Review: Cold Silence

 

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FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Shane Livingstone is frustrated when an injury sidelines him during an operation to catch a sadistic killer. A killer who auctions off vicious ways to torture his victims and screens the events for money on the dark web. When a teammate dies during the op, a devastated Shane vows to track down the monster responsible—but to do so he’ll need access to specialized skills he doesn’t possess.

A bloody game of cat and mouse…

As a white-hat hacker at Alex Parker’s security firm, Yael Brooks knows how to track predators through the darkest recesses of cyberspace. She can’t say no to Shane’s request…even though she fears her own secrets may put her at risk.

With a serial killer who makes it personal…

Shane and Yael must work together as a team if they hope to stop this psychopath. As they begin to grow closer, Shane demands Yael’s complete trust, but trust is the one thing Yael is reluctant to give. As the chase intensifies and more people die, it becomes obvious that the killer knows exactly who Yael is and plans to make both her and Shane pay the ultimate price for getting in his way.

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: June 2022

Mature content: yes

 

Review: Cold Silence is another instalment in the Cold Justice series by Toni Anderson. Even though I've read most of the previous books, each one features a complete story and can be read as a stand alone with no issues other - the only difference is that some secondary characters will be familiar if you've read at least some of the prior stories.

The first half of Cold Silence was unputdownable - almost non-stop action and a very intense plot. Half-way through, though, part of my interest waned a bit. I felt it as a combination of factors - the plot complicated maybe too much, with a lot of new details thrown in, not all of them fully explained or followed through; and a lot of Shane and Yael's personal feelings and dialogues become slightly repetitive after a while. 

Don't get me wrong - Cold Silence is still a great book and if you love the genre you'll not want to miss it. It's just not, in my opinion, the best in the series so far.

 

Happy readings,

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