Agent Tori Hunter Series: Book 7
Publication Date: November 1, 2024
When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake, Agent Tori Hunter races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared. His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy’s father, Tori finds he is missing too.
Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce. But interviewing everyone she can about Teddy’s father, Tori’s gut has her questioning if he would really kidnap his own child? And when Teddy’s father is found dead in a pool of blood at an abandoned vacation resort, Tori is devastated to be proven right.
Just as she’s desperately following a set of tire tracks leading away from the crime scene Tori gets a chilling phone call: Teddy is safe. But not for long. Meet me-alone. No guns. No backup.
Surrounded by the driving blizzard and the biggest storm Manchester Bay has seen for decades, Tori is determined to go it alone. But she knows the phone call means this case is about more than one lost little boy… and that a deadly, decades-old secret about the history of the abandoned resort could threaten the whole community.
With Teddy’s life-and the lives of those she loves-hanging in the balance, can Tori track down the kidnappers before it’s too late?
A totally addictive thriller that will have you racing through the pages, unable to put it down until you know the truth. Perfect for fans of Mary Stone, Charlie Donlea and Kendra Elliot.
With two dead bodies and a missing 10-year-old boy, authorities suspect the boy’s father might be involved, especially since he also seems to have disappeared.
Author Roger Stelljes delivers the seventh installment of the Agent Tori Hunter series with Taken in the Cold. This action-packed adventure can easily be read as a standalone because the author weaves in plenty of details to fill in any gaps.
While Tori and her boyfriend, Detective Will Braddock, search for clues, the storyline shifts to a different perspective, this time providing insight into the kidnapping. With a blizzard complicating the search effort, the clock is ticking.
Just as readers think they understand what has transpired, the author unlocks the door behind an even bigger mystery.
Taken in the Cold serves up a multi-layered adventure that will keep readers guessing until the end.
Roger Stelljes is the acclaimed New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of pulse-pounding murder mystery and suspense novels, including the Tori Hunter and McRyan Mystery Series. Roger’s crime thrillers are noted for their fast-paced, yet intricate plots filled with layered and complex characters.
Roger started his first novel in July 2002 while on vacation in Minnesota’s Brainerd Lakes area and has been writing ever since. His debut book, The St. Paul Conspiracy, was nominated in genre fiction for the Minnesota Book Awards along with finalists Brian Freeman and William Kent Krueger. With his follow-up, Deadly Stillwater, where Vince Flynn hailed Roger as a “powerful new thriller voice”, he won the Midwest Independent Book Publishers award for commercial fiction.
Born and raised in Minnesota, Roger still lives there with his family. In addition to his work as an author, Roger is a partner in his law firm. Roger is an avid sports enthusiast and enjoys spending time outdoors boating, attending hockey games, and honing his golf game.
