Dead of Winter

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Eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.

When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest. But when a bitterly cold snowstorm sweeps the region, the small group is forced to take shelter in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite the uncomfortably claustrophobic quarters and rapidly dropping temperature, Christa believes they'll be safe as they wait out the storm.

She couldn't be more wrong.

Deep in the night, their tour guide goes missing...only to be discovered the following morning, his severed head impaled on a tree outside the cabin. Terrified, and completely isolated by the storm, Christa finds herself trapped with eight total strangers. One of them kills for sport...and they're far from finished. As the storm grows more dangerous and the number of survivors dwindles one by one, Christa must decide who she can trust before this frozen mountain becomes her tomb.

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Average rating: 7

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JHSiess

Feb 03, 2024

8/10 stars

Dead of Winter deals, according to author Darcy Coates, with "a lot of themes about how well we can move past trauma and learning to survive with life-altering circumstances." As the story opens, Christa Bailey has just embarked on a two-week vacation at Blackstone Alpine Lodge in the Rocky Mountains with her boyfriend, Kiernan. He invited her because the lodge is situated in the area where he grew up and he wants to share his love of the region ...read more

Hartfullofbooks

Jan 21, 2024

1/10 star

This is the first horror/thriller I have read by Darcy Coates, I usually stick with her supernatural horror but I had heard a lot of good things about Dead of Winter. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this much at all for many reasons. Firstly, the characters aren’t very likeable which makes a who done it isolated cabin murder spree a little boring. I couldn’t even out clued together because there really weren’t any and none of the characters real...read more

Pavlinas

Jan 09, 2024

7/10 stars

The book was slow and kinda dragged a bit. Ending was great and unpredictable! Just the book never picked up...

Monkeyspams

Dec 27, 2023

7/10 stars

I was having a great time when ppl were dying (feels weird to write). I hated being in Christa's head. Not a fun POV to be stuck with. I read it in spite of her. I guessed the killer, and I was so excited. The good thing about disliking the protagonist is that I really enjoyed the villain info dump at the end. I guess some things and got surprised by others. I wish the ending was different. Christa should have died. There should be news bullet...read more

Anonymous

Aug 17, 2023

8/10 stars

Yes yes YES so creepy, stressful, absolutely suffocating! Started off with a bang and did not give up. I did guess the villain fairly early on, but it did not change the effect of the twists, the ending or the overall enjoyment of the story. A great, quick read!

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