Cold Winter Nights Anne White 9781591332985 Books
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Loren Graham, the mayor of Emerald Point-a picturesque little town on the shore of Lake George in upstate New York-is anticipating a wonderful Holiday season. The town was ready. Sparkling new decorations hung on posts and wires throughout the Main Street business district. A sound system was rigged to play holiday songs and announce special sales throughout the shopping season. Special shopping nights and extended hours were scheduled to encourage the local residents to buy their holiday gifts in Emerald Point instead of dashing off to the malls in Queensbury and Albany. And, best of all, the final gift to the community was to be a grand Holiday concert downtown the week before Christmas. Everything had been planned down to the last detail to make this Holiday Season the best one ever, but then someone else planned a different event that didn't add to the festivities. The shocking murder of a local woman-a respected nurse-in her own home.
Cold Winter Nights Anne White 9781591332985 Books
Who knew your favorite summer resort offered so much excitement in winter? "Cold Winter Nights" brings to life all that and more in the fictional town of Emerald Point in upstate New York.This fourth in Anne White's Lake George series about a feisty female Mayor who attracts murder; showcases local politics, a New Year's Polar Bear Plunge, Gore Mt. skiing, a winter carnival and more. Fans of White will rejoice in her familiar setting rich in regional detail. The rest of us will want to settle down with this page turner of a cozy mystery.
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Tags : Cold Winter Nights [Anne White] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Loren Graham, the mayor of Emerald Point-a picturesque little town on the shore of Lake George in upstate New York-is anticipating a wonderful Holiday season. The town was ready. Sparkling new decorations hung on posts and wires throughout the Main Street business district. A sound system was rigged to play holiday songs and announce special sales throughout the shopping season. Special shopping nights and extended hours were scheduled to encourage the local residents to buy their holiday gifts in Emerald Point instead of dashing off to the malls in Queensbury and Albany. And,Anne White,Cold Winter Nights,Hilliard & Harris,1591332982,6347109,Fiction Mystery & Detective Women Sleuths
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Cold Winter Nights Anne White 9781591332985 Books Reviews
BUT what happened no books since 2009... Has Anne White quite writing? or quit the series?
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This is a good book by Anne White. I enjoyed reading it. It is a quick, easy read and one you enjoy because you enjoy most of the characters, especially the main one. An interesing plot.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms" and "Wesley's Wars"
"Cold Winter Nights," A Lake George Mystery
The serene backdrop of the Adirondack Mountains' pristine Lake George seems an unlikely place to find the ugly snarl of infidelity, deception and murder, but mystery writer Anne White offers just that in Cold Winter Nights, the fifth in her Lake George Mystery series. We willingly follow White's deft transformation of that idyllic northern New York setting into center stage for the killer's desperate attempt to silence the too-perceptive (and delightful) Emerald Point mayor, Loren Graham.
It all begins at a holiday concert featuring a solo by the teenaged daughter of Graham's good friend, Kate Donohue. Sheriff's deputy Jim Thompson pulls the mayor out of the concert to tell her that Denise McNaughton, a respected RN from the area, has been murdered. It doesn't take long before the small town is abuzz with gossip and theories about who might have killed McNaughton, and why. While Thompson and other law enforcement officials methodically investigate, Graham can't help evaluating the evidence herself. Was it the Adirondack hermit, who reportedly had broken into cottages near McNaughton's home? Could it have been Kate's ex-husband, said to have been "involved" with the murdered nurse?
As the tale progresses, the reader is transported to various sites in the Adirondacks - from the New Year's Day festive Polar Bear Plunge in the icy waters of Lake George to the snowy slopes of Gore Mountain Ski Resort, as Graham spends time with friends, conducts her official duties and does a bit of sleuthing. Throughout the fast-moving plot we meet more and more characters from the Lake George area - Don Morrison, Loren Graham's fiancé; Dr. Kennison, the philandering physician; Teddie Murray, the incorrigible gossip; radio announcer Billie Jorgensen; newspaper reporter Stephanie Colvin; and Lucas Prendergast/AKA Luke Prenders, called by many "the Woodsman."
Anne White weaves these characters and their motives so skillfully into the fabric of the story that we are at a loss to know just where to point the finger of guilt. As the plot reaches its apex, we find ourselves shivering on the shore of Lake George, trying to enjoy a skating party, but feeling the ominous approach of what we know to be the efforts of a killer to silence Loren Graham. The arctic-like waters kept unfrozen by ice-eaters just beyond the skating area threaten death as the killer makes the fatal move.
This reviewer predicts you'll find a stack of White's novels as irresistable as a high-carb snack; nobody can read just one. I'm already waiting for the next.
Fiction Mystery
Publisher Hilliard and Harris
ISBN 1-59133-298-2, 978-1-59133-298-5.
Other Lake George Mysteries by Anne White include
An Affinity for Murder (A Lake George Mystery), 2001, Oak Tree Publishing
Beneath the Surface (Lake George Mysteries), 2005, Hilliard and Harris
Best Laid Plans, 2006, Hilliard and Harris
Secrets Dark And Deep, 2007, Hilliard and Harris
Persis Granger, a reviewer for the Web review site Book Pleasures, authored of two works of historical fiction, AAdirondack Gold and Adirondack Gold II A Summer of Strangers. She edited and coauthored Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer's Writing a Path to Peace, and also edits Adirondack Guest Informer, a travel magazine, and the John Thurman Historical Society Quarterly, as well as organizing and hosting events for writers. [...]
Emerald Point, NY Mayor Loren Graham is looking forward to enjoying the holiday season with her fiancé and friends. The festivities have just begun when the body of well-respected nurse Denise McNaughton is found, beaten to death. Graham's friend, Deputy Sheriff Jim Thompson, in charge of the investigation and aware of Loren's propensity for amateur sleuthing, warns her to stay out of the case. Rumors are flying about McNaughton's social life and Loren, fearing for her town's safety, takes it upon herself to question those who knew McNaughton well. There are plenty of suspects, including a homeless vagrant and the ex-husband of Loren's best friend, both of whom reach out to Loren for help in proving their innocence. It isn't long before Loren's efforts to help these men turn the killer's eyes on her.
In this fifth installment of her Lake George Mystery series, White thrusts the reader into a thrilling whodunit, weaving into the story popular Lake George festivities, such as the New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge. Loren is an interesting character, a strong woman who feels protective of her town and job as mayor. Secondary characters continue to evolve and are heartwarming and entertaining. This cozy whodunit will prove a challenging read for those trying to solve the mystery for themselves.
I was attracted to this book because of the setting--a fictional community on Lake George in upstate New York, an area not too far from where I live. The novel is part of a mystery series involving Loren Graham, the female mayor of the town, and this book deals with the murder of Denise McNaughton, a nurse who lived on an isolated mountain road and had relationships with many men. The author writes well, and I enjoyed the setting, but the plot left a lot to be desired. It is low key--certainly not a compelling pageturner--and too many questions are left unanswered. We learn the identity of the perpetrator, but the presumed motive doesn't make much sense in view of the habitual behavior of a particular character. A very significant relationship is never developed to the point where we can understand how it might involve murder, and one character's stubborn determination to build a huge mansion on the site of her present home seems to be terribly important but is never explained and doesn't appear to have any relevance to the story. It's not even a red herring--it's just a plot line that goes nowhere. A development in the last chapter involving Loren's private life may be setting up something for the next book in the series, but it certainly doesn't add closure to this story. The book is short, although it seemed longer, and I liked the atmosphere of winter on Lake George, but if you're looking for a thrilling mystery, look elsewhere.
Who knew your favorite summer resort offered so much excitement in winter? "Cold Winter Nights" brings to life all that and more in the fictional town of Emerald Point in upstate New York.
This fourth in Anne White's Lake George series about a feisty female Mayor who attracts murder; showcases local politics, a New Year's Polar Bear Plunge, Gore Mt. skiing, a winter carnival and more. Fans of White will rejoice in her familiar setting rich in regional detail. The rest of us will want to settle down with this page turner of a cozy mystery.
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