Books like Deep Freeze by John Sandford
When a woman is discovered frozen in a block of ice in Trippton, Minnesota, Virgil Flowers, a seasoned investigator, must confront the town’s buried history. A high‑school class reunion is scheduled for the same winter, and the mystery may be linked to events twenty years ago. As Flowers revisits the town’s past traumas, feuds, and corrupt school board scandals, he unravels a complex web of pain and revenge, revealing how deeply the past can influence the present.
Flowers’s experience—in particular a prior investigation into the local school board’s corruption—adds urgency to the case. The story combines elements of a police procedural with a psychological thriller, as the investigation digs into the town’s dark secrets and the murky motives of its residents.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: John Sandford
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