Cold Malice
Cold Justice, Book 8
By: Toni Anderson
Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
Series: Cold Justice, Book 8
Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
Unabridged
Release date: 11-17-17
Language: English
Publisher: Toni Anderson
What a shock it was to come face to face with the man she
adored and loved at the age of 10. He was the only person who showed her
kindness in a world that had gone crazy. For Tess it is a
bitter sweet moment finding the one man she crushed so hard on is a live when
she thought he was dead. Now he is on the hunt for a perpetrator who has a list
of people he feels needs to die. Twenty years
ago there was a group that thought they were their own law. White
supremacy is still a very big issue today even more so 20 years ago. There is a
killer out there killing people for what reason we can only guess until the
author decides to show her hand pulling you into a compelling story that will
leave you breathless. At times you will
think what in the world is wrong with these people who think they are better
than others. Other times your heart will break for all the victims go through. There
is no way you can read/listen to this and not have your heart go out to Tess
she has gone through so much and come so far only to be pulled back into the
past she thought she had outrun. One thing about a secret it always comes back
to haunt you, most of the time in a bad way.
I just love Mr. Dove’s narration he pulls you in with a very
strong and powerful voice. There are no background noises or repeating of words
just a wonderful delightful listen. If any breaks were taken I could not tell
he just delivers a very clean, clear and power audio. His tones are outstanding
you can feel the passion, excitement coming right out of your speakers. His
male voices are a wonderful as his female. You always know who is talking and
what they are feeling. His normal voice is just a delight to listen to as he
gives you the facts pulling you in to a world that has gone crazy. You can tell
he has put a lot of thought into each character the voices fit them so well. He
gives just enough pause, to let what he just read sink in giving it a powerful
impact on the listener. Mr. Dove knows how to pull you in taking your on a ride
that will leave you holding your breath wanting to pull the characters out of
the story to keep them safe. His
Performance is one of the best narrators I have listened to. I know when I see
his name it is going to be a wild exciting ride.
Tess has worked so hard to outlive her family’s name and all
the bad deeds they have tried to do in their past. She and her brother had been
placed in foster care when her parents died until a very sweet lady adopted
them both giving them a wonderful life.
Almost everyone in her family died that day 20 years ago. The sister she
adored plays a big part in this story as does her one brother who is still in
jail. I found myself talking to him saying OH NO you didn’t, Oh YES you did. I
really would have loved to have had a few minutes in a room alone with him
myself. There was one place where I found myself reaching out to get my hands
on him. The author really knows how to pull on your heartstrings bring the protector
out in her readers in this story more so in the past ones in this series. She
is a very talented author who really pulls you in making her character seem
real to you. There is little doubt you will become angry and upset at all Tess
and her sister had to live through. I really was cheering Tess on talking to
her and holding my breath a time or two. She is one smart lady who is terrified
that her world and all she has worked for is about to be destroyed. All the
years she has put in to keep her brother safe is about to go down the drain.
Her baby brother Cole is about to find things out he wish he had not. The
question is, is he messed up in all this mess that is falling around them and
can she keep him safe. Hey it is her baby brother that she helps raise who life
could be on the line as well as hers.
Mac comes face to face with the child he tried to help so
many years ago. Just how deep is she in these murders? Has she taken up where
her family left off? If not just who is behind these hate crimes and will they
find the killer in time before anymore lives are lost? It is even hard for him
to do his job when he is drawn to Tess she is no longer a child but a beautiful
sexy women who can just look at him and he is turned on. As he puts all the
clues together he finds it is a race against the clock trying to find out what
she knows, if she is a part of it and trying to keep her safe. His choices aren’t
always the wisest ones and he does seem to find trouble. At times their life is
on the line, they have to think fast to outrun the people who would like to see
them dead.
Both have to fight their feelings for the other, learn to
trust the other if they want to make it out alive. It is really hard when you
are lied to which they both are guilty of. Everyone seems to be hiding
something. There is some humor and I found myself chuckling and even laughing. There
was a time when I yelled YOU GO GIRL do it again for me. The killer will surprises
you, you think you know who it is but where is he hiding and how does he get so
much done, he may be closer then you think…or he might just know more than we
do.
Ms. Anderson is one of my favorite authors she has had me in
the palm of her hands since the first audio I picked. It is always an exciting
ride with danger, mystery, a little humor and a lot of suspense that keeps you
on the edge. She knows how to pull her readers in giving you a heart stopping
plot with wonderful characters you are either cursing at or trying to talk them
out of going where they go. I know when I pick up one of her stories it is
going to be a wild ride that I am going to love. I really didn’t want this
story to end, I can’t wait for the next one. This is one author and narrator
you really should take some time to get to know.
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Summary
ASAC Steve "Mac" McKenzie is out to prove himself by leading a
task force investigating a series of murders in the heart of Washington, DC.
His undercover work in an anti-government compound twenty years earlier is
related - as is the sweet, innocent girl he befriended back then. Now that girl
is a beautiful woman, and she has something to hide.Tess Fallon spent a lifetime trying to outrun her family’s brand of bigotry, but someone is threatening her anonymity by using the anniversary of her father’s death to carry out evil crimes, and she’s terrified her younger brother is involved. She sets out to find the truth and comes face-to-face with a man she once idolized, a man she thought long dead. As the crimes escalate, it becomes obvious the killer has an agenda, and Tess and Mac are running out of time to stop him.
Will the perpetrator use a decades-old dream of revolution to attack the federal government? And will the fact that Tess and Mac have fallen hard for each other give a cold-hearted killer the power to destroy them both?
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