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The Sound of Breaking Ice
Paperback
Publisher Price: $25.00
ISBN13: 9780648256489
Publisher: Right Track Publishing
Published: Jan 5 2026
Pages: 462
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Set in the Great Lakes snowbelt, where winter is a beautiful deceiver-a season of serene postcard beauty that conceals a raw, untameable threat to survival. This breath-taking contradiction is the beating heart of The Sound of Breaking Ice.
Winter acts as a character, mirroring the life of protagonist Ray Waring.
Ray, Jess, and Scottie were born within hours in the same local hospital, forging a bond that grew into an unbreakable friendship. That bond, and Ray's life in Fowler Sound, was tragically shattered when a young girl fell through the ice. Ray shouldered the blame and fled his small Michigan hometown, leaving Jess and Scottie behind.
Now, nearly twenty years later, Ray returns. He is a national hero, forced into retirement from the FBI due to a terminal illness-he is, literally, a dead man walking. His sole purpose is to put his life in order by facing the past, making peace with the tragic accident, and reuniting with the people he left behind.
His hopes for a quiet reunion are immediately shattered.
As a historic blizzard cuts Fowler Sound off from the world, the terrifying power of the elements mirrors a growing threat: a killer is hunting. The victims are all tied directly to Ray's past, and the murders become a personal, taunting game. To stop the bloodshed, Ray must confront the frozen truth about the accident and the life he fled.
The Sound of Breaking Ice reflects the moment the serene facade of a winter wonderland shatters-it's the sound of hidden fractures and underlying tension finally giving way.
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