Ski patroller Greta Westerlind discovers there's a darker side to the glamorous skiers' paradise of Aspen in this intriguing thriller.
When experienced ski patroller Greta Westerlind awakes in hospital having almost been killed in an avalanche, she is devastated to learn that her close friend, bond trader Warren McGovern, perished in the slide. With no memory of the incident, Greta is at a loss to explain why the two of them were skiing in such lethal terrain in the first place.
As she struggles to unlock her memories as to what really happened that day, a series of strange and menacing incidents convinces Greta that someone means to harm her. Then a young woman disappears, and events take a terrifying new twist .
Catherine O'Connell divides her time between Aspen and Chicago, and sits on the board of Aspen Words, a literary centre whose aim is to support writers and reach out to readers. A graduate of the University of Colorado School of Journalism, she is also the author of the High Society Mystery series.
Title: First Tracks (An Aspen mystery)
Author: O'Connell, Catherine
ISBN: 9780727888730
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2019-03-29
Number of Pages: 256
Weight: 0.4401 kg
This compelling, Scandinavian noir-style thriller should appeal to readers of both Ruth Ware and Arnaldur Indridason * Booklist *
The story sashays in some surprising directions before briskly pulling all the disparate threads together in a slam-bang finale. O'Connell tells this intricately plotted tale with verve. . * Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Last Night Out *