Cold & Deadly

Cold Justice - The Negotiators, Book 1

By: Toni Anderson

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Hostage negotiators can talk themselves out of anything - except falling in love.

FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dominic Sheridan is an accomplished expert in the Crisis Negotiation Unit. Practiced, professional, used to dealing with high-stakes situations under tense conditions, Dominic is a master at manipulating people. Everyone, that is, but the headstrong rookie agent bent on destroying her fledgling career.

As a child, Ava Kanas put her life on the line when the mob executed her father. Now someone has killed her mentor, the man who inspired her to become an FBI agent - and she’s the only one who recognizes it was anything but a tragic accident.

When another agent is murdered and Dominic nearly dies, it becomes obvious a serial killer is targeting the FBI. Together Dominic and Ava search for clues in the investigation, all the while fighting a forbidden attraction that will complicate everything, especially when the predator sets their sights on Ava.

Toni Anderson introduces new characters alongside some audience favorites in the thrilling new Cold Justice - Crossfire series.

©2019 Toni Anderson Inc. (P)2024 Toni Anderson Inc.

Anderson lights a bonfire in hot new spinof series

Sometimes successful series lose their momentum as the author runs out of ideas, but Toni Anderson just picked up steam from her Cold Justice series of FBI agents and opened a new window into the nail-biting action of hostage negotiators. One of the refreshing things about her suspense novels is the research she does, the fast pacing of the mystery, the realism of the romance and the interesting characters she draws--each unique. I especially liked the heroine Ava and how Anderson resolved Ava's and Dominic's internal struggles.
Unlike so many romance writers AND romantic suspense writers, Anderson doesn't create the drama around the female doing something stupid to allow the man to be the "hero" and rescue her from her folly. Often, writers will elevate the male's "greatness" (or his "fitness") by making him rescue or save a female after she does something stupid, wanders into a situation alone and forgoes backup or other such mistakes. Anderson doesn't do that, and her heroines in the Cold Justice and this new Crossfire Series are talented, respected, kick-ass and take charge women. The guys are good partners to the women we want to be (but not necessary to save the girl from her mistakes) and salt-of-the-earth men. Its a refreshing change and will keep you up all nite unable to turn it off.
After listening to some really poorly narrated audiobooks lately, I have a renewed appreciation for the talents of Eric G Dove's narration here. He keeps the characters separate, does a reasonable job with accents, but does a believable male and female voice so that you can just relax into the story immediately, understand who is speaking instead of constantly being aware of the narrator and focusing on mispronunciations, weird pauses, stilted diction etc. Love the narration. Thanks Mr. Dove! Thanks Ms Anderson for another great read/listen that will be even better the second and third listening.

Great read and awesome narration..

This had a good murder mystery but there were pages and pages of 3 long sex scenes and one short one, which is a little too much for any murder mystery. It’s what I’d expect in an erotic book, because they are all about sex with very little story-line. That’s why it was 284 (or 427 according to Amazon.) pages, too many pages taken up with sex, IMO. Some authors are not familiar with the phrase “less is more.” I like sex in my books, but this was just too much.

Anyway, it was nice seeing Lincoln Frazer and computer genius Alex Parker and his very pregnant wife Mallory Rooney, three great characters from Cold Justice series, ten awesome books and I’ve read all of them.

I did like SSA Special Agent Dominic Sheridan and Ava Kanas. He was drop-dead gorgeous, and she was beautiful, just like I like my MC’s to be. He is an FBI Crises Negotiator and she was a rookie FBI agent. They were looking into several FBI agents having been killed in what was supposed to be accidents, but wasn’t.

Ava was 26 and Dominic was 35, and the age difference did bother him, but not enough to keeping him from having sex with her. LOL

I was surprised at who the baddie was.

Too much sex and the F-bomb was used 53 times.

As to the narration: Eric G. Dove always does such a great job, on the voices as well as his emotions when he reads.

Amazing & Action--Packed

A great story full of actions and intrigue. The story catches the attention of TBE audience & holds it! Great characters that are well-developed & believable.

Another winner!!

In her Cross over series called cross fire,...after her 9 book Cold series, continues the action packed, thrilling suspense of the federal agents who fight to save the nation from criminals and terror.
This book was another great continuation of some of the agents we as fans have grown to love reappear as new agents fight a threat!
Audible Narrative was really really good.
Could not stop listening till the very end.
Great characters and story.

It get's better and better!

Toni Anderson has given us another well-written, entertaining FBI story!

This whole series has gotten better and better with each new addition. This story gives us FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dominic Sheridan, and like all the other characters we've met along the way, he is a total badass! He is part of the negotiation unit and is very cool under pressure. His being "cool" and "not" hot-headed almost makes him lose the love of his life before he has the chance to really get to know her.

Our female lead is quick to jump into any situation before thinking things through to the end. This put's not only her life in danger but that of her family and friends. Her quick nature also helps her realize that something does not add up with the recent suicide of her mentor and friend. Good thing Dom and his fellow bad-asses are there to help her when it is greatly needed.

All in all, the story is well-written and holds your attention until the end. There is just the right amount of action and quite a nice little twist with some of the things that happen along the way. Wow, you never know what another person is capable of, or just what someone will do in the name of love!

If you've enjoyed the series from the beginning, this is one to add to your collection. Worth a credit all the way!

Always delivers

I love this series, the story, the romance, the intrigue. Also great narration! Must listen

characters

plot was great. Ending unexpected. Great read. thank you. narrator did an excellent job keeping the story moving.

Another great series, Loved it

It starts right off with a bang, filled with excitement, danger and thrills. The author knows how to grab you from the first page and keeps you holding on until the end. You have to love a strong woman who know how to speak up for herself, following her gut and running with it as Ava does. I really like how this plot is laid out, giving you some steamy scenes as the author pulls some major twists and turns giving you an highly exciting listen that makes you hold your breath as the danger comes knocking.


I just love Eric G. Dove as a narrator he pulls you in with a very strong and powerful voice. His character voices are wonderful from his male to his female. He gives wonderful emotions you always know what each character is feeling. There are no background noises, no volume changes or any breaks just a clean clear and power listen. His tones are outstanding you can feel the passion, excitement as he holds you on the edge waiting to see what happens next. His normal voice is just as pleasant as his character ones. This is one of the few narrators that when you see his name you know you are in for a highly entertaining listen that will hold you spellbound through the excitement and thrills. He knows how to bring the story to life getting your attention and keeping it.


This is a spin off of her Cold Justice series that I totally loved, I can hardly wait to see where she takes this one. I know it will be full of excitement, danger, passion and mystery all those things that make this a totally outstanding story keeping you on the edge of your seat. With delightful twists and turns.

My Thoughts

Enjoyed the book.
Enjoyed the narrator, I was skeptical at first about it bring a man but he was great.
I felt the romance between the characters was realistic and moving..
And the action scenes were well written🙂
Onto the next.

A thrilling and captivating story

A thrilling and captivating story as the FBI hunts for a serial killer after FBI agents. With a touch of enemies to lovers as Dominic and Ava go from butting heads to fighting attraction, this story had me gripped in it's web of danger, action, and suspense. And the secrets and twists revealed… awesome story from Toni. Narrators brought the story to life as the two journeyed towards an HEA.