Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Blog Tour for Booktoure

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Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Synopsis: "Make sure you wrap up warm for school, honey. A blizzard is on the way." Ten-year-old Teddy rolls his eyes at his mother. But then he hears a bang... By the time police arrive, Teddy's mother is dead. His open school backpack is strewn across the hallway. And Teddy is nowhere to be found.   When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake,  Agent Tori Hunter  races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that  ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared . His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy's father,  Tori finds he is missing too.   Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce. But interviewing everyone she can about Teddy's father, Tori's gut has her questioning if he would really kidnap his own child?  An...
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The Guilty One by Bill Schweigart Narrated by Matt Godfrey

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Title: The Guilty One
Author: Bill Schweigart
Narrator: Matt Godfrey
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, General Fiction
Format: Audiobook
Listening Length: 9 hours 8 minutes 
Date of Publication: March 21, 2023

Description: In this breathlessly paced thriller for fans of Michael Connelly, a cop thwarts a murder and can’t remember a thing. But memories return—and so do the nightmares.

My Thoughts: If you have read any of my reviews in the past that have multiple timelines you will have found a pattern. The pattern is that I am not a huge fan of stories with multiple timelines as I don't usually find them done well and find that it can be difficult to keep everything straight.

This story follows a cop who was once considered a hero and then later turned into a "monster". The story follows the cops two timelines, the crime that made him a hero in the public eye and then the crime that made him a monster. It took me a while to get everything straight. 

The characters from both timelines are fluid, especially when it comes to the law enforcement partners, and his love life.

I enjoyed this book in the sense that it was fast paced and really jumped into the action. It did blindside me at the end, which is something that I really enjoy when it comes to a mystery/thriller story. I want to be surprised. I don't want everything to be obvious, because what fun is that.

Rating: 3 out of 5 because even though I enjoyed the book, it just was not doing it for me. I found myself wanting for it to end. 

Many thanks to Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for this review copy. This is my honest opinion.

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