Frozen fiction

Novels set in cold places, (and not just Minnesota).

Updated December 15, 2023
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No exit : a novel
Adams, Taylor
Paper Book
"What a box of tricks! This full-throttle thriller, dark and driving, rivals Agatha Christie for sheer ingenuity and James Patterson for flat-out speed. Swift, sharp, and relentless." -- A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window A brilliant,...
Snow
Banville, John
"One of the very best mysteries of this or any other year." --Globe and Mail "Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format... Superbly rich and sophisticated." --New York Times Book Review Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been...
Cold snap
Cameron, Marc
Ebook
Girl in ice
Ferencik, Erica
Paper Book
New York Times Editors' Choice * Los Angeles Times Best Crime Novels of Winter 2022 * Reader's Digest Best Fiction Books of 2022 From the author of The River at Night and Into the Jungle comes a harrowing new thriller set in the unforgiving...
The hunting party : a novel
Foley, Lucy (Novelist)
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My favorite kind of whodunit, kept me guessing all the way through, and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best -- with an extra dose of acid." -- Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent Patient From the...
The overnight guest
Gudenkauf, Heather
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing." --New York Times A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from ...
The current
Johnston, Tim
Paper Book
"A first-rate thriller . . . Past and present merge in The Current, Tim Johnston's atmospheric, exquisitely suspenseful novel of two murders separated by ten years."  --The Washington Post "Gripping . . . Johnston's masterful novel is worth lingering...
An unwanted guest
Lapena, Shari
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family "A gripping mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie."...
Breathless
McCulloch, Amy
Ebook
A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK * A high-altitude thriller that will take your breath away--Cecily Wong is on her most dangerous climb yet, miles above sea level. But the elements are nothing compared to one chilling truth: There's a killer on the mountain.   "A...
As night falls : a novel
Milchman, Jenny
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of Ruin Falls and Cover of Snow comes a breathless new novel of psychological suspense about a dark, twisted turn of events that could shatter a family--a read perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard. Sandy...
The snowman
Nesbo, Jo
Paper Book
Internationally acclaimed crime writer Jo Nesb#65533;’s antihero police investigator, Harry Hole, is back: in a bone-chilling thriller that will take Hole to the brink of insanity. Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to...
Shiver
Reynolds, Allie
Paper Book
In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm. When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher,...
Cold wind : a mystery
Shelton, Paige
Paper Book
Second in a new series set in Alaska from beloved cozy author Paige Shelton, Cold Wind will chill your bones. Beth Rivers is still in Alaska. The unidentified man who kidnapped her in her home of St. Louis hasn't been found yet, so she's not ready to go back.
Winter's end : a mystery
Shelton, Paige
Paper Book
The fourth installment in the gripping, atmospheric Alaska Wild series, Paige Shelton's Winter's End. It's springtime in Benedict, Alaska, and with the warmer weather comes an unseasonably somber local tradition...the annual Death Walk. At the end of each brutal winter,...
One by one
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
"The Agatha Christie of our generation." --David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Diabolically clever." --Riley Sager, author of Final Girls The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark...

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