A review by jennybeastie
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves

3.0

Unusual, in that we have a fairly ambivalent/favorable character who turns out to be a serial killer, and that there are 3 large mysteries here that end up connecting. I found the connections to be plausible and firmly grounded in contemporary reality. I found the romantic stuff to be awkward and annoying, but that does seem to be how the character feels, too, so there's that. I'm having a hard time with Lizzie's quest to find her niece -- I'm just not sure why it's plausible that her niece is traceable in some way, nine years after the fact. Unless she DNA tests every nine year old blonde in Maine, I don't see how she's likely to find her. And why wouldn't the person who took the child move out of state? It's just a weird and unlikely premise, given how realistic and grounded the rest of the book is. Pretty interesting community, pretty interesting cop, interested to see where it goes next.