The Fear of Winter: A Kidnapping Crime Thriller

by S C Sterling

Overview

On a frigid December night, Megan Floyd vanishes from the mountain town of Fraser, Colorado. The extensive search provides no answers and as attention of her disappearance fades, the case goes cold. Her father, Tom Floyd, is forced to confront his worst fear that his daughter will never be found, and soon his life and marriage begin to disintegrate around him.

A year after the disappearance and with no new leads, Tom hires private investigator Marshall York, a former detective, and his assistant Hannah Jacobs. They soon start to uncover the secrets of Megan's dangerous second life, all while fighting their own demons. Tom is guilt-ridden over a missing child case from his past, and Hannah is haunted by the unsolved murder of her older sister.

The case begins to consume all three of their lives, and as they dig deeper, they start to unravel the dark truth of what happened to Megan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997017526
Publisher:	No Bueno! Publishing
Publication date:	01/18/2023
Series:	The Fear of , #1
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

S. C. Sterling is a Denver Author originally from Portland, OR. His third book, The Fear of Winter, a fiction crime thriller was released in January 2023. The second book in The Fear Of Series is scheduled to be released in Spring of 2024.Non-fiction books include Teenage Degenerate, a memoir about drug addiction and growing up, and 33 Percent Rockstar: Music, Heartbreak and the Pursuit of Rock Stardom a music autobiography about the vast majority of musicians who never achieve rock stardom.Ways to connect with Scott.Email: [e-mail]: scsterling.comInstgram: instagram.com/scottcsterlingFacebook: facebook.com/scsterlingGoodreads: goodreads.com/scsterling

Editorial Reviews

2023-02-20
The search for a missing young woman unearths dark secrets in Sterling’s thriller.

Megan Floyd disappeared on Dec. 12, 1996, when she was 19 years old. Two years later, her father, Tom, is still searching for her. His marriage has fallen apart and his wife, Lisa, is barely hanging on, believing Megan to be dead. Yet Tom still has hope. He hires Marshall York, a troubled detective, and his assistant investigator, Hannah Jacobs, who has a disturbing past of her own. Tom suspects Kevin Strand, a local serial killer who sits on death row, convicted of other crimes. Tom also points Marshall in the direction of Megan’s ex-boyfriend, Jack Gardner, who did not participate in the search for Megan. Hannah does her own sleuthing and becomes suspicious of Benjamin Paterson, who worked with Megan in the deli of the Fraser Market and had previously broken into a woman’s home. As the three continue their search, they uncover a startling and dark secret: Megan was using and dealing drugs. Tom is closer to answers than ever before, but he may not like the truth when he finds it. The author has delivered an emotionally raw and viscerally intense mystery/thriller that never pulls its punches (“He instantly realized he’d never said those words aloud—that he was hopeful that a rotting corpse deep in the forest was his baby girl”). The three main characters, Tom, Marshall, and Hannah, are varied and compelling, driving the plot forward in complex storylines that explore their multifaceted personalities. The mystery itself is unpredictable while also believable, with many unexpected and harrowing twists and turns. The content of the story is heavy and dark, but Sterling handles the material and the characters with care and sensitivity. Fans of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo(2005) will find much here to love and will look forward to further stories in the series.

An exciting and surprising thriller with a great mystery.

Kirkus Reviews