Cold, Mariko Tamaki
Cold, Mariko Tamaki
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Cold
A Novel

Author: Mariko Tamaki

Narrator: Katharine Chin, Raymond J. Lee, Katharine Chin, Raymond J. Lee

Unabridged: 4 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/08/2022


Synopsis

A boy, a body, a girl, a secret. From award-winning author Mariko Tamaki, Cold is a haunting YA audiobook about a shocking murder in a quiet town and four students who knew too much and said too little.

This is the story of a boy who died—and a girl who wants to know why.

Todd Mayer is dead. Now he's some sort of ghost, hovering over his body, which has just been found in the town park, naked and frozen in the snow. As detectives investigate Todd's homicide, talking to the very people who are responsible for how he died, Todd replays the events that lead him to his end in the park.

Georgia didn't know Todd. But she can’t stop thinking about him. Maybe because they’re both outcasts at their school, or because they’re both queer. It might also be because Georgia has a feeling she’s seen Todd somewhere before, somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be.

In the vein of The Lovely Bones, this dual narrative is told through the voices of Todd in his afterlife and Georgia as she uncovers the truth behind his death, resulting in an immersive, emotional, and provocative listen.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

About Mariko Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki is a New York Times bestselling Canadian writer of comics and prose. She is the co-creator of This One Summer, with Jillian Tamaki, and Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, with Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, both of which received Eisner Awards and Printz Honors. She also writes superhero stories Marvel and DC Comics. Mariko lives in Oakland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

A not so creepy or not spine tingling ghost story about seventeen year old Todd who is lurking around the places, watching the detectives behind who are investigating his case! I always have a huge interest to read about ghost stories. They always give those haunted, creepy vibes and best thing abou......more

An odd little book if I'm being honest. One of the narrators is dead and as ghastly as it sounds I didn't quite understand the purpose of his 'voice' other than to allow us to listen in to other people's conversation as he drifted from scene to scene. He seemed very detached from his death and how i......more

Ooof this book snuck up on me. By the end I was bawling. Mariko Tamaki's deceptively simple prose lures you into the worlds of these two teenagers -- one gay boy and one gay girl -- and then quietly pulls the rug out from under you somehow without you even knowing it's coming, even though you should......more

I'm writing this having just finished Cold, and I can still feel an ache in my chest. Originally, I thought this would be about Georgia investigating and finding Todd's killer, but it's not so much a fast-paced mystery as it is a slow unfurling of what lead up to that night. As the story progresses,......more


Awards

  • California Book Awards Master List