My teen daughter snatched this one up and read it before I even realized it had arrived in the mail! I wondered why she suddenly disappeared for a couple of hours. Then, she walks into my room, thumps "Fatal Frost" by Nancy Mehl into my hand and declares, "That was so good!" She's a mystery junkie but I must say, her declaration intrigued me. I quickly finished up the novel I was midway through and started in. Fortunately I was staring down a 15 hour back seat car ride so I had plenty of time to dig into it. I finished before we arrived at our destination. And my daughter was right. It was good.
Now admittedly, some plot twists in "Fatal Frost" can be seen a mile away and other parts you have to just dispel with reality in order to believe but not all. And besides, since when does that make or break a story? Plus, call me old fashioned but I was pleasantly surprised to find that this wasn't a story about a lone woman coming to the rescue of 5 male cops who had failed. Instead it was a give and take between the main characters. There was no hero but there were definitely heroes and it's better that way - more realistic. No one can do it all.
There was violence but it wasn't gruesome at all. Normally I like to preview books before my daughter reads them. Now having read it, I am totally fine with her having read it before me. I'm guessing she's waiting for me to be done with it so it can line her extensive shelf of 'favorites'. (She just told me last night she needs more shelves)
"Fatal Frost" was absolutely enjoyable. It would have been enjoyable even if I hadn't been stuck in the backseat of a car for 15 hours.
Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
