Book Title: ICE by Lauren Carr
Category: Adult fiction, 380 pages
Genre: Mystery, Crime Fiction, Police Procedural, Cozy
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Release date: February 26, 2018
Content Rating: PG (It’s a murder mystery and there is mild violence. Very mild swearing no F-bombs. No on-stage sex scenes.)
Synopsis
The clues for a close-to-the-heart missing person’s case heat up when Chris Matheson starts chipping away at the ice on the cold case.
When Sandy Lipton and her unborn child disappear, the court of public opinion finds young Chris Matheson guilty. Decades later, the retired FBI agent returns home to discover that the cloud of suspicion cast over him and his family has never lifted. With the help of a team of fellow retired law enforcement officers, each a specialist in their own field of investigation, Chris Matheson starts chipping away at the ice on this cold case to uncover what had happened to Sandy and her baby and the clues are getting hot!
Interview
I asked Lauren 10 fun questions. I love her answers!
Please share with us a favorite memory?
Snuggling in bed with my mother and falling asleep while listening to her read Perry Mason to me. That was our reading together. Murder mysteries was a love she and I shared.
Please describe a perfect meal – including menu and those present?
Lobster or crab legs, baked potato, Caesar salad, chocolate mousse pie, raspberry iced tea
What are some of your favorite ways to relax?
Fire in the fireplace on a snowy afternoon with my laptop and a free afternoon to write away with no one to disturb me.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Right where I am. My husband and I have been blessed to actually live in our dream house on top of a mountain in West Virginia. We have a fabulous view of the valley below. Yet, I have to admit that I sometimes yearn for the “other side” and a visit to the beach: but only to visit.
If you could only read books by one author, who would it be?
Oh, man! Only one? I have no idea. I love different authors for different reasons. Sometimes, I’m in the mood for a good laugh. So I’ll pick up a sweet cozy. Other times, I want to exercise my brain cells, so I’ll go for a challenging mystery with twists and turns. Lately, I’ve been in the mood for a scary paranormal so I look for a ghost story. I’ll have to pass on this question because I don’t know.
What is something that you have always wanted to do, but just haven’t gotten around to it yet?
Take a train trip across the Canadian Rockies.
If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three things would you hope to find in your suitcase?
Water. The Complete Works of Agatha Christie. A laptop with eternal battery-life.
Share with us a few of your dreams. Also whether they have been fulfilled or are still a work in progress.
I’ve dreamed of success, best-selling author, Fame, penthouse, etc. but I have come to realize that I have been blessed by achieving my dream: I am a writer, and I get to write my books, plus, I have the added blessing of a fabulous family (perfect husband and brilliant son, and three cuddly dogs) and beautiful home. If I had to trade any of them in for a spot on the NY Time best seller list, I’d turn them down.
If you could leave the world with one piece of advice, what would it be?
The Rolling Stone’s song: You don’t always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need.
What are some of your guilty pleasures?
A whole bag of chocolate kisses that I hide in my underwear drawer under my panties. (SBR – I’m a chocolate fan too and this would so be me!)
Trailer
About the Author
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!
Now, Lauren has added one more hit series to her list with the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries. Set in the quaint West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry, Ice introduces Chris Matheson, a retired FBI agent, who joins forces with other law enforcement retirees to heat up those cold cases that keep them up at night.
Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.
Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
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Giveaway
I love the questions you asked and I am jealous of Lauren and her house! I would love to live on a hill in a beautiful part of our country. Her book sounds interesting and like a book that would suck readers in!
Thank you so much for bringing us this wonderful! book. Looking forward to reading more here.
@tisonlyme143
Thanks for the introduction to this book.
So glad to have you here Lauren. I wish you much success with your book!
What a fun interview! Thank you so much for inviting me to your fun blog! Here’s wishing each of your followers good luck in the giveaway for the $100 Amazon gift card.