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Book Review of The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedstrom, Bk 1)

The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedstrom, Bk 1)
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I didn't find the book as good as many reviewers did. It was a big disappointment to me.

The basic story: Erica Flack discovers her childhood best friend dead, Alex, in a tub of icy water. She had not seen her for many years and wants to know what happened in those years. Bit by bit she learns what changed in Alex's life as well as how she came to die.

Seems promising, and it would have been good if another writer had taken it on. But the writing seems amateurish and predictable, skips details, includes unlikely police procedures. It is as if the author did no research at all into how such cases are investigated.

I hope the next reader likes it more than I did, and given the rave reviews, that's likely.