textVolume 252 pages
2017 year
Once Cold
About the book
There is one cold case that has plagued Special Agent Riley Paige for her entire career, dwelling at the corners of her consciousness, forcing her to return to it again and again. The only case she has never solved, she has finally put it out of her mind.
Until she gets a call from the murdered victim’s mother.
It spurs Riley to face the case once again, and to not give up until she has found answers.
Yet Riley barely has time to catch her breath when she receives a lead for another cold case, one which, if possible, strikes an even deeper note within her. It is a lead that promises to solve the case of her own mother’s killer.
And it comes from Shane Hatcher.
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A little while later, Riley was relaxing as Bill drove the FBI car to the town of Greybull, where Tilda Steen had been killed. Riley felt good to be working on a new case, especially one of her own choosing. It was a warm, sunny day. She felt as though her troubles and anxieties were fading behind her. Now that she had time to clear her head, Riley was beginning to feel quite differently about Ryan’s departure. Why would she want him to stay, anyway? She certainly didn’t want him sleeping over now that he was seeing somebody else. And it was wrong to let the girls keep living
Then she made a decision. She selected the file and entered a code. A message came up on the screen: Delete file THOUGHTS? She clicked yes. The file disappeared. Riley shuddered. She knew that she had just committed a criminal act. To protect an escaped criminal, she had broken her vows as an FBI agent. It was a profoundly unsettling thought. She and the abyss were staring at each other again. And she had a sinking feeling that it wouldn’t be the last time.
with an illusion that he was truly part of their family. Things could be worse, she thought. Ryan might have hung around for a much longer time, only to eventually crush the girls’ hopes and expectations even more hurtfully. Good riddance, she thought. Just then, Riley’s phone buzzed. She saw that the call was from Blaine. It took her a second to remember that she’d left a message with him just last night, belatedly accepting his dinner offer. So much had happened this morning, it felt like much more time had passed since she’d made that call. She answered the phone. Blaine sounded upbeat and cheerful.
