Book Review: Dead Inside by Kate Bold

Dead Inside
Author: Kate Bold
Series: A Kelsey Hawk FBI Suspense Thriller (Book 1)
Publication: Self-published (November 28, 2023)

Description: In the desolate, unforgiving landscape of small town North Dakota, bodies are found encased in ice. Tough and brilliant FBI special agent 30-year-old Kelsey Hawk, angering her superiors, is relocated to the North Dakota field office, near her hometown which she’d vowed to never return to. In a deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes couldn’t be higher, as an FBI agent and a killer collide…

When she was just a child, Kelsey’s entire family was murdered, leaving her, the sole survivor, to grow up in the foster system. A rising star in the FBI, Kelsey set her ambitions on being assigned to a field office in the big city, away from the ghosts of her past. But when she’s reassigned to a small town in North Dakota, she can’t help but remember all the tragedy she fought so hard to leave behind.

Can she stop this killer in time?

A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the KELSEY HAWK series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.

My Thoughts: DEAD INSIDE introduces FBI Special Agent Kelsy Hawk. She's 30 and a loose cannon. Her latest case which showed up her boss has caused her to be assigned to a small town in North Dakota. Her boss hoped it would get her to quit. 

Upon arrival, Kelsey walks into a case of a young woman frozen into a block of ice and displayed in the ice carving area of the Winter Fair. Working with a Deputy Sheriff, she tackles the biggest crime to have ever happened in the small town. The first death is quickly followed by two more. Each young woman is frozen into a block of ice and displayed. 

The story is also told from the viewpoint of the murderer who is completely insane. His fantasies and justifications were creepy reading. 

I enjoyed this first in a series. 

I got this free Kindle book via BookBub April 23, 2024. You can buy your copy here.