{"id":711,"date":"2025-09-12T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:18:02","slug":"cold-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"Cold Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ashley Kalagian Blunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleykalagianblunt.com\">https:\/\/www.ashleykalagianblunt.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=71dabbe3f75c4242&amp;rlz=1C5OZZY_enAU1148AU1148&amp;q=cold+truth&amp;si=AMgyJEsS9yFPUNnJcpkaSNMRXqlEVqQyHH4Mlhwr1xoNB-FA4OoCD93mwseF47V41b4pwvic0TjXcy9n6Iv99RqlX_KpeTapGqZMoZeDPSFD_0AccR9GnvE%3D&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiKoI2QltKPAxVlSGwGHSX9DEYQyNoBKAB6BAguEAA&amp;ictx=1\"><\/a>About:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harlow Close has made a career as an influencer uncovering&nbsp;the secrets of Winnipeg, dubbed \u2018North America&#8217;s strangest city\u2019. The region is renowned for its sub-zero temperatures, dropping to minus 40 degrees \u2013&nbsp;sometimes for months at a time. Yet, it\u2019s not just the frigid winters and geographic seclusion that render Winnipeg peculiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Harlow\u2019s father mysteriously disappears amid&nbsp;a brutal cold snap, suspicions of foul play arise. It\u2019s not like Scott to&nbsp;miss phone&nbsp;calls \u2013 and he\u2019s been even more cautious since that time he&nbsp;was catfished by a romance scammer. Unhappy with the pace of the police investigation, Harlow launches her own search, enlisting her sister Blaise\u2019s reluctant help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Review:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A chillingly graphic compelling story of two sisters Harlow and Blaise and their race to find their abducted father Scott Close.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do we really ever know those closest to us.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harlow is plunged headlong into&nbsp;events about her dad and sister that she finds hard to believe.&nbsp; Blaise doesn&#8217;t take things as seriously which infuriates Harlow until the point comes when  she questions when she can really trust her sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are amusing moments in the book with Blaise dog adorable Caesar the Pomeranian and strangely between the Tall man and Grizzly, when they lose a body it is like reading the escapades of a Laurel and Hardy double act with deathly intentions. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Both girls vastly different and at loggerheads most of the time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harlow, runs a successful walking tour business Secrets of Winnipeg with a large Instagram following but using social media as a platform to try to find her father proves to be far from a blessing, whilst her assistant Willa who could normally take the tours but with a recent injury and wearing a moon boot as left Harlow  juggling her business, her sister and the search for her father.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>With time running out. Freezing temperatures and relationships at breaking point Harlow is running the gauntlet of emotions. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winnipeg sounds an inhospitable place to live.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This book is gripping. It\u2019s difficult to put down and I found myself reading this in less than a week something I\u2019ve not done for a while. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Kalagian Blunt https:\/\/www.ashleykalagianblunt.com About: Harlow Close has made a career as an influencer uncovering&nbsp;the secrets of Winnipeg, dubbed \u2018North America&#8217;s strangest city\u2019. The region is renowned for its sub-zero temperatures, dropping to minus 40 degrees \u2013&nbsp;sometimes for months at a time. 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