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A 15-year-old cold case suddenly turns hot.
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Brenda McNeil disappeared fifteen years ago. Was she the victim of foul play? Did she runfrom a cheating husband? Now men searching for mammoth bones dig up human remains. Adriver’s license identifies these as Brenda’s. But, when the Niagara Falls Medical Examiner looks carefully at the bones what he finds raises questions.
Desperate for a new book idea, Emlyn Goode begins a search for answers. When she and her husband Detective Roger Frey visit a retirement community to speak with the detective who’d investigated the Brenda McNeil missing-person case they learn one of his fellow residents has recently been murdered.
Are the two cases related? Emlyn’s otherworldly instincts tell her they are and that learning how will identify the killer. As she delves further into her research Emlyn enters a world filled with twists and turns where danger lurks in every shadow.
https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Niagara-Susan-Lynn-Solomon/dp/B0CT92LX19
Susan Lynn Solomon Bio
A former entertainment attorney, Susan Lynn Solomon is the facilitator of the Writer’s Critique Group that is co-sponsored by the Buffalo Central Library and Just Buffalo Literary Center.
She is the author short stories that have appeared in numerous literary journals. These include, Abigail Bender (awarded an Honorable Mention in a Writers Journal short romance competition), Ginger Man, Elvira, The Memory Tree, Going Home, Yesterday’s Wings, Smoker’s Lament, Kaddish, and Sabbath (nominated for the 2013 Best of the Net). A collection of her short stories, Voices in My Head, has been released by Solstice Publishing.
Ms. Solomon is also the author of the Emlyn Goode Mysteries. A finalist in Chanticleer International Book Award’s Mystery & Mayhem Novel category, and a finalist for the 2016 Book Excellence Award, her first Emlyn Goode novel, The Magic of Murder, has received rave reviews, as have the novelettes, Bella Vita, The Day the Music Died, A Shot in the Woods, and ’Twas the Season. The second Emlyn Goode novel, Dead Again, was a finalist for both the 2017 McGrath House Indie Book of the Year and the 2018 Book Excellent Award. Writing is Murder,the third Emlyn Goode novel was awarded a First Place in the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Award Mystery & Mayhem category.
Stepping aside from mysteries, Ms. Solomon’s novel, Abigail’s Window, has been awarded a gold medal as a finalist in the Readers Favorite novel competition and the Chanticleer International Book Award gave it the Grand Prize as the best paranormal romance of 2019. In addition, her recent novel, Raising Kane is a finalist in both the Book Excellence Awards and the Chanticleer International Book Awards
Her latest books are What’s Past is Prologue, Shooting Parr and the recently publishedHoneymoon Murder, and Cold in Niagara, the new Emlyn Goode Mystery.
First, I want to thank Susan Solomon for providing me with her book so I may bring you this review.
BRRR It sure is Cold in Niagara literally!! WNY’s own local author Susan Lynn Solomon is back with another of her Emyln Goode mysteries. It has been a while since I read one of her books and have missed them.
Susan would like to dedicate Cold in Niagara to her dear and loyal friend Linda LeRoy. I chucked when she mentioned the third part of their golden girls.
There are so many wonderful things about her writing but I love that she writes what she knows. Unlike any other author Susan places all of her books in WNY where she lives. This aspect of the book makes me smile seeing all the landmarks, events, streets, etc included. For someone who lives in Buffalo it makes the book more personal. That being said I loved how she included the Cuomo Restaurant that is no longer in business. It was the cutest Italian place with celebrity photos on the wall. I went there once and had the lasagna and wow was it good.
Even though this is part of a series it is able to be read as a standalone.
I was grinning ear to ear and over the moon to learn that Emyln is pregnant! Roger is very protective keeping Emyln and the baby safe.
I loved that Emyln’s cat was named Elvira and the interesting scenes they had together.
I was pleasantly surprised seeing that Susan included an LGTBQ+ character into her storyline. It was part of the storyline that I never saw coming.
Cold in Niagara is a fast paced book that can be devoured in one sitting.
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