Cold Cold Heart
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4.3 • 736 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, “one of the most intense suspense writers around” (Chicago Tribune).
Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since she survived her ordeal, but the physical, emotional, and psychological scars run deep. Struggling with the torment of post-traumatic stress syndrome, plagued by flashbacks and nightmares, Dana returns to her hometown in an attempt to begin to put her life back together. But home doesn’t provide the comfort she expects.
Dana’s harrowing story and her return to small-town life have rekindled police and media interest in the unsolved case of her childhood best friend, Casey Grant, who disappeared without a trace the summer after their graduation from high school. Terrified of truths long buried, Dana reluctantly begins to look back at her past. Viewed through the dark filter of PTSD, old friends and loved ones become suspects and enemies. Questioning everything she knows, refusing to be defined by the traumas of her past, Dana seeks out a truth that may prove too terrible to be believed...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Tami Hoag’s name guarantees pulse-pounding thrills and a strong heroine. But we were blown away by the depth and sensitivity of Cold Cold Heart. After surviving imprisonment at the hands of a serial killer, young reporter Dana Nolan returns to her hometown, where police enlist her help in solving her best friend’s disappearance. Unfortunately, a traumatic brain injury and PTSD have left black holes in Dana's memory, turning even close friends into suspects. Hoag treats her heroine’s traumas respectfully even as she shapes her thriller into a shadowy maze with shocking reveals around every corner.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dana Nolan, the heroine of this chilling psychological thriller from bestseller Hoag (The 9th Girl), used to be a Minneapolis TV reporter, until she was captured by the serial killer known as Doc Holiday, who tortured and raped her. Dana managed to escape her tormentor, but she suffers from PTSD as well as a traumatic brain injury that causes her difficulty performing everyday tasks and retrieving words and memories. When Dana returns to her hometown in Indiana to live with her mother and stepfather, reporters ask her about Casey Grant, her best friend since grade school, who mysteriously disappeared the summer after their high school graduation seven years before, never to be found. Dana gets reacquainted with Casey's old boyfriend, John Villante, whom many locals suspect killed Casey. As her memories of Casey re-emerge, Dana determines to discover what happened to her friend. Hoag fans will appreciate the cameo appearances of detectives Nikki Liska and Sam Kovac from earlier books.
Customer Reviews
Excellent follow up to 9th girl
Loved the characters. Riveting. Could not put it down. Was reading it everywhere. My phone and iPad. Thanks Tami. Great reading.
Awesome
I thought this was one of her best books! I could not put it down!
Cold, cold heart
Fast moving, lots of mystery. People are not always who they appear to be. Wonder if there is a sequel to this book? Would definitely get it.