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2000s: A woman, practically home alone in her remote house in the Canadian wilderness, a blizzard outside, hears a knock at the door…
A Cold White Fear (Meg Harris 7)
What you need to know before your trail
Cosy, snowbound and preparing for Christmas miles from anywhere. Might sound idyllic but when someone knocks at the door, when a voice shouts ‘ Open the door’ fear and suspicion come calling. Then there’s another voice.
They tell her about the accident they’ve had and the fact one of the men seems to know Meg’s family makes her open the door. It’s then that the light goes out, communication is cut and Meg walks into her worst nightmare
Travel Guide
Three Deer Point, a Victorian Cottage set deep in the heart of the Canadian Wilderness. Not the place you’d want to be when two ex convicts come calling. The tension and the fear of the isolation, knowing the fear that Meg and the young boy must be feeling is heightened and made more stark by the cold, white snow outside. The white blanket of fear which smothers screams, jams doors, blocks roads and suffocates everything in its path.
Immediately the cottage appears on the page, immediately the knock at the door grabs your attention. No build up, no preparation. You’re in Meg’s mindset from the outset.
Set over 24 hours, this is to venture into the wilderness of snowy remote landscapes, the lonely environment of human fear and the will to survive whilst working out the best way to even attempt it. A locked room mystery, more chilling visitors and a mystery where seemingly there is no way out.
Booktrailer Review
Susan @thebooktrailer
Love mysteries like this as they always freak me out. A woman alone apart from a young boy in a house, remote and snowed in, then a knock at the door. I was screaming for her not to let them in and she did! I mean I know they gave the talk etc and people in remote areas might be less suspicious but with Meg’s past, I really didn’t think she should have opened that door.
Still, there would have been no story without it and I’m glad what followed was as scary as it was uncomfortable. The sense of time and place and discomfort is ramped up and a locked house mystery with a woman who will do anything to escape really got to me.
There were a few moments I felt dragged on a bit and was unsure as if it would be very different to other similar ‘ Stranded’ books I’ve read but I did like the twist at the end.
And there’s just something about snowy Canada…
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