Cold Black Earth, Sam Reaves
Cold Black Earth, Sam Reaves
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Cold Black Earth

Author: Sam Reaves

Narrator: Alice St. Clair

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/01/2015

Synopsis

When Rachel Lindstrom fled from her rural hometown in western Illinois to join the State Department and see the world, she never expected to return with her life in tatters. But after the horrors of war and a painful divorce, the only place where she can rebuild is the town she once escaped.At home, however, there is little comfort. Her brother, still reeling from his wife’s suicide, struggles to run the family farm and handle a hell-raising son. Rachel’s arrival also draws a pair of rival suitors: her brother’s handsome friend and a rough-hewn sheriff’s deputy who pined for her in high school. Romance is the last thing on Rachel’s mind, but a little comfort would be nice—except for the complications.When a deranged killer escapes from a local prison, the far-flung farmsteads go on high alert—especially when the bodies start turning up. And in a county where the miles outnumber the people, it soon becomes clear that the madman is close behind Rachel.

About Sam Reaves

Sam Reaves was raised in small towns in Indiana and Illinois but gravitated to Chicago upon graduating from college. He has been there ever since, at least when on US soil. He has lived and traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East as a teacher and a translator. As Sam Reaves, he has published fiction and nonfiction, and he has written a European-based suspense trilogy under the pen name Dominic Martell. He is married and has two adult children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellen Gail on February 12, 2017

Two stars. A perfectly average thriller with a frustrating ending. There's nothing great or terrible about it. It's readable, but predictable. There's nothing exciting or memorable in the plot or characters. It passes the time, but that's about it. This was a KindleFirst freebie.......more

Goodreads review by Alexandra on July 13, 2015

Fine The book offered much as far as emotional depth, activity, suspense. It lacked good dialogue, with many sections simply block monologue as a part of a conversation. "Token" laughs, obligatory remarks... readers don't need to be told that these things are dictated by society... we live in that so......more

Goodreads review by Eileen on July 24, 2015

Messes with My Head This book is messed up. I mean that in the best way possible. It starts as a sad story of a middle aged woman returning to her hometown to find you can't go home again, then a mystery starts creeping in around the edges, bodies start piling up, and it ends with me switching back a......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on July 25, 2018

A very good read!! Well written, great characters, and the story unfolded so nicely. You actually felt like you were there in the room when folks were standing/sitting around talking. Fast paced and it never gives the plot away. I had an "idea" of one or two characters the enemy might be, but the endi......more

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on March 27, 2018

GAB Kindle Unlimited Sam Reaves brings us another very interesting mystery in Cold Black Earth. This is a coming of middle age tale - Rachel Lindstrom, world traveling employee of the Federal Government, is just weeks from front line problems in the Middle East - with a still wet divorce decree and......more

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