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Chill Factor: A Novel | [Sandra Brown]
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Chill Factor: A Novel

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  • by Sandra Brown
  • Narrated by Stephen Lang
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  • LENGTH
    13 hrs and 26 mins
  • RELEASE DATE
    09-29-05
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Audible Editor Reviews

Is Lilly Burton's new love a serial killer? This listen puts you in Lily's head as, trapped in her snowbound cabin with him, she vacillates dramatically between overpowering lust and gripping fear. A great reading and great story equal great suspense from the amazing Sandra Brown.

From the moment Lilly hits Ben Tiernay with her car while making her way down the mountain from her cabin during a blizzard, the story grabs your interest and never lets go until the surprising conclusion. The reader is wonderful, using different voices for each character and authentic southern accents. Bottom line: If gripping claustrophobia and excruciating suspense could be heard, this is what it would sound like.

Publisher's Summary

Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town, the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations. Not so, lately. Four women have disappeared from Cleary over the past two years. And there's always a blue ribbon left near the spot where each of the women was last seen. There are no bodies, no other clues, and no suspicion as to who their abductor might be. And now, another woman has disappeared without a trace.

It is to this backdrop that Lilly Martin returns to close the sale of her mountain cabin, marking the end of her turbulent eight-year marriage to Dutch Burton, Cleary's chief of police. Dutch's reluctance to let her go isn't Lilly's only obstacle. As she's trying to outrun a snowstorm, her car skids on the icy road and strikes a man. She recognizes the injured man as Ben Tierney, whom she'd met the previous summer. They're forced to wait out the storm in the cabin, but as the hours of their confinement mount, Lilly begins to wonder if the greatest danger to her safety isn't the blizzard outside, but the mysterious man right beside her. Is Ben Tierney the feared abductor? Or is he who he claims to be...her rescuer from harm and from the tragedy that haunts her?

©2005 Sandra Brown; (P)2005 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division.

What the Critics Say

  • 2005 Audie Award Nominee, Romance

"Lust, jealousy, and murder suffuse Brown's crisp thriller, set in the snowbound mountains of North Carolina....The snowy suspense will cool off Brown's fans during the dog days of summer." (Publishers Weekly)

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    Susan Eden, NY, USA 10-06-05
    Susan Eden, NY, USA 10-06-05
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    "I'd have peeked at the ending ..."

    if I had had the print version - I couldn't stand the suspense. I was dying to know how it ended! I loved it. I enjoyed all the quirky- slightly sleazy -characters in that little town... just about any one of them could have "done it". I thought it was very well done. I loved the touch of romance amidst the suspense, with not too much gore or violence.

    15 of 15 people found this review helpful
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    Kathe Fairbanks, AK, USA 07-23-07
    Kathe Fairbanks, AK, USA 07-23-07 Member Since 2003
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    "Terrible Book"

    The reader was okay which is the only reason I gave it any stars at all. The characters were, in general, very unlikeable, very unbelievable and I found myself cheering every time one got killed. Too bad they didn't kill off the main character in the beginning so we didnt' have to listen to her whine her way through 13 hours.

    The whiney main character jumps from one lousy, farfetched decision to another. You could easily tell what was going to come next, and you knew it was going to be the wrong thing that she did. This book reminded me of one of those teen horror shows "no Julie, don't run out the door, into the dark stormy night, the serial killer is out there". Maybe I wouldn't have noticed it so much had I read it rather than listened to it.

    This is easily the worst book I've listened to this year. I listened to the whole thing because I've really liked other books by Sandra Brown and I kept thinking it would get better, but it didn't.

    6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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    Joan Friendswood, TX, United States 11-05-05
    Joan Friendswood, TX, United States 11-05-05 Member Since 2005
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    "A great listen"

    This one ranks up there with "Envy." The suspense was great throughout. The reader did a very good job, I always knew which character was talking. I recommend this one.

    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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    Margaret Palm Coast, FL, United States 11-02-05
    Margaret Palm Coast, FL, United States 11-02-05 Member Since 2001
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    "One of Audible's Best"

    This is probably the best audiobook I have ever purchased from Audible. 13 hours of absolutely-can't-put-it-down listening. The book had a little bit of everything.......suspense, romance, thrills. Highly recommended.

    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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    Christina Youngstown, OH, USA 09-29-05
    Christina Youngstown, OH, USA 09-29-05
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    "Great ending"

    The book starts great and ends great. It's in between that had me considering shutting it off. But I didn't. I pushed on and found it to be worth it.

    36 of 42 people found this review helpful
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    Kimberley Jackson, MO, United States 03-06-08
    Kimberley Jackson, MO, United States 03-06-08
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    "Listened to it twice!"

    I was glad I didn't head the warnings of some of the other reviews. This was my first Sandra Brown book and I loved it. It does take a while to get used to some of the voices by the narrator (Dutch especially) but toward the end I felt the voice kinda suited him. There were many twists and turns and I never thought she'd bring it all together in the end but surprisingly she didn't leave any question unanswered. I listened to it twice just to pick up on things I may've missed the first time and to pick up on more foreshadowing. I definitely recommend this book! I went on to download Envy by Sandra Brown and liked it as well.

    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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    Theressa Leesberg, VA, USA 10-28-05
    Theressa Leesberg, VA, USA 10-28-05
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    "Excellent, excellent book"

    I found this book hard to put down. One of the best book that I have read this year. Recommended it to several co-workers.

    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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    Dawn london, United Kingdom 05-18-06
    Dawn london, United Kingdom 05-18-06 Member Since 2005
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    "Great suspense book"

    This has all of the elements to keep you interested, especially after the first few hours. There's a serial killer on the loose, a stranded female holed up with the main suspect in the killings. Throw in a bit of romance and it makes for an enjoyable read.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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    Robyn Greensboro, NC, USA 07-12-07
    Robyn Greensboro, NC, USA 07-12-07
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    "Stop Reading....please!"

    I don't usually take the time to write reviews but in this case I hope to save you from wasting your credit like I did. This may be a great read, but it is a terrible listen! Stephen Lang can not do voices. He is most irritating. I suffered through two hours before I had to chalk this one up to a loss. His idea of a southern accent is unbelivable, he reads the female lead like she is an airhead and he sometimes forgets which characters he has assigned which voice. He ruined this book for me. He is so bad that I will always be checking future purchases to make sure he is not narrating. If I had his number, I'd tell him he owes me an audio book!

    8 of 10 people found this review helpful
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    Cindy ELON, NC, United States 11-21-06
    Cindy ELON, NC, United States 11-21-06 Member Since 2005
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    "Soft-porn romance novel, not a thriller."

    I gave this book 2 stars just because I got through it. Lots of steamy sex scenes, which is NOT what I was looking for in a thriller. Also very predictable, at least to me-- author made an attempt to be suspenseful, but by the end I just wanted to wave goodbye to these silly characters and be done with this book. If I want a bunch of sex scenes and predictable story, I'll get a Harlequin.

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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