The Winter Girls

Agent Tori Hunter, Book 2

By: Roger Stelljes

Narrated by: Kate Handford

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's Summary

Gazing out the cabin window at the raging blizzard, fear suddenly floods through her as she feels a stranger’s hand clamp across her mouth. No one can hear her stifled screams as she is dragged from the couch by the fire out into the snow. 

When 17-year-old Savannah Devenish vanishes from her family’s remote vacation cabin in Minnesota, FBI Agent Tori Hunter races along treacherous icy roads to be first on the scene. Savannah’s parents are frantic with worry for their beautiful, carefree girl. Haunted by memories of her own missing sister, Tori vows to do whatever it takes to reunite this family. 

When the police uncover that Savannah’s father, Jacob, was having an affair, they suspect his involvement, but Tori is convinced his despair is genuine. Her close relationship with the chief detective means the team won’t listen, so Tori strikes off alone, persuading Savannah’s distraught best friends to share their secrets. It seems this "good girl" was sneaking out to parties to meet up with a mysterious man.... 

Then another teenager is snatched from the street, snowy footprints and a discarded hot chocolate cup the last trace of her. The girls are the same age, strikingly pale and blonde. Is a twisted collector stealing them away? And what chance is there that they are being kept alive? 

With a deadly snowstorm closing in, Tori battles the elements - and her own team - as she follows the trail to an abandoned cabin by a frozen lake. In the basement are bedrooms filled with clothes for teenage girls. Tori was too late to save her own missing sister 20 years ago, but can she find these girls before they disappear forever? 

An utterly addictive and twisty crime thriller that will have your heart in your mouth.

©2021 Roger Stelljes (P)2021 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Excellent mystery

I am a fan of this author and this series so I was not disappointed in this newest thriller. I love the relationship between Tory and Will as well as the other characters. The narrator is terrific and I enjoyed her interpretation of the many characters. I will be watching closely for the next thriller in this series.

Slow, slow, slow.

I didn't finish this one, it was way too slow. I decided to give Stelljis a second try, hoping his writing would have tightened up a little bit. It hadn't. The narrator doesn't help the situation at all. Had a tendency to make everyone sound dimwitted, and it doesn't help that the author is not a master of conversation. Just plane dull. So I stopped listening and won't give Stelljes another try.

Cheesy

completely predictable boring and cheesy. I will not be reading any more of this series.

Great overall performance story

One of the best ever !!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoyed every hour……
The best top to bottom be on the next one

Out of touch and boring.

The portrayal of a late 30’s woman was completely off base and corny. Dialogue between the characters was painful.

Narrator falls short

Story was okay, but the narrator sounded the same for every part she read, Sometimes I didn't know who was talking, which was very distractingl

Hunter and Braddock are on the case again!

I was wondering what would happen in the second book after we learned at the end of the first book that Tori resigned from the FBI. Never fear— there’s always something in MM that needs to be investigated! This time, two girls are abducted into what at first appears to be a sex trafficking ring but there’s something else going on that Tori discovers in her attempts to find the missing girls. This was another solid installment in the series and I’m looking forward to listening to the third one in the upcoming days!

Tori

Good story plots, kept my interests to where I didn’t want to put it down.

A can't sop

This series is the kind you can't put down. so much going on that leads to an intense ending. Love the mystery and romance.

Good not great

Good read, just didn’t live up to the first book I’m the series. Worth the time.

not for me

struggled to keep interested, got to chapter twelve and decided to give up. .shame.