Black Ice

By: Carin Gerhardsen

Narrated by: Christa Lewis

Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

In the snow-covered silence of Swedish midwinter, a terrible accident and a deadly secret draw several strangers together

January in Gotland. The days are short, the air is cold, and all the roads are covered in snow. On a deserted, icy backroad, these wintery conditions will soon bring together a group of strangers with a force devastating enough to change their lives forever when, in the midst of a brief period, a deadly accident and two separate crimes leave victims in their wake.

Four years later, a single phone call is all it takes to bring back the terror of that day and to set in motion a plot for revenge. For Sandra, it started as an unremarkable wintery day of shopping followed by a kind gesture from a stranger. For Jeanette, it began with the thrill of an illicit rendezvous with her lover. Both women had driven past the same icy ravine, but only one was in the car that caused a deadly crash, and only one left a man to die alone in the snow.

Each carried a secret from that day, a secret that, if revealed, could connect them to a larger, more terrible transgression. And there is someone out there who knows the whole picture, and who would rather kill than allow it all to come to light.

Chilling and atmospheric, Black Ice is a gripping stand-alone novel of suspense from the author of the internationally best-selling Hammarby series.

©2018 Carin Gerhardsen. Translation © 2018 by Carin Gerhardsen (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Hmmmm?

First ever review with >200 books in my library. Clever story, interesting twists. Original story was translated into English and read by someone with standard accent but the names of the characters ( only) are pronounced in ? Swedish. Even though there weren't 50 characters, I eventually went to the library to see what these characters' names were! Turns out they were not unusual names...Call me picky but I found this to be a distraction.