I picked up Running Cold because I really was looking forward to the premise of the story, and the setting of Banff in Canada. But it didn't work for me at all. I struggled with the writing style from minute one - overegged similes shoe horned into page one turned me off instantly - "her cheeks shone shiny red like Christmas tree ornaments" and "Izzy's eyebrows merged like fuzzy skis in snowplough" are two that gave me the instant ick. 

After that I struggled to connect at all to the story sadly. I became easily distracted, the characters lacked depth and the plot felt contrived. It felt like there was too little story for the page length given and with everything else going against it I skim read a lot and skipped sections and didn't feel like I'd missed out.

Sadly lacking the atmosphere, thrills and intrigue that I'd hoped for, this one was a big miss for me and I probably won't try other works by the author based on the writing style.

1.5*

Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for a digital review copy of "Running Cold" in exchange for my honest and voluntary review.