Hold on to your seat thriller!
When Christa agrees to visit a nearly abandoned resort in the winter with her boyfriend she really isn't sure what she is getting into. Worse, the bus with the tour breaks down in the middle of a blizzard. It becomes clear, very quickly, that somewhat is out to hurt the tour.

Coates does a fantastic job upping the tension and you can actually feel the cold breeze and snow while you read. As she slowly layers in more of the story you try to determine what is happening and why. It's a perfect winter thriller! #PoisonedPenPress #DeadofWinter #DarcyCoates

Christa, along with the rest of her tour group is stranded in the Colorado Rockies in a raging blizzard. The hunting cabin where they are taking shelter is too small for the group, and tempers flare as fears rise. The morning after they stake their claim on the cabin, they discover the severed head of their tour group leader impaled on a tree. It would seem that one of their party is a killer, but which one? As the number of victims rises, Christa knows she can’t trust anyone and this might very well be her final resting place. Agatha Christie started the “cut off from civilization with a killer of the loose premise” and Coates does a good job ramping up the fear and the claustrophobia factor. A must read for a long winter night

3.5
Darcy Coates comes through with another fine book. Though I feel like I kind of had some parts figured out early on, there were other parts that still surprised me. This is fast paced and pretty intense. More of a thriller than a horror though.
I thoroughly enjoyed the dread and the atmosphere of this novel.

This newest Darcy Coates book was a fast paced thriller that I couldn’t put down! Think “And Then There Were None” vibes with the style we’ve all grown to know and love from Ms. Coates. It was gripping until the very end.

Thank you to NetGalley and Poison Press for allowing me the chance to receive an ARC for this book and for the opportunity to read it and review it.

Darcy Coates books are like my comfort read because they are terrifying but you always love the protagonist. Wholesome girls in terrifying situations who are too trusting and somehow end up figuring stuff out.
This book was anything but comforting. The protagonist fit my expectations (I was so glad) but the scenario was my literal worst nightmare. Imagine being trapped in a tiny cabin with 9 or so strangers and they are being brutally killed off and hung from trees. It is storming and cold and you are afraid to run out of food. I would probably faint and make it easy for the murderer to get me. Luckily book protagonists aren't weak like that.
This book keeps getting more tense and then we get to the end and OMG I kind of wondered because this is my genre but I was still so shocked.
Thank you for the ARC. It made my day.

Christa and the strangers...lost in the winter...a killer is among them. Who will be next? Solving the puzzle of this intriguing mystery is not easy. This author is talented and gifted at writing a cannot put down thriller. This book was sent to me electronically by Netgalley for review. Thanks to the publisher and the author for this copy. I kept wondering what would happen next...red herrings threw me off the trail of the killer. Guessing just did not work for me. I had to think about who and what and when...enjoy this novel. It would make a great television series. Some parts of the book are horrific, and I skimmed over those details…they could have been less gruesome.

Good book! A bit gruesome but very good! This book had suspense, intrigue, action, Murder, serial killer, mystery and so many crazy twists and turns and absolutely crazy who done it! Shocking and I never would have guessed! The storyline was very interesting and kept me glued to my Kindle! I highly recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

I made the mistake of starting this book when I couldnt sleep one night..... and after I started, there was absolutely no chance I'd be sleeping any time soon. I've read a lot of books about people stranded in a cabin with a killer hut this is easily the best version of the story I've ever read. The twists do not stop coming. The book starts on a high and continues to keep up the pace throughout. And omg, reading this after dark had me terrified someone was about to burst into my bedroom. It is so so creepy! The tension is build steadily throughout, its not gory or relying on shock value, it just taps into those base human fears we all have and has every hair on your body standing on end. The characters were all really original and well written, the behaviours all made sense and weren't people running into danger just so they could be murdered. I was completed sucked in and held my breath more times than I can count. This will easily be one of the best books I've read this year. It's not a light domestic noir, this is one of those books that has you on the edge of your seat and you can't help but read through one more chapter. If you like mystery, thriller, horror, suspense or anything in between.... this is a must read.

Heart pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. Definitely one of the best books this year.