When Sandy Lipton and her unborn child disappeared, the court of public opinion found 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!
The first installment in Lauren Carr's newest mystery series, ICE debut in the top 100 in police procedurals, in both print and ebook, on Amazon. It has been a consistently best-selling police procedural, with readers and reviewers raving about Chris Matheson, a young retired federal agent, and his friends, a group of law enforcement retirees, who tackle cold case mysteries under the guise of a book club.
“I get it. It’s cold,” Sandy Lipton told the meteorologist on the news. “That’s why I’m inside where it’s nice and warm. Like why do I need to watch you shivering outside and telling me that I should be inside because it’s freezing?” Snickering at how clever she sounded to herself, she shoved her hand down between the cushions of the threadbare sofa to find the remote to change the television channel.
During the search, the baby inside her stomach kicked as if to object to her waking it up.
“Sorry,” she said while rubbing her plump tummy. “I’m sure you’ll be much more comfortable next week after you come out and we officially meet.” She aimed the remote at the television and changed the channel to a daytime court program.
Across the street, a steady stream of vehicles arrived at the Sure Thing Diner, the most popular lunch spot for jockeys, trainers, and other employees of the Charles Town Races’ stables. Her family owned and operated the greasy spoon and the apartment complex behind their home.
With a cringe, Sandy hoped her mother wouldn’t leave the lawyer’s office until after the lunch time rush had finished. It was difficult enough for her brother, Carson, to cook meals for a diner full of hungry patrons without Ethel Lipton showing up to push his buttons.
No one put Carson in a bad mood faster than their mother.
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Portuguese
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Already translated.
Translated by Juan Farias
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Already translated.
Translated by Ana Medina
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