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I picked up The Stranger on the Ice as I needed a book originally published in some other language for a challenge. I must admit, in contempo years I've only tried a couple of other translated titles. This book didn't make me desire to rush and try some others.

Although Calonego wrote the book originally in German language, the setting is the Canadian Arctic Circle. I really wanted to like this book for this reason lonely. I love the consummate foreignness of snowfall and ice and am always eager to read something set i

I picked upward The Stranger on the Ice as I needed a book originally published in another language for a challenge. I must admit, in recent years I've only tried a couple of other translated titles. This book didn't make me want to rush and try some others.

Although Calonego wrote the volume originally in German, the setting is the Canadian Chill Circumvolve. I really wanted to similar this book for this reason lonely. I dear the complete foreignness of snow and ice and am always eager to read something set in such a common cold climate.

Calonego takes total advantage of the setting early on when a immature woman'south body is found on the side of the route. Not whatsoever old route simply the water ice road made famous from the reality show Ice Route Truckers. This first chapter was actually okay and I thought from it that I might savor the rest only…

The plot and characters fabricated information technology a chip impossible for me to connect with the book. For example, likewise about the start, Valerie, our heroine, takes a phone phone call from a friend, Sedna, pleading for help earlier the call breaks up and they get cut off. Valerie doesn't fret too much well-nigh Sedna'southward predicament nor rush to call the authorities because, well, Valerie is in bed with a cold. Okay then…

Valerie does continue to call up about all of Sedna'south annoying and suspicious behaviours, thus attempting to justify why one wouldn't get too anxious with the late night telephone call. This sort of sums upwards how each scenes goes. Valerie and Clem, our hero, are constantly doing something odd and so only thinking about things, usually things that happened in the by. Their pasts aren't shown in flashbacks nor is there much actual action of things happening in the moment. Just lots of thinking.

And so in that location was the poor grammer. I'chiliad agape information technology only drove me to lark. One day either Calonego or her translator, Chapple, read almost brusque precipitous sentences. And they decided they were a expert thought. So they used them. All the fourth dimension. Often in conjunction with exclamation marks. But why! I don't know. It was annoying. I needed something longer. Perchance with description. And and then there were Yoda moments. Backwards were things. Patience is a virtue. But not one of my traits. I got very bored!

And don't even get me started on the stilted and clunky dialogue.

I was going to stress that the book may be ameliorate read in its original language and things might have been literally lost in translation. However, I did glance at some reviews written in German and, although my retentivity of grade 8 High german lessons are not good enough for me to read what they've said, none of them have particularly loftier ratings. Then…

I really couldn't recommend this to anyone. 1 out of 5 with the 1 existence awarded for the ice road really.

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Sep 02, 2018 Thebooktrail rated it really liked it

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What a not bad volume! The setting, mystery based on true facts and the brilliantly nuanced plot with overriding sense of foreboding throughout.

There's a lot to similar about this story and the fact the author has done the verbal same trail every bit the master grapheme really fascinated me from the off. It's a mega trail besides so very impressive. I plant that every bit well equally the mystery I learned and so much about the Inunit communities and way of life at the same time. Male child, it was a remo

Visit the locations in the novel

What a great book! The setting, mystery based on true facts and the brilliantly nuanced plot with overriding sense of foreboding throughout.

At that place'due south a lot to like nigh this story and the fact the author has done the verbal same trail every bit the main character really fascinated me from the off. It's a mega trail too so very impressive. I plant that as well as the mystery I learned so much about the Inunit communities and way of life at the same fourth dimension. Boy, it was a remote and chilling feel reading information technology and beingness there but what an experience it was. the book is evocative and the words cut similar blades of ice.

The fact that a frozen torso is found actually sends the chills upwardly the back of your neck. When ice and the icy north completely controls where you get, how you alive and sometimes how you lot die, to spend time there, even fictionally can really cause serious burns it would seem! I did like this i. It had everything a good thriller should have and more than. More please and how I would love to come across the author! Go u.s.a. a cup of hot coffee each and pick her brains further on the setting and her inspiration,. The story behind the story is almost as interesting equally the book itself. More please!

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Interesting thriller with a fascinating setting in the Canadian Arctic.

At the beginning of the book a body of a young adult female is found on the Water ice Road. The Ice Road runs from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk and it is the longest non-privatized ice route in the world (equally nosotros learn from the book). The discovery of a immature adult female's corpse causes an uproar in a modest community. No 1 seems to know how she happened to be in that location and who she was.

The main graphic symbol Clem Hardeven is very troubled by the whole affair.

Interesting thriller with a fascinating setting in the Canadian Arctic.

At the beginning of the book a trunk of a young woman is found on the Ice Route. The Ice Road runs from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk and information technology is the longest not-privatized ice road in the globe (as we learn from the book). The discovery of a immature woman's corpse causes an uproar in a pocket-sized community. No one seems to know how she happened to be there and who she was.

The main character Clem Hardeven is very troubled by the whole affair. He wants answers and he wants them asap. He feels responsible for everything that happens on the Water ice Route, because he is 1 of the people supervising it. He won't end at nada to learn the truth.

MacKenzie River ice road - via Wikimedia Commons

Another character Valerie also wants to know what happened and she has some suspicions that the expressionless woman is somehow continued with her friend Sedna, who mysteriously disappeared. Valerie regularly takes tourists on the Chill tour to Whitehorse in the Yukon. On the tour they travel by dogsled along the Takhini River and visit the gold-miner town of Dawson Urban center. While reading this novel I also felt similar a tourist. There was a lot of information nearly the climate, tourist destinations and the history of the place. By reading this book it was also possible to larn a fiddling almost the Inuvialuit community, its traditions and believes, which are fascinating. The characters participated in the Muskrat Jamboree, the Inuvialuit spring festival.

There are many secrets in this novel and it was interesting to larn about them. Valerie and Clem are nice characters and it was a pleasure to read almost their adventures. Simply the all-time office without a doubt was the setting in the Canadian Arctic. After finishing this book, I think that the real "killer" was the Arctic itself. Information technology is a frozen place, the climate is brutal and if y'all are non cautious enough it volition impale you lot. Just imagine: you go exterior in the jump time and information technology is xx-5 degrees below zero. What a torture! When it is sunny and "simply" 13 degrees beneath, people rejoice and telephone call it a good weather. In this climate yous tin can't go out anyone alone outside, because it could mean a death penalty if a person got lost. The author Bernadette Calonego did a great job describing the realities of life in the Arctic and giving her readers the feel of the identify. I very much recommend this book for everyone who wants to read a good thriller and is interested in the Arctic.

I received "The Stranger on the Ice" from the publisher via NetGalley. I would similar to thank the writer and the publisher for providing me with the advance reader copy of the book.

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Wintertime, Schnee und Kälte. Baldheaded kommen sie wieder in unsere Lande und treibt uns dazu die warmen Sachen heraus zu holen.

Die Temperaturen, die wir allerdings als kalt bis eisig empfinden, herrschen in anderen Ländern unserer Welt im Sommer. Dazu gehört auch das antarktische Kanada, über welches im Buch berichtet wird.

Ich hatte das Buch letztes Jahr gewonnen und musste nun entsetzt feststellen, das ich es noch nicht gelesen hatte.

Dies wollte ich natürlich schnell nachholen und begann damit. 10 Se

Winter, Schnee und Kälte. Bald kommen sie wieder in unsere Lande und treibt uns dazu die warmen Sachen heraus zu holen.

Dice Temperaturen, dice wir allerdings als kalt bis eisig empfinden, herrschen in anderen Ländern unserer Welt im Sommer. Dazu gehört auch das antarktische Kanada, über welches im Buch berichtet wird.

Ich hatte das Buch letztes Jahr gewonnen und musste nun entsetzt feststellen, das ich es noch nicht gelesen hatte.

Dies wollte ich natürlich schnell nachholen und begann damit. x Seiten weiter war ich dann bereits in eine Welt eingetaucht, die mich einfach nur verblüffte.

Warum? Lest selbst.

Wenn es etwas neben dem ganzen Schnee gab, dann waren es Charaktere. Im Laufe der Geschichte lernten wir immer mehr Personen kennen, dice teils zur Geschichte beitrugen, sie aber auch teils verwirrter machten.

Valerie ist eine der Hauptpersonen des Buches, der mir leider nicht so ganz gefiel. Wir erfuhren sehr viel über ihre Vergangenheit,welche nicht immer leicht zu verstehen war, da homo Handlungen nicht nachvollziehen konnte. Die Trennung von ihrem Isle of mann, verstand ich zum Beispiel keineswegs. Zur Geschichte ihrer Eltern möchte ich hier nicht all zu viel sagen, da sich diese im Laufe des Buches immer mehr aufbaute und schließlich auch gelöst wurde.

Was sie allerdings wieder sympathisch machte, war ihre Art, Touristen das Country, welches nur aus Eis und Schnee zu bestehen schien, schmackhaft zu machen. Sie führte ihre Gruppe vorbildlich an und gab spannende Informationen, die man als Leser förmlich aufsog.

Clem Hardeven, dagegen konnte durchweg überzeugen. Der Behüter der Eisstrasse legte eine große Portion Neugier an den Tag, die hin und wieder störte. Allerdings merkte man einfach, das sich dieser Mann um seine Umgebung sorgte. Er wollte Sicherheit sowohl für die vielen Völker als auch für Arbeiter oder Touristen.

Natürlich gab es noch viele weitere Charaktere im Buch. Da aber die Fülle an Personen dafür sorgte , das man stellenweise nicht mehr wusste, wer, wer war und welches Amt er trug, wäre es für mich unmöglich gewesen sie alle zu benennen.

Gerade da die Geschichte in einem Country spielte, das viele noch nie besucht hatten, hätte ich mir gewünscht, das man sich mehr auf die Völker bezogen hätte und ihren Kampf gegen die Außenwelt.

Ich kam sehr gut in das Buch und fühlte mich bereits nach einigen Seiten mehr als wohl. Dice Geschichte versprach viel und lieferte auch viel, was ihr am Ende zum Verhängnis wurde.

Tatsächlich ist man im Buch sehr schnell mit den Charakteren und den vielen Handlungssträngen überfordert.
Ein Mord, Überfälle, Explosionen, Vergiftungen, falsche Freunde, die Liste der Dinge dice im Buch geschahen war lang und verzweigte sich hin und wieder, was nur noch mehr verwirrte. Hier hätte ich mich gefreut, wenn human die Reise auf mehrere Bücher verteilt oder Valerie, mehr als einmal, eine Gruppe Touristen durch das Land geführt hätte. Für ein Buch war dies alles einfach zuviel.

Wenn nicht gerade etwas geschah, erlaubte es dice Autorin in die wundervolle Welt der Arktis einzutauchen. Teils wurde diese so realistisch erläutert, das es mir trotz Decke und Tee gehörig fröstelte. Homo hatte einfach das Gefühl mitten im Schnee zu stehen und zu spüren wie die eisige Kälte, den letzten Remainder Wärme aus dem Körper zerrte.

Besonders spannend erlas sich, das die Autorin die Strecke tatsächlich schon selbst einmal hinter sich gelegt hatte und daher, dieses Buch mit ihren Erfahrungen schmücken konnte.

Einmal ist für mich ein Versehen, zweimal kann passieren, auch dreimal kann ich noch verschmerzen. Allerdings entdeckte ich mehr als einmal das Leerzeichen fehlten oder Sätze zum Teil doppelt hintereinander standen. Hier würde ich mir eine Bearbeitung wünschen.

Das Comprehend sprach mich sehr an, da es einfach zu Thematik im Buch passte. Die verschneiten Berge, der vereiste See und die kühlen Farben, einfach wunderschön. Leider aber nicht sehr auffallend.

Hier half es auch nicht, den Titel des Buches in Rot zu gestalten, da diese Farbe sehr deplatziert wirkte.

Ich konnte es gut verstehen warum human being die Gestalt mit auf das Cover genommen hatte. Immerhin stellte sie eine Person im Buch dar. Da es im Buch aber nicht nur um sie ging, hätte ich hier ein anderes Motiv gewählt.

Die Idee zum Buch war toll und dice Beschreibung der Orte einfach verblüffend. Leider hakte es gewaltig an der Umsetzung der Geschichte und ihren vielen Verläufen, die den Leser schnell verwirrten.

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I loved this book!!! I read Stormy Cove a few years ago (besides loved it) and couldn't wait to read more books by the writer. This volume did not disappoint . I loved the characters, story and writing manner. I felt like I was at that place in the Chill on one of Valerie's tours (minus the freezing cold). I experience like I also get a mini history lesson on the Inuits and expeditions that took place in the Arctic.

Valerie Blaine runs her own bout company and oft takes tourists into the Arctic north. Her f

I loved this book!!! I read Stormy Cove a few years ago (also loved information technology) and couldn't wait to read more than books past the author. This book did non disappoint . I loved the characters, story and writing style. I felt like I was there in the Chill on i of Valerie's tours (minus the freezing cold). I feel like I also get a mini history lesson on the Inuits and expeditions that took place in the Arctic.

Valerie Blaine runs her own tour company and oft takes tourists into the Arctic northward. Her father was a famous hockey player and her mom loved trekking effectually the Chill. Information technology was on 1 of those Chill expeditions when Valerie's mom mysteriously died. Her death was never talked virtually and Valerie never knew what happened.

Right earlier Valerie takes her latest bout grouping to the Arctic, a adult female's body is plant frozen on Ice Road outside an Inuit village. Valerie as well gets a strange message from Sedna, a woman she once considered a friend. So Valerie meets one of her mom'southward childhood friends. Naturally, I disliked Sedna. She seemed crazy, I did feel bad for her at the end, simply only slightly.

There were several mysteries revealed throughout the book. Valerie discovers what happens on her parent'south fateful trip. The reasons behind Sedna'south actions are revealed. I honestly never saw that coming and institute that part to be a wonderful twist. It was non what I was expecting. I enjoyed beingness on the tour with Valerie. The book was beautifully written. It was a bit of a mystery, with a niggling romance thrown in.

I definitely recommend this book and can't wait to read more by the author.

Thanks to NetGalley, AmazonCrossing and the author, Bernadette Calonego, for a free electronic ARC of this novel.

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Oct 01, 2018 Anya rated it really liked it

3,5 stars.

After reading Stormy Cove from Bernadette Calonego last year I was excited every bit soon equally I saw there was a new book from the author. The setting is similar (common cold, cold, common cold and a minor community) so I was certain I will enjoy information technology. And I did, my but problem with the novel is probably that my expectations were then loftier!
"The Stranger on the Ice" is skillful, with a very strong sense of place and proficient characters even if the MC Valerie was a chip week in my opinion.
The plot was interesting merely also human being

3,5 stars.

After reading Stormy Cove from Bernadette Calonego last year I was excited equally soon as I saw there was a new book from the author. The setting is similar (common cold, cold, cold and a minor community) so I was sure I volition enjoy it. And I did, my but problem with the novel is probably that my expectations were and then loftier!
"The Stranger on the Ice" is good, with a very strong sense of place and expert characters fifty-fifty if the MC Valerie was a flake week in my stance.
The plot was interesting simply besides many things had been thrown in and not fully developed. Reading the author'due south annotation some things are explained, other (small-scale) events don't have a proper resolution. Some people like open endings and hither we accept some resolution and something left to our imagination, and so everybody can find something to honey about it.
Overall and enjoyable read, I rounded upwards my rating to iv stars because the setting is really good, yous can experience the cold seeping through the pages. Merely if y'all're new to Bernadette Calonego I will start past reading Stormy Cove commencement.

I would like to thank NetGalley, the publisher and the writer for giving me ARC of that volume in exchange for an honest review.

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Aug 27, 2018 Jeanette rated it really liked it

Not only the encompass drew my attention to this book, just too the title. Anyway, this was an enjoyable book, but wouldn't say that it gripped me equally much equally i would take thought. There were parts that i seem to fly through and parts where i found it difficult going. This book wouldn't stop me from reading more past this writer in the near hereafter.

My thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for my copy. This is my honest review, freely given.

Not only the cover drew my attention to this book, simply also the title. Anyway, this was an enjoyable book, but wouldn't say that it gripped me every bit much as i would have thought. At that place were parts that i seem to fly through and parts where i establish it difficult going. This book wouldn't end me from reading more by this author in the near futurity.

My thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for my re-create. This is my honest review, freely given.

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Thank you NetGalley and AmazonCrossing for the eARC.
Not knowing what to expect from this book, I ended upwardly absolutely loving information technology. What a fabulous mental vacation, visiting the freezing Arctic from my warm home!
We meet the 2 main characters, Valerie Blaine and Clem Hardeven. Valerie is an independent tour guide, who takes tourists on trips through the Arctic N. Clem is the manager of the Water ice Road, the 15-foot thick road of water ice that truckers, locals and tourists apply in wintertime.
The frozen trunk of Thank you NetGalley and AmazonCrossing for the eARC.
Not knowing what to look from this book, I concluded up absolutely loving it. What a fabulous mental vacation, visiting the freezing Chill from my warm dwelling!
We meet the 2 main characters, Valerie Blaine and Clem Hardeven. Valerie is an contained tour guide, who takes tourists on trips through the Arctic North. Clem is the manager of the Ice Route, the fifteen-foot thick road of ice that truckers, locals and tourists utilise in winter.
The frozen body of a young girl is institute not far from an Inuit village merely before Valerie takes a group of tourists out. That and the mysterious disappearance of her friend Sedna upset her quite a bit and she can't await to get to Tuktoyaktuk to share her concerns with Clem.
Valerie, a erstwhile announcer, has a undercover past. Her father was Canada's most famous hockey player and on a trip he took with Valerie'due south mother to the Arctic, she was mysteriously killed. Her male parent never discussed it with either her or her twin brothers and she grew upwardly not really knowing her birth mother, only with a loving stepmother. Her beloved of the Arctic may accept something to practise with wanting to find out what actually happened to her mother.
The tour, as lovingly described by the writer, is so vivid you about automatically screw up your eyes when traversing the blinding snow and ice; equally for the cold...unbelievable! Somehow I don't call up I would travel further than Canada's Sunshine Coast and Vancouver...but reading near the Inuit communities, the animals, the permafrost and the stunning sights was fascinating. Of grade I Googled the area; the history of information technology solitary is then interesting. The but thing I wouldn't do, as a fervent dog lover, is visit the Arctic - I would be like Clem'south ex-girlfriend: so upset the dogs are kept on a curt chain, outside 24/7 unless they're pulling sleds, I'd have to loftier tail it out of in that location.
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4 stars

Valerie Blaine is a tour guide for a visitor of one. She is in the Artic to deport her latest bout. The Artic is where he own mother died approximately thirty years earlier. Her female parent'due south expiry was kept tranquility and remains unsolved.

She is in bed with the flu when her friend Sedna calls saying she is in trouble. Then the call is cut off. Valerie reminisces near her human relationship with Sedna. She's zippo merely problem. She still likes her for some odd reason though. When Sedna goes missing, Va

4 stars

Valerie Blaine is a bout guide for a visitor of i. She is in the Artic to bear her latest tour. The Artic is where he own female parent died approximately thirty years before. Her mother'due south expiry was kept placidity and remains unsolved.

She is in bed with the influenza when her friend Sedna calls saying she is in trouble. Then the call is cut off. Valerie reminisces almost her human relationship with Sedna. She's zippo simply trouble. She still likes her for some odd reason though. When Sedna goes missing, Valerie is not also worried about it at first. Sedna has done this many times earlier.

A adult female's body is institute on the ice near Inuvik exterior of a small Inuit village.

Clem Hardeven is manager of the Ice Road. He is very frustrated at the lack of data he gets from his dominate most the woman on the water ice, so he and his domestic dog Meteor bulldoze around town looking for whatever scraps of information they can find.

Clem and Valerie are the protagonists in the story. They course a relationship. Over time, the body on the ice is identified as Sedna. More surprises are in store for Valerie as she wonders if this killing is tied to her female parent'southward.

This is a good story, well written and translated from its original language. I enjoyed information technology, although not equally much as some of Ms. Calonego's earlier works. It was rich in clarification of the forbidding ice and cold in the Artic and the modest village.

I want to thank NetGalley and AmazonCrossing for forwarding to me a copy of this good book to read, enjoy and review.

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"Ane point to yous, my friend," he conceded. "Be conscientious non eat too much maktak or you'll be as white as a tanngit."

I saw the cover of this ane, read the description and was really looking forrard to reading it. Unfortunately, this book and I were just not a expert fit. The conversations the characters had just didn't seem realistic - there were odd words thrown in that made them audio less natural (and actually pulled me out of the story). The story itself was too total of random people - the ii st

"One point to you, my friend," he conceded. "Be conscientious not swallow too much maktak or y'all'll exist as white equally a tanngit."

I saw the encompass of this one, read the description and was actually looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately, this book and I were only not a good fit. The conversations the characters had just didn't seem realistic - in that location were odd words thrown in that made them sound less natural (and really pulled me out of the story). The story itself was too full of random people - the two storylines were meshed and confusing and I only never plant myself really invested in the missing friend, the dead woman, the random mystery of her mother'southward expiry and the 25K that was taken.

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I did not savour this book - to say the plot is far fetched is an understatement. The characters are shallow and numerous, and accept for most function unusual names. They are hard to go along direct, and have no endearing qualities. Every now then there is an interesting tidbit or cool matter mixed in such every bit the 'ice house'. I fabricated it thru the volume but merely barely. I did not enjoy this book - to say the plot is far fetched is an understatement. The characters are shallow and numerous, and have for well-nigh role unusual names. They are hard to continue straight, and take no endearing qualities. Every now then there is an interesting tidbit or cool thing mixed in such as the 'ice house'. I made it thru the book just merely barely. ...more than

Sep 19, 2018 Dawn Puig rated it did non like information technology

Got 38% finished with this book and couldn't read information technology anymore. There was no story! Couldn't effigy out what/where the book was going? Decided to not waste my time when there are soooo many books out there.

Nov 04, 2018 Wanda rated it really liked information technology

Received this volume from the Goodreads Giveaways. Really enjoyed it.
The story is gear up in Chill Canada. A adult female is found frozen to expiry on the Water ice Road. This is the route that freezes on the MacKenzie River Delta from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk. Clem Hardeven is in charge of the road and feels responsible for the woman's death. It takes awhile to effigy out who she is and the mystery is why she was out in that location.
The owner of a tour company that leads groups from Whitehorse to Tuktoyaktuk is Valerie Blaine Received this book from the Goodreads Giveaways. Really enjoyed information technology.
The story is set in Arctic Canada. A woman is institute frozen to decease on the Ice Road. This is the road that freezes on the MacKenzie River Delta from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk. Clem Hardeven is in accuse of the road and feels responsible for the woman'due south death. It takes awhile to figure out who she is and the mystery is why she was out there.
The owner of a tour company that leads groups from Whitehorse to Tuktoyaktuk is Valerie Blaine and a friend of Clem's. She receives a call from her friend Sedna proverb her life has been threatened then ends the telephone call. Valerie is starting a new bout and is worried nigh her friend. Every bit the bout progresses she keeps finding out that Sedna has been asking about her parents in places that Valerie visits. Valerie's mother died in the Chill in a tragic accident nigh 30 years earlier and in that location is a bit of a mystery surrounding that. Valerie wants to find her friend and finding out what actually happened to her mother. Her begetter was a famous hockey player and Valerie sort of hides her identity considering she doesn't want the publicity surrounding her famous parents. I of her brothers has finally decided to help her look into things and sends some people to go along an middle on her (protect her) without her knowledge.
In the meantime Clem's dominate has been going missing off and on and Clem has been attacked as has a ranger in the area. Some other strange things have happened in the area such every bit a local musher's dog has been poisoned and a mysterious large explosion out on the ice. Lots of side stories going on and things come together in the finish.
Really good descriptions of an area that virtually of us would never visit. Challenging conditions to live in especially in the pocket-size isolated villages. The story besides discusses a lot about the local native traditions and myths. Some romance thrown in along with jealousy, greed, resentment and secrets.
A good read.
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How deep is she willing to go to find the secrets of her by?
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How deep is she willing to go to detect the secrets of her past?
Tour guide Valerie Blaine has always been haunted past the tragic expiry of her mother during an Arctic expedition 30 years before--unsolved, hushed upward, and for Valerie, an unsettled part of a past she's never been able to escape. Its grip on Valerie is tighter than ever, now that she'due south been hired to lead a tourist grouping across the same desolate terrain where her mother died.
Just when a adult female's frozen corpse is plant outside a quiet Inuit village just as they're most to depart, and a friend of Valerie's mysteriously disappears, Valerie's suspicions abound; her disquiet is only eased by Clem Hardeven. A human of risk and roughneck charisma, he'southward drawn to Valerie--but he knows cipher of the mysteries that eat her.
As their search takes them into the icy reaches of the Arctic north, Valerie starts to fright that it's all tied to the darkness that befell her own family unit long ago--a dangerous puzzle whose pieces have remained elusive to her. Until now.


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I have to say, this is the first book were it was difficult for me to follow along. Honestly there was to many things going on in this story, there was just to many things going on in this story. It's very difficult for me to actually write this review, being at that place is as well to many charters actually involved in the over all story moving frontwards. I would recommend this book to anyone who has patience and likes suspense, because that'south exactly what this book is near, "Suspense."

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Hanging Threads

The book moves swiftly but often reads like a romance novel. Later the first few chapters, I was sure the author had been a tourist in the area, not a local. I was bothered past unresolved and disruptive plot threads like the shaman rattles and someone's hiding a dead woman'southward locket for no reason.
This is a fun, fast read if you lot are tolerant of two-dimensional characters and trite courtship troupes. I did similar reading virtually this part of the world. The author is at her best when descri

Hanging Threads

The book moves swiftly merely often reads like a romance novel. After the start few capacity, I was sure the author had been a tourist in the area, non a local. I was bothered by unresolved and confusing plot threads like the shaman rattles and someone's hiding a dead woman's locket for no reason.
This is a fun, fast read if you are tolerant of ii-dimensional characters and trite courtship troupes. I did similar reading most this part of the world. The author is at her best when describing the tourist group and their interactions. That part felt real.

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This is the 2d time I have been mesmerized by this writer. The style the landscape is detailed and explained makes me feel like I'm really there! I constitute myself reaching for the coating because I was cold - in the summer. The plot evolution held my interest throughout the story and wasn't anticipated but withal wasn't frustrating either. Sometimes when an author throws in a plot twist that makes no sense simply to get a rise out of an audience it bothers me. That's not the instance here. The characte This is the 2d time I have been mesmerized past this writer. The way the landscape is detailed and explained makes me experience similar I'm really there! I found myself reaching for the coating because I was cold - in the summer. The plot evolution held my involvement throughout the story and wasn't anticipated but even so wasn't frustrating either. Sometimes when an author throws in a plot twist that makes no sense just to get a rise out of an audience it bothers me. That'south non the case hither. The graphic symbol relationship development is sweetness and romantic. Overall this is some other 5 star from the author. ...more

Aug 29, 2018 Katie rated it it was ok

I won this volume from a goodreads giveaway.

I was skeptical about the book since information technology was translated, simply information technology's actually pretty well written. I had a difficult time connecting/relating to the characters. I couldn't keep upwards with all the twists and it was difficult to sympathize all the characters and their roles (even at the very end). At that place were some parts of the book that, to me, were not very realistic (just maybe it could exist for the surface area the volume is prepare in?).

Overall, information technology was nice to read something dissimilar

I won this book from a goodreads giveaway.

I was skeptical about the book since it was translated, but it's actually pretty well written. I had a hard fourth dimension connecting/relating to the characters. I couldn't proceed upward with all the twists and it was difficult to understand all the characters and their roles (fifty-fifty at the very stop). There were some parts of the book that, to me, were non very realistic (only maybe it could be for the area the book is set in?).

Overall, it was nice to read something different from a new writer.

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Es war nicht schlecht. Die Story war ok, die Personen glaubhaft und lebendig. Und natürlich kann ich mir vorstellen, dass die Arktis für viele Krimi-Leser doch noch relativ unbekannt ist und daher einen besonderen Reiz ausübt.
Aber so begeistert, dass ich jetzt sofort alle anderen Bücher der Autorin aufspüren täte, bin ich wirklich nicht.

Aug 09, 2019 Deanna rated information technology it was amazing

A peak at life in the frozen n!

I enjoyed this writer's writing and clarification of the life in the Artic! Her plot was complicated and airtight. I honey a mystery that I haven't solved midway!

A peak at life in the frozen north!

I enjoyed this author'due south writing and description of the life in the Artic! Her plot was complicated and airtight. I love a mystery that I haven't solved midway!

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Sep 12, 2018 Bj Pierce rated it information technology was amazing

A mystery and history in the frozen chill

The volume has several plots that inter weave with splendid characters. The description of the Chill landscape and its native people painted such an enlightening motion-picture show of this region. Enjoy your reading of this arctic mystery.

Wasn't sure in the first couple pages if information technology was my type of book. And so things picked upwards and started getting interesting! Kept getting more interesting the more I read. Liked the Arctic setting and the interweaving of characters. Intriguing plot and ending. very good read! Wasn't certain in the offset couple pages if it was my blazon of book. Then things picked up and started getting interesting! Kept getting more than interesting the more I read. Liked the Arctic setting and the interweaving of characters. Intriguing plot and catastrophe. very proficient read! ...more than

Aug 02, 2018 Paula Pugh rated it it was astonishing

Stranger on the Ice is a very complex thriller! It has twists and turns, suspicious characters, lovely folklore and a tense story. This is a terrific novel with well written characters and a wealth of detail for the locations, the people and the story itself.

Oct 26, 2018 kim caldwell rated it really liked information technology

Brought the arctic to life

It was a slow starting time and a bit confusing during the kickoff third of the volume. As the pieces started meeting, the story became much more interesting. Some strong characters emerged, just there were many twists. Loved the scenery almost of all!

A little disruptive, but some parts were interesting. I didn't care for the hunting and creature cruelty, but I guess that'due south how people in the Arctic Circle live. Interesting. A little confusing, but some parts were interesting. I didn't intendance for the hunting and animal cruelty, just I gauge that's how people in the Arctic Circle live. Interesting. ...more

Sep 25, 2018 Kathy Webb rated it it was amazing

I won this book on a Goodreads giveaway - cheers to all involved. This is an interesting
book with a good plot. I would recommend it.

Dec 30, 2018 Melissa rated it actually liked it

Loved the details!

I enjoyed the characters and story. The details of the people and places and what they did there, were what brought the book to life for me.

October 07, 2018 Teresa rated information technology really liked information technology

If for nothing else, read this for the setting. It is well-done with a sense of surface area and forbidding which perfectly evokes the arctic. The sensitive dealing with race relations was a surprise (the reader gets to learn a lot about the modern Inuvialuit which I enjoyed). The characters are decent-they don't detract from the mystery which is a truthful mystery. There're a lot of secrets, a lot of difficult to grasp characters, and a lot is left unknown which suits the overall tone, setting, and mystery. If for nothing else, read this for the setting. It is well-done with a sense of expanse and forbidding which perfectly evokes the chill. The sensitive dealing with race relations was a surprise (the reader gets to learn a lot almost the modern Inuvialuit which I enjoyed). The characters are decent-they don't detract from the mystery which is a true mystery. There're a lot of secrets, a lot of difficult to grasp characters, and a lot is left unknown which suits the overall tone, setting, and mystery. Well washed. ...more than

This is the first book I've ever read that has been published by Amazon Crossing. After a bit of inquiry googling I've discovered that Amazon Crossing is the translation arm of Amazon Publishing, so it'south not cocky-publishing, only you can advise a book to be translated on their website. Regardless, I was adequately happy with The Stranger on the Ice by Bernadette Calonego which was translated from the German by Gerald Chapple, and interestingly plenty, information technology takes place in Canada, and Calonego actually This is the first book I've ever read that has been published by Amazon Crossing. After a flake of research googling I've discovered that Amazon Crossing is the translation arm of Amazon Publishing, so it'due south not self-publishing, merely you tin can propose a book to be translated on their website. Regardless, I was fairly happy with The Stranger on the Water ice by Bernadette Calonego which was translated from the German past Gerald Chapple, and interestingly plenty, it takes place in Canada, and Calonego actually lives in Canada (only was born in Switzerland) then it didn't actually experience like a translation at all!

I recollect choosing this out of a catalogue to review because the setting sounded so exotic. It takes place in the Canadian Arctic, and the 'Water ice Road' in particular plays a big part in the plotline-it's where the outset body is establish. The Ice Route in the Northwest Territories used to open a few months a year equally it was fabricated completely of ice, but it has now closed and been replaced with an all-flavour road (not as cool, but much more practical!).

Our protagonist is Valerie, a young woman who leads tours of audacious people upwards to the Arctic for a few weeks at a time, but the discovery of this body has made her trip (a flake) more dangerous than usual. In addition to this, Valerie has a long-kept hush-hush; her male parent was a famous hockey role player, and her female parent died in a strange accident up in the Chill decades before when they were together. Although she's always wanted to know what happened she'due south never been able to detect out the truth until this about recent trip where more than one expressionless body shows up. Oh, and in that location'southward a love story, just information technology's not really important to the understanding of the book and it doesn't play a huge part anyway.

The diverse mysteries of this book were interesting and well conceived; a few people die and we're not sure why, or who really had a motive to exercise it. Aside from other strange occurrences, there's a the question equally to whether there is a mythical power at play, as the beliefs of the local Inuvialuit population incorporate Shamanism and their power to predict or influence events. In fact, one of the best parts of this volume are the myths and stories that we readers get to hear nigh this from special part of Canada (obviously I'yard a bit biased being Canadian myself, but I still call back people will observe this interesting).

There are a few things I didn't like about the book; firstly the pacing of information technology lagged towards the middle. With the introduction of and then many cherry herrings and sub-plots it felt like we were losing momentum that built so easily in the start part of the story, so you really needed to focus on the characters and their various motives to go y'all through some pages.

Secondly, the dialogue was a bit stilted at times. This can happen in a translation, and Chapple did practice a actually skilful job at making it menstruation in almost parts, but in that location was some inner dialogue that felt clunky, for example:

"She peered into his exhausted face and thought: I really similar him very much" (p. 221).

Of class the regular reader may stop for an extra 2nd or ii after reading that sentence and think it'south a bit odd simply keep moving along, whereas a reviewer similar myself feels it necessary to point it out, but for the sake of doing my task properly. Should this forestall you lot from picking upward the volume in the get-go place? Of course not. However, exist aware that these bug exist before yous selection it up, that way you tin focus on the cute descriptions of life in the Arctic from Calonego's indicate of view.

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Am besten gefiel mir das Setting der Geschichte in der kanadischen Arktis. Die Geschichte ist spannend zu lesen und kurzweilig.
Allerdings fand ich „Stormy Cove" besser, spannender und irgendwie runder von der Story her.

I was born and raised in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, on Lake Lucerne, a very picturesque surface area with mountains and lakes. I grew up in a house total of volume lovers. Equally a kid, I sneaked in my brothers` rooms to read their hazard books like "Ivanhoe", "The Leatherstocking Tales", "Treasure Island", "Robinson Crusoe", "Huckleberry Finn". Or I persuaded my female parent that I was old enough t I was born and raised in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, on Lake Lucerne, a very picturesque surface area with mountains and lakes. I grew upward in a firm full of volume lovers. Equally a child, I sneaked in my brothers` rooms to read their adventure books like "Ivanhoe", "The Leatherstocking Tales", "Treasure Isle", "Robinson Crusoe", "Huckleberry Finn". Or I persuaded my female parent that I was old enough to read romances (they were really harmless!). To brand me happy, I wanted nothing more than read a good book while eating an apple, and to be left alone!

My female parent, a poet, encouraged me to try my hand at writing at an early on age. My first publication was a fairytale, which appeared in a Swiss paper when I was eleven years old. I was soooo proud!

But I did non turn into a writer right away. I became a instructor, then a reporter and a strange correspondent.

My career has included working as a reporter/editor for Reuters newsagency in Zurich. My time covering financial news for Reuters inspired my book "The Zurich Conspiracy".

From 1990 to 2000, I was the foreign correspondent for "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the largest circulation daily paper in Germany, reporting from Switzerland.

I at present reside and work as a freelance foreign correspondent and author near Vancouver, Canada, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast (okay, in winter, it is raining a lot). Visitors in my lawn include black bears, racoons, coyotes and assuming eagles. I write regularly for newspapers and magazines in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

My first volume "Nutze deine Feinde" (translated into "The Zurich Conspiracy") and my second book "Unter dunklen Wassern" (Nether dark waters) were both published past Bloomsbury Berlin Verlag. In November 2011, „Oh wie schön ist Kanada!" (Oh, how beautiful is Canada!) was published past Ullstein Verlag.

Come and read my English weblog on my website www.bernadettecalonego.com

I would love to hear from yous!

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