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Cold Springs

Rick Riordan

2003 · Bantam Books

FictionTeenage girlsProblem youthWilderness survivalFugitives from justice

About this book

The Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony award-winning Rick Riordan delivers a spellbinding novel of a man on an edge so extreme that his fall will destroy not only him--but all that he holds dear.Cold SpringsChadwick's life was balanced on a knife's edge--his career, his marriage, his relationship with his dangerously troubled daughter. And then one autumn night, the worst possible thing happened....Now, a decade later, Chadwick's heart is on the mend. Working for an old military buddy, he saves kids for a living, escorti…

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A propulsive thriller that trades depth for forward motion. The voice is direct, the chapters are short, and most readers blow through it in two sittings. If you're between heavier books and want a clean reset, this fits.

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