including the accused couple. Hunter has to use all his investigative skills to uncover the truth.*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: There were a lot of characters in this book, and I lost track of who characters were at times. It might be because this was book #2 (in a 5-book series) even though series like these are usually touted as also working “standalone.” I also found it frustrating that the two main people suspected of the murder would not speak, even to their lawyers, for at least 75% of the book. Out with it already. | |||
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