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The Coldest Blood (Journalist Philip Dryden) by Jim Kelly [Jim Kelly] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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SUMMARY:A man lies hidden in an abandoned boat. Stifling his own screams, he draws a knife across his arm, letting the blood flow free. Soon he’ll be dead – and life can begin again. Three decades later, small-town newspaper reporter Philip Dryden is experiencing a cold, bitter Christmas on the Fens. Dryden’s wife, Laura, is emerging from years in a coma, unsure if she wants to go on living. Meanwhile, people are freezing to death, among them Declan McIlroy, a 39 year old loner found dead in his flat with the windows thrown open. The police rule the death a suicide, but Dryden has his doubts – especially when he finds the body of Declan’s best friend Joe frozen within a shell of ice on the doorstep of his secluded farmhouse. At the same time, Dryden is investigating allegations of abuse laid against a Catholic orphanage – a touchy subject, due to his own Catholic upbringing. The incidents seem unrelated until Dryden discovers that Declan was one of the victims. Could his death have been part of a cover-up? Soon, Dryden is picking his way along a disturbing trail of cruelty and betrayal to a brilliantly executed crime, and to a chilling, half-remembered mystery from his own childh

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Author
Jim Kelly [Jim Kelly]
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9780312364786
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Rating
3.66 / 5 (161 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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