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Elese Martin disappears in Alaska while on her honeymoon and her husband Greg is the prime suspect, especially when the cops find out his first wife had him arrested, and he’s taken out a large insurance policy on Elese. But the case goes nowhere and Elese is never found.
Three years later another woman, Nina Granville, goes missing. Nina’s fiancé is the political wunderkind of the Donnelly family, a Kennedy-like clan. A multi-million dollar reward spurs on a massive search, but also to no avail.
An Alaskan survivalist, Baer, is convinced that there is an upcoming nuclear winter, which he is determined to survive. He kidnaps Elese, and after her death, Nina, who is repeatedly beaten, raped and kept in a small cage. Nina keeps her sanity only by finding Elese’s secret journal hidden away in the cage.
This “Cold War” has nothing to do with Russia and everything to do with an Alaskan autumn, and is a fascinating look at survivalists and the wilderness of our fiftieth state, as well as being a truly gripping page turner.
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A COLD WAR by Alan Russell. Thomas & Mercer (October 6, 2015). ISBN 978-1503945807. 368p.
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