
Cold Island
A Novel
Peter Colt(Author)
Thomas & Mercer (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
239 pages
978-1-6625-3038-8 (ISBN)
Description
When the remains of a young murder victim on Nantucket Island are discovered after thirty-five years, a detective begins to unearth the dark secrets of a community gone silent.
Massachusetts State Police detective Tommy Kelly is called to Nantucket Island, where a boy's skeletal remains have been discovered at a construction site-interred for thirty-five years. The crime is especially gutting for Tommy, the father of two boys. It's also the beginning of a grim mystery. Because no child during that period was even reported missing.
Tommy is partnered with Nantucket PD's best detective, Jo Harris, who first chafes at the idea of a mainlander encroaching on her territory. And their work together is only raising more troubling questions. Then a possible link is found to the decades-old case of a serial killer-a vigilantly hidden part of the past that this tight-knit community would prefer to forget and never speak of again.
The secrets in their silence are so shocking they soon pull Tommy into a very dark place. Suddenly, offseason on Nantucket has never felt so cold, so isolating, or so dangerous.
Massachusetts State Police detective Tommy Kelly is called to Nantucket Island, where a boy's skeletal remains have been discovered at a construction site-interred for thirty-five years. The crime is especially gutting for Tommy, the father of two boys. It's also the beginning of a grim mystery. Because no child during that period was even reported missing.
Tommy is partnered with Nantucket PD's best detective, Jo Harris, who first chafes at the idea of a mainlander encroaching on her territory. And their work together is only raising more troubling questions. Then a possible link is found to the decades-old case of a serial killer-a vigilantly hidden part of the past that this tight-knit community would prefer to forget and never speak of again.
The secrets in their silence are so shocking they soon pull Tommy into a very dark place. Suddenly, offseason on Nantucket has never felt so cold, so isolating, or so dangerous.
Reviews / Votes
"Police procedural fans [will] look forward to the follow-up." -Publishers WeeklyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
256 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6625-3038-8 (9781662530388)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Peter Colt is the author of the Andy Roark mysteries. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1973 and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. Peter spent twenty-four years in the army reserve, with deployments to Kosovo in 2000 and Iraq in 2003 and 2008. He is currently a police officer in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lives with his family and two perpetually feuding cats. Colt's hobbies include cooking, camping, and kayaking. He also writes a near-weekly Substack. For more information, visit www.petercoltauthor.com.