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A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall

A Killing Cold

A Novel

by Kate Alice Marshall

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  • Feb 2025, 304 pages
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A woman invited to her wealthy fiancé's family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret―and that she's been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.

A whirlwind romance.
When Theodora Scott met Connor―wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family―she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he's brought her to Idlewood, his family's isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.

Stay away from Connor Dalton.
Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can't ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.

I've been here before.
Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.

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"Terrific―and terrifying... This delicious setup is promisingly sinister... Marshall's chilling new novel pushes all the right buttons when it comes to inexorable suspense and psychological frights." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[A] taut psychological thriller... Fans of Riley Sager will enjoy this." ―Publishers Weekly

"A Killing Cold is a gripping tale, full of dizzying twists and turns! It is packed with suspense and kept me frantically turning pages until the very end!" ―Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid

"Tense, layered, and gripping from start to finish, A Killing Cold is a masterfully suspenseful, character-rich thriller of the first order. With the harsh winter landscape, isolated family compound, and buried memories come back to haunt, Marshall deftly creates an atmosphere of dread that will keep you up past your bedtime and chill you to the bone." ―Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The New Couple in 5B

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Kate Alice Marshall

Kate Alice Marshall is the USA Today bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods, No One Can Know, A Killing Cold, and multiple novels for younger readers. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

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