Thursday, August 12, 2021

Review: Frozen Ground by Debra Webb

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Title: Frozen Ground
Series: Stormwatch
Author: Debra Webb
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: December 5, 2019
Publisher: Pink House Press
ASIN: B07YDWSTCH

The storm sweeps in like a thief in the night...Winter storm Holly is the worst in eighty years bringing high winds, subzero temperatures and snowfall better measured in feet than in inches. The weather paralyzes everything in its path, but in this storm, weather isn’t the only threat.

Abbey Gray, a NYT bestselling suspense author, is burned out. She needs time away from the madness of deadlines and personal appearances as well as her big city life in New York. Returning to her small hometown in Montana to hide herself away, she attempts to dive into her next novel. Abbey hopes the solitude will kickstart her muse but a murder next door gets in the way. The murder stirs painful memories from the past of another murder—Abbey's mother. Can the eerily similar details of her neighbor's murder help Abbey remember the truth about the past before she becomes the next victim? With the storm charging toward her hometown, there is no escaping what's coming.

Sheriff Garrett Gilmore has known Abbey and her family his entire life. In truth, he’s probably been waiting for her to come back, knowing it likely wouldn’t happen or maybe he just has commitment issues. He can’t worry about that at the moment, he has a homicide to solve and a murderer to catch, all with the storm of the century bearing down on Montana. Survival is all that matters.

My rating:

Abbey Gray returns to her home town to sell her childhood home after her father's death just as the worst snowstorm in eighty years hits Montana. But the storm is the least of her concerns when her neighbor turns up dead, the scene eerily similar to her mother's murder scene sixteen years ago...The culprit might also be the same, Abbey's own brother, recently released from prison.


While the premise is good, the narration was boring and wordy, the pacing plodding, the characters quite dull and uninterested, and the murder investigation winding. Subsequently, the reveal wasn't that surprising and I was just glad it was over.

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