WOW!!! This was such a good book. The audio book was just as good as well. From the first 10 minutes I was hooked. Fast paced with secrets. Never trust a family with a dark history. If you love a little family drama mixed with a wintry locked-room setting and secrets galore, A Killing Cold is the book for you.

Loved this book! After seeing this as a Book of the Month selection, I was intrigued; however, the rave reviews from other readers really let me know this was a must read.

The premise of visiting your fiance's family and finding a photo of yourself as a child is WILD, so unsettling. This book did an excellent job of setting the scene and constantly evoking a chilly, creepy, unsettled vibe. Pretty early on in the book, we get to hear the reason behind the title, which is always fun.

I am grateful to have received this as an ALC.

Kate Alice Marshall has a hit on her hands. The Killing Cold is a suspenseful and thrilling mystery that takes place on a wintry and atmospheric mountain. A woman with a hidden past visits the mountainside compound of her new fiancé's wealthy family. The snowy setting has the FMC remembering pieces of her early years. Everyone in the family becomes a potential information source and possible dangerous key to the past. The narrator is excellent!

A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall. Kate Alice Marshall is an author that is an automatic read for me. This book did not disappoint! I loved this book from start to finish. It was fast paced, gripping and I could not stop until I found out what happened as the end. Everything you want in a thriller! READ THIS BOOK! The narrator was also amazing.

This was a really good family drama thriller. I figured a good portion of the twists out, but some of them came out of nowhere. It was a great winter read, the atmosphere was set perfectly. I didn't fall in love with any of the characters, some them were a bit weak for me. The ending didn't wow me but I did enjoy getting there and learning all the details. The narrator did a fantastic job keeping me engaged and listening! The story didn't feel super original, quite similar to most winter locked door thrillers but it still was enjoyable. Not my favorite Kate Alice Marshall book but a solid thriller for sure.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an ALC in exchange for my honest review.

Kate Alice Marshall is always a solid author for me and her newest novel, A KILLING COLD, is another perfect example of why her books are always a great time! This book is centered around a very unique protagonist that I won't soon forget, Theodora Scott (Theo). Theo fell for Connor Dalton, a wealthy and charming heir, and six months later, he brought her to his family's secluded winter retreat, Idlewood. Threatening messages, eerie footprints, and a photo of herself as a child taken at Idlewood stir unsettling memories of a past she can’t fully recall. As Theo uncovers the Daltons’ dark secrets, she realizes the cost of truth could be her life.

I loved the mystery behind this book more than I usually enjoy these types of locked-room, family drama suspense stories. As Theo investigates this wealthy and mysterious Dalton family, you can't just help but immerse yourself right into the story. I did not expect this story to deviate into what it became, which I think will be hit or miss with readers. I alternated between audio and physical, and I enjoyed the audio narration more than physically reading as the setting was very atmospheric and it placed me right into the drama. If I had to recommend either physically reading or the audio, I would choose audio (via @librofm)! Kate Alice Marshall continues to be a staple in my reading and I cannot wait to see what she has in store next!

At first I wasn’t sure how I felt about this book, but by the end, I couldn’t stop listening!! It had a slow start, in my opinion, but picked up perfect pace about .25 way through. Full of twists and turns, it held my attention and by the end I caught myself staying up late to finish it..

My rating: 3.5 ⭐️(Rounded up to 4)

A Killing Cold is a fast-paced page-turner with a wintry setting and rich people behaving badly.

The first half of this book kept me engaged and interested but it slowed down a bit by the second half. All in all, I did have fun reading this book and recommend it to those looking for a twisty wintry thriller. ❄️

This story was truly manic and crazy and all of the right ways! With a dose of rich people be behaving badly, what more can you want from a thriller? I absolutely enjoyed this wild ride!

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for my copy of A KILLING COLD. This one comes out February 4.

I really enjoyed this twisty and chilly thriller. The audiobook was well done and the story kept me interested. Locked room setting, snowed in super wealthy family with secrets, and a strange history that brings them all together makes this book the most entertaining. This book won't change your life but it will give you a decent distraction for a while. I recommend it.

This was a fast-paced, twisty, and mind-blowing story. It's set at a remote winter campground, giving this the locked room mystery energy I love. The location itself felt a bit like a character, as did the weather. The story itself was complex and a bit too convenient in hindsight. However, in the heat of the story, each reveal intrigued me and kept me deeply invested.

Theo has joined her fiancé, Conner, at his wealthy families exclusive and private winter retreat. This is Theo's introduction to the extended family after a somewhat whirlwind courtship. Conner's family is stand offish and not exactly inviting to Theo. Who begins to slowly realize that she isn't entirely sure this is her first time at this Conners family compound. The reveals are shocking and unexpected with a satisfyingly tidy ending.

This audiobook is chillingly narrated by Karissa Vacker. Karissa really brings Theo to life and helps some of the overdone elements of the story feel tense and suspenseful. The narrator added to the atmosphere created by the narrative perfectly. I highly recommend the audio for this story.

Thank you to Kate Alice Marshall, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to and review this audiobook. All opinions and viewpoints expressed in this review are my own.

This one was okay for me. The narrator did a great job but this just did not wow me. It felt like any other thriller with mysterious people and a secluded locked room plot. I just didn’t think any of it was particularly wow-ing.

Yes, yes, and more yes! Super wealthy family, lots of family secrets, remote atmospheric location…check check check! I LOVED this book!!!!! She was twisty, and I did not predict most of the twists!

Kate Alice Marshall does it again. A Killing Cold was such a pleasure to read, and it was made even better by having the audio version. Plot twists galore!! The Dalton family has it all, but the family is also full of secrets. Connor brings his new fiancee, Theo, to the cabin for a holiday with the family and absolutely nothing goes as planned. Secrets are revealed by everyone in the family, and it turns out, some of the Dalton family knew less than they thought. Everyone may be in danger once the secrets start spilling. Death was only the beginning.

I loved this book. First 5 stars of the year for me. It was fun and I couldn't get enough of it. Is the concept a little far fetched? Yes. But does it come together in a way that is actually pretty convincing? Also yes. Everyone has secrets, some families are just better at keeping them than others, at least for a little while.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

I enjoyed this story. It was gripping and kept you guessing. I liked how we were in the perspective of our FMC while she is trying to puzzle together what is going on not only in the present but also with her past and we are along for that ride. All the pieces and twist kept it engaging and entertaining. She was just irritating enough that you weren't sure if your were rooting for her or against her but also not sure if you could trust her judgement. She put herself in situations that kept me on my seat knowing anything could go wrong at anytime. I think the Narrator did a great job at portraying the feelings and emotions needed with each change to keep the flow steady through the book.

A rich family..
A secluded resort in the winter….
BIG secrets!

Kate Alice Marshall draws you in from the start… leaving little breadcrumbs making you think you have it figured out and then a twist… so down a new path you go… and there, another twist! This book had me thinking I finally figured it out and even down to the very end Marshall proved to me I didn’t!

Thank you to the author, NetGalley, and Flatiron Books for the chance to read this great thriller!

Thank you Netgalley for this audio arc. I enjoyed it and loved that it was a book of the month option for January. The last book I read by this author was What lies in the Woods. I really liked that book as well. I rated this book a 5 stars. The audio was great.

Beautiful and remote winter setting with your brand-new fiancé's filthy rich family, threatening texts and recurring nightmares--and no one you can trust--what could go wrong? I found this one to have a lot of twists and turns, some of which I saw coming a mile away and some which surprised me. The character development was weak in places, but the suspense was palpable, nonetheless. The narrator of the audio version did an excellent job of holding my attention and bringing the characters to life.

What a twisty ride. I had no idea where the author was taking us with this story. This was seriously unputdownable.

Money cannot buy happiness but it can sure protect some unsavory actions.

Family secrets and lies, and they will stop at nothing to keep them hidden. A chance meeting, fate of you will, threatens to bring it all down.

I absolutely loved this book. I couldn't put it down.

Thank you NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for an advance copy of this book. The narrator, Karissa Vacker, is fantastic.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this ARC audiobook for a voluntary review. All opinions are my own.

Theodora Scott is engaged to Connor Dalton, whose family is quite wealthy and powerful. When they are off to meet his family during winter retreat, she gets threatening messages to leave and stay away from her fiance.

Theo tried to ignore these messages but different things keep coming up that makes her question not just whose sending her the messages but also herself as she senses a familiarity with the cabin and this are like she had been here before when she was very young.

The longer Theo stays, the bigger of a target she becomes because someone else in the Dalton family is keeping a long kept secret, one that can get Theo killed.

This book grabbed you from the start to the end. It was fast-paced, gripping storytelling, and the twists were unexpected. The narration by Karissa Vacker was well done and gave each character a voice of their own.

4.5 stars.