A Full Cold Moon

De: Lissa Marie Redmond

Narrado por: Emily Sutton-Smith

A murder of an Icelandic man during a Full Cold Moon reminds Lauren Riley of a previous case she failed to solve. She is determined not to let it happen again.

Since her partner on the Cold Case team has been out of action after being shot in the line of duty, Lauren Riley has been working Homicide. Her latest case involves an Icelandic man murdered on the streets of Buffalo mere feet from his hotel.

The brutality of the case hits Lauren hard. When she realizes the murder was committed on the night of a Full Cold Moon, it triggers memories of the first cold case she investigated that she’s been unable to solve.

Lauren is determined not to fail again but when she is involved in a shooting with a suspect, she finds the case may be taken out of her hands...especially when it gains attention from the Icelandic government.

©2020 Lissa Marie Redmond (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Emilee Sutton Smith

The whole series was great, but poor Lauren couldn’t seem to catch a break without someone hear her getting hurt! Emilee always brings all the characters to life!

The story and the city

Loved the references to Buffalo and the story line. I just wish she could use the names of the streets and the restaurants and bars.

Iceland is a cool setting for a book

My wife and I have listened to the first 2 books, which ranged from very good to excellent. I would consider this to be a "good" book. I don't know what exactly was not as good as the others; it could be that Reese wasn't in the book, or it could be that she was sent to Iceland, as opposed to Buffalo. This could have been excellent, but I'm afraid that it just wasn't.

Awesome Series

Detective Lauren Riley from Buffalo, New York’s cold case squad is currently working in the homicide division. She is assigned investigate the murder of a citizen of Reykjavik, Iceland who is found dead in an alley close to his hotel. Lauren is committed to solving this murder, but is also still haunted by a cold case she has been working on for years. A possible lead on that case has to be put aside when Lauren’s bosses decide she and FBI agent Matt Lawton must go to Iceland to investigate the current homicide. Lauren tries not to take this case so personally, but the more she looks into the case, the more determined she is not to give up until it’s solved.

“A Full Cold Moon” is the fourth book in this series. I’ve not read any of the prior books in the series but have recently finished a standalone by the author that I loved. Even though I hadn’t read the first three books in this series, I had no problem following this book or connecting with Lauren. I would consider the book a procedural but it’s elevated above many I have read by the interesting, likable characters and the Icelandic setting in which much of the book takes place. I was engrossed in the story from beginning to end and enjoyed reading about both the current and the cold case.

Lauren’s personal life seems complicated, but I enjoyed learning about her and her colleague and friend Shane Reese and am interested to see what comes next for them as he continues to recover from his injuries. I like the FBI agent, too, but don’t know if he will appear in any future books. I love the ending of this book and hope the series continues. Those following this series as well as fans of Vicki Delany’s “Constable Molly Smith” series will enjoy this book. Lissa Marie Redmond is a relatively new author to me, but has

Emily Sutton-Smith was outstanding with the delivery of the story