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In summary, ''Dead of Winter'' is a really engaging read and the fact that it is set in 1984, before iPods and almost before CDs, it was a charming trip down a pre-technology memory lane. ''Dead of Winter'' also manages to encapsulate all the essential elements of a good crime thriller whilst taking the reader on an especially circuitous route to throw you off the scent and keep you guessing until the final chapter. I have to recommend it to you purely because it's great to have another author in the crime thriller stable!

If you like your police procedurals to be American (I do – I find the British ones a bit gritty and less escapist), you should also take a look at [[:Category:Linda Fairstein|Linda Fairstein's]] novels, in particular [[The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein|The Bone Vault]] and maybe also [[Exposed by Alex Kava]] though this is more of an FBI 'hunt-you-down' than a cop crime thriller. If not, and you want to stay on UK soil, have a look at [[The Soul Collector by Paul Johnston]], which we really enjoyed.