Blood Runs Cold

by Dylan Young

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Bookouture for letting me be part of this tour and for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I loved the first book in this series and absolutely had to read this one. While there are some parts of the story that link into the first book you could read this as a standalone in my opinion.

Detective Anna Gwynne heads up a team that looks at cold cases. In this installment she is looking at the case of Rosie Dawson. The subject of the crimes in this book is not for the faint hearted and while the details are not explicit the writer alludes to enough for you to know what is implied. The criminal in this book is one of the worst kind. Anna is a character that still intrigues me. The way her mind works and the processes she goes through to get the answer are fascinating. It was nice to see Anna opening up and being a bit more social in this book. Of course this is all in her own way which I highly respect. 

I won't go into the story because I do not want to ruin it for anyone but I will say this book also showed how the press can utterly change someone's life. While I have seen this before it still scares me. I also could not stand Woakes from the minute we meet him. 

I was delighted to see Hector Shaw was back in this book if only for a few chapters. From what I have read about the next book I think he will feature more heavily and I am looking forward to that. He is an interesting guy and there is something about him that is appealing.

Dylan does an excellent job of slowly building the suspense. The book is relatively slow paced until the last third or so. By that point your heart is racing and you don't know if Anna is going to make it in time. 

This was a thoroughly enjoyable crime thriller and I cannot wait to return for the next installment of this series.