I loved this book so much!! It is a crime mystery/thriller and is sooo addicting!!
The bodies of two missing fifteen-year old girls are found frozen in a forest in Stillwater, Minnesota. Special Agent Nikki Hunt is sure the killer is local; someone who the area and hid them in a place where they thought they would never be found. Nikki is home for time in 20 years and when she finds out one of the girls is the step-daughter of her ex-boyfriend John who she dated in high school she is determined to lead the case. John was once the person she trusted the most in the world, and who stood by her when her parents were murdered when she was 16. John also helped her through the trial where she testified and identified their killer, Mark Todd. But Nikki arrives at the Sheriff’s office and is confronted by protestors eager to see Mark freed. New evidence in the case could clear his name, Mark’s appeal has lead Rory (Mark’s younger brother) to beg Nikki to look over the case. Nikki is determined to focus on the girls, but she is constantly wondering if she put her trust in the right people and if the same person who killed these two girls also killed her parents all those years ago.
There is so much that goes on in this book and honestly I can’t even describe to you what else goes on. There is SO much. This is a high-speed thriller with twists and turns you will NEVER see coming.

The Girls in the Snow opens with a creepy "girl comes home to find parents slain" prologues. From there, we're zipped into the future, where the same girl is now a woman, working for the FBI.

This opener in the Nikki Hunt series is quite good: Hunt is back in Stillwater, Minnesota. It's business, this time, though. Two teenage girls have been found dead in the snow, after previously vanishing from a trail. Hunt has been working a serial killer case known as Frost (as he leaves his victims in the snow after killing them), but Hunt knows this is not his work. Still, she decides to stay on and work the case. This is my quibble with the book, which I'll touch on further below.

She discovers while she's in town that the man convicted of murdering her parents is getting a new hearing. There are protestors outside the courthouse, convinced that the investigation done at the time was faulty and Hunt's memory of the events that night even moreso. That man's brother also wants her to go talk to the man face to face and also review the case notes. She pushes him away, but tendrils of doubt start her questioning the events of that night. Oh, and her ex-boyfriend is still living in town, too, now married - and is the father of one of the girls found murdered.

The investigation into the current day murders starts very slowly, but pick up steam, and when another body is found - this time a dancer from one of local clubs. Hunt and her team pick up that case, too, and soon the two come crashing together, albeit in a way that might surprise readers.

Overall, a good read. There weren't many laggy parts, and the characters were all pretty rounded out - no cardboard cutout secondary characters here. My only issue was that Hunt stayed on to head up the investigation once it was clear the girls were not victims of the Frost killer. There was a potential conflict of interest (her ex-boyfriend being the father of one of the dead girls) as well as the issue with the potential that the man she'd helped lock away when she was a teen herself would receive a new trial (not to mention the emotional aspect of it all).

Other than that - and I'm willing to overlook this for fictional purposes in a story that's well done - it was an enjoyable read.

A solid four out of five stars.

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the review copy.

This was a well written mystery with a likeable heroine, really two mysteries going on at once, what happened to her parents and was the wrong person in jail for it and who killed three young woman.

I’ve always been slightly obsessed with detective novels, especially when there is a strong female protagonist. I’ve thought long and hard about the profession and while I’d love the thrill of solving the crimes, I wouldn’t love the dead bodies and danger. But that doesn’t stop me from reading as many crimes novels as I can.

In the first book of a new series, Nikki Hunt is an FBI agent specializing in hunting serial killers. She became a law enforcement officer because her parents were murdered and she was the key witness at their trial. She’s quite good at her job and Frost is the only serial killer she’s chased and not caught. She heads to her hometown of Stillwater to investigate a double homicide that shows indications of Frost’s handiwork. As she starts to investigate, she learns the innocence project is investigating the conviction in her parents murder. She needs to focus on the murders that brought her back home, but with her past at every turn, is it possible to stay on task?

I can’t imagine all she’s been through and having to focus as she must relive her past. Stacy Green does a great job of weaving the two stories together. I can’t wait to see where the series heads. I recommend this one for all the crime buffs out there.

The Girls in the Snow by Stacy Green is the first in the FBI Agent Nikki Hunt series.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Bookouture, and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.


Series Information:

Nikki Hunt discovered the bodies of her parents when she was a teenager.  Her ability to block out the memories of her parents murders has made her a good FBI Agent.  She remains remote and focused on her cases.  She heads the BAU unit based out of St. Paul Minnesota.  Her team consists of Crime Scene Analyst Courtney Hart and Agent Liam Wilson.


My Synopsis:   (No major reveals, but if concerned, skip to My Opinions)

The bodies of two missing girls brings Nikki back to Stillwater Minnesota, the town she grew up in, where she went to school, where she lost her parents.  

While the girls are found frozen in the snow, people believe it is the work of Frost, a serial killer that Nikki has been hunting.  She knows they are not, but decides to stick around and find their killer, especially when she finds that the father of one of the girls was John Banks, who she had dated and trusted all those years ago. 

Meanwhile, the man who has spent the last 20 years in jail for killing Nikki's parents, is having his case reviewed by the Innocence Project.  New evidence suggests that the police may have rail-roaded him, and Nikki was lied to by the detective who is now Sheriff.  She will have to look at the evidence herself before she is convinced of Mark Todd's innocence.


My Opinions:   

This was a really great start to a new series.  I really like Nikki, as well as her team members.  They seem to mesh nicely.  I was a little disappointed that it was another book about woman with a past that comes back to haunt her, but that was pretty much resolved in this book, so I am looking forward to reading more.

The plot was good, as were the characters and the writing.  It was a compelling read, and the suspense kept you interested and turning those pages!  The twists had me re-thinking  the identity of the perpetrator a number of times.

Definitely looking forward to reading more!

Okay, so before I get in to my overall review, I need to make a comment regarding words. In the story, Nikki asks about a victim's "real" father, versus her stepfather. Um, both are "real." One just happens to have been the DNA source for the child. The stepfather isn't "fake." In a culture where families come in a variety of forms, references like these are inappropriate and injurious. Since I read an advanced reader copy, hopefully someone caught this, it has already been corrected, and you are wondering why I am mentioning it.

Nikki Hunt is an FBI agent known for catching serial killers. Stationed in St. Paul, she is not very far away from her home town of Stillwater. (Closer than the book seems to imply.) But, since her parents were murdered there and a local well-loved boy was convicted of their murders, she has cut off ties with everyone in Stillwater until two girls are found dead and frozen. This story combines her parent's murder with the girls death. This has the benefit of introducing the reader to the main character and giving their background while at the same time providing a current story to follow. Ms. Green does this well. Nikki has a lot of baggage to deal with that positively and negatively impacts her current life and how she does her job. I was enjoyable to read how she worked through some of it and the book ended in a good place for a next installment.

FBI Agent Nikki Hunt is summoned back to her hometown to investigate the murder of two young girls. What she doesn't know is that these murders may also have ties to her parents murders from decades before. The killer from her parents murder is working on an appeal, but Agent Hunt is so sure that he remains in prison. Agent Hunt must race against the clock to solve the murders and work on parents case, before the killer or killers strike again.

This was a really fun read! It reminded me of the Mercy Kilpatrick series by Kendra Elliott and the Tracy Crosswhite series by Robert Dugoni. I'm definitely looking forward to reading more in this series.

The girls in the snow by Stacy Green is the first in a new series by Stacy Green. Nikki Hunt is a FBI profiler that returns to her hometown of Stillwater, Minnesota to investigate the murder of two girls that may be victims of a serial killer called Frost. She soon finds herself embroiled in what made her leave and become an FBI agent; protestors are trying to overturn the conviction of the murderer of her parents which happened twenty years ago. New DNA evidence may be introduced, and is suggesting Nikki account of that night is unreliable. She was 16, but she is sure she remembers what happened; but is she? The girls in the snow what a great book, I found it a bit slow in some parts, but really enjoyed the whole story and was intrigued by the Frost serial killer angle. The two different stories interweaved nicely throughout the book, I will look forward to book two. Thank you Netgalley and Bookouture for the advanced copy.

Wow! What a page turner! I was immediately caught up in this case of two murdered teenagers. When Nikki returns to her hometown to solve these murders she is caught up in another case. The murder of her parents from twenty years ago has the town in an uproar with new evidence. I couldn’t imagine being home and dealing with the past I was trying to escape. Nikki couldn’t get away from any of it and I was so proud of this strong woman as she portrays herself as the professional FBI agent. She doesn’t let her emotions escape her when she speaks to reporters or protestors, always maintaining the boundaries. The case has many twists and turns that lead to multiple suspects but just when you think you have it solved think again. This actually plays out like a movie, maybe Netflix will catch on. My review was written voluntarily after reading an early copy from Netgalley.

When two girls are murdered in the snow, Nikki Hunt is called to the scene. Unfortunately, by returning, she's reliving her traumatic past. As things unravel and pieces are put together, her past and her present may be more connected than she thought.
Let me preface this: I don't read a lot of mystery/thrillers so I don't have much to compare this to. I also usually can't call the ending.
Okay! I really liked Nikki. I thought that she was a flawed character who was able to grow and realize her mistakes. I read the whole book in one night because I just needed to know what happened next. I did think that I had it all figured out and then she threw a curveball at me and I was NOT right.
However! There were some moments where it felt like sentences were missing? I do occasionally zone out while reading and have to go back, but I would do that and it turned out that I hadn't missed anything. She just jumped and I had to reorient myself.
I can't wait for more of Nikki Hunt!

I have a new series to sink my eyes (teeth) into! If you love a good mystery, an intriguing plot and strong female protagonist, this book (series) may be for you as well!

Nikki Hunt has come home to Stillwater, Minnesota after twenty years. She left after her parents were murdered and has returned to investigate a case where two fifteen-year-old girls were discovered frozen in the snow. Now a Special Agent/FBI profiler, she throws herself into solving their case while being me with protestors who believe that the man who was sent to prison for murdering her family, was wrong convicted.

Past and present will collide in this book. While attempting to track down a killer, Nikki cannot help but wonder if the wrong man is behind bars in her parents’ case. Plus, could the crime from her past be connected to the present crime? Will Nikki catch a killer? Will the truth ever be known? Will justice prevail?

I knew I was going to enjoy this book after reading the first pages. My super sleuth hat was on and I was on the case with Nikki trying to figure out whodunit. The Girls in the Snow is a riveting, beautifully written page turner which had me guessing. There are a few twists and turns and Green proved to have a trick or two up her sleeve and pulled the wool over my eyes.

This was a fantastic start to a new series, and I will be highly anticipating reading the next book! The plot sucked me in, and Green has created both likeable and unlikeable characters which made things interesting and keep the story moving at a very nice pace. I loved that nothing felt drawn out or rushed in this book. Nikki is a great female protagonist, and I was rooting for her the entire book. I look forward to learning more about her in future books.


Thank you to Stacy Green, Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is a very promising start to a new series featuring FBI agent Nikki Hunt. Set in Minnesota, it is well written with straightforward narrative and a good writing style. The plot rolls along at a good pace with plenty twists and turns. I thought I figured out the killer but I was way off the mark. Nikki was well portrayed and this book will appeal to crime thriller lovers. I would recommend it and look forward to the next in the series. Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. Fast paced thriller with a great storyline, had me hooked from the beginning. I shall look forward to a Nikki Hunt Book 2

WOW what a stunner of a book! An incredible start to an amazing series. I loved loved loved Nikki Hunt. What a wonderful protagonist! Tough and yet so very real. Loved her team. I could not put this book down. A heart pounding, enthralling, absorbing pageturner. I cannot wait for more from this author and more in this brilliant series.

This is the debut novel for Stacy Green's Nikki Hunt series. The story is told in Nikki's point of view. There are two plot lines - find the serial killer of the girls and find out who really killed Nikki's parents 20 years ago. These plots move the story along at a fast pace with twists and turns that keep you guessing all the way. Nikki is forced to face her past and realizes that she can't trust people she thought she could. The characters were well-developed and the story was very engaging. I'm looking forward to the second book in the series. I would like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for a free copy for an honest review. Recommended to mystery thriller lovers.

Quite a fun thriller to sink my claws into. My first foray into the works of author Stacy Green, I loved how her main character Nikki Hunt pulled me into the story.

I was quite enamored by Nikki. There was a depth to her, completely molded by her past and conviction of her present. The author used broad strokes to etch her character. Using a fast pace to the underlying storyline and twisted plot lines, interest in her raised to a pitch.

A lone ranger in a police procedural in good, but it’s even better when there is a great team backing up. This one had a kickass one. The author brought out convoluted hidden twists of the past into the present case, making Nikki question all that she believed to be true. I liked the vulnerability and strength of such a situation.

This was more thrilling than a normal police procedural, and I was happy that I got to the beginning of a new series. This was a clear whodunit, so I was happy.

A gripping first book in a new series that promises to be a hit! Nikki is a complex character. I look forward to seeing her develop. I also really enjoyed her team and Miller. The case was full of action and tension. I was blown away by the reveal. I also really want to see more of Rory.

This is the first book in the Nikki Hunt series and it did not disappoint. This book had me hooked from the beginning and I could not put it down until I finished it. I enjoyed getting to know Nikki and her team. The mystery/thriller was well written and fast paced. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture.

The bodies of two young teenagers are found frozen solid in the icy grounds of Stillwater, Minnesota. Similar to the MO of a wanted serial killer, Special Agent Nikki Hunt returns to her hometown to investigate, reopening old wounds from her own tragic past as she tries to get justice for these frozen-fresh victims.

Strong story, but upset that this is available through Amazon-Kindle only. As a independent bookseller, it saddened me to see such potential wasted. I will not be recommending this book to my customers.

This is the first book I've read by author Stacy Green. I was given this book to review from NetGalley and Bookouture. I am so happy I was as I'm definitely a fan of her now! This book was a nonstop mystery about two fifteen-year-old girls, Madison and Kaylee, who were widely known as best friends are found frozen to death in the snow shortly before Special Agent Nikki Hunt (formerly known as Nikki Walsh) is called in to investigate the murders to determine if it’s something local or the work of a serial killer known as Frost.

Overall, this was a great book and I'd recommend it to those who enjoy mysteries and police procedurals. I am excited to read the next book in the series! Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for providing me this book in exchange for an honest review.