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Cold Case (Alan Gregory #8)
It was a cold case…
The unsolved double murder of two teenage girls. They vanished on a crisp autumn night more than decade ago. Their mutilated bodies were found the following spring beneath the melting snow of the Colorado Rockies. Now--at the request of their families--this cold case is being reopened. Clinical psychologist Alan Gregory has been asked to compile a psyc...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
February 1st 2001
by Signet
(first published January 1st 2000)
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I just don't know about this book. I was excited about the subject and thought the concept was great. I found the thought of Dr. Gregory working for an organization that donates its time to solve cold cases to be fascinating. The first part of the book is regular Stephen White with all his facts, his twists and turns and getting to know the main characters. However, the back end of the book is what got me. It was like he had led you to a point where the deaths could be solved and the murderer or...more
A year or so before I grew weary of Jonathan Kellerman's increasingly tired Alex Delaware mysteries I came across Stephen White's Alan Gregory mysteries. At first I assumed I was getting just Delaware ripoffs (psychologist helps fat local police detective solve crimes; the telling was fresher and more enthusiastic, yet the scenario was hellish familiar) with an admixture of Patricia Cornwell (the fat local police detective is a bigot, yet somehow curiously gawsh-lovable for all that), and I susp...more
This eighth mystery involving the psychologist Alan Gregory was set in Steamboat, which was a big part of its draw for me. Gregory's home base is Boulder, so I'm not sure I would like the others as well. The upside of the book is some exciting plotting and a great sense of location, and the downside is that so much of the mystery gets explained by the villains as they hold Gregory at gunpoint.
In this book, Gregory joins a group of cold-case investigators to look into the death and mutilation of...more
In this book, Gregory joins a group of cold-case investigators to look into the death and mutilation of...more
I liked this book. It takes place in Boulder, nearby where I lived, so I enjoyed the local color, as well as in Steamboat springs. The protagonist is a clinical psychologist who is married to a district attorney who has MS. They are nauseatingly happy and in love. But a well funded secret society calls them to help them with a cold case of two teenage girls, one Japanese, who disappeared years ago by Steamboat springs. There is someone running for Senator who was a psychologists, and a gnarly wo...more
Not sure why I'm liking Stephen White so much - or maybe these two early books are just better than some of his more recent ones . . .
In this book Dr. Gregory and his wife Lauren are asked to consult on a cold case of two killed teenagers in Colorado. A group in Washington of forensic and investigatory experts picks up cold cases and lends their expertise to solve them.
I liked that there was plenty of psychology to this book but that because it wasn't under the actual dr/patient priviledge, he...more
In this book Dr. Gregory and his wife Lauren are asked to consult on a cold case of two killed teenagers in Colorado. A group in Washington of forensic and investigatory experts picks up cold cases and lends their expertise to solve them.
I liked that there was plenty of psychology to this book but that because it wasn't under the actual dr/patient priviledge, he...more
This is a thriller written by a clinical psychologist. I checked out Amazon revies and saw that it only got so-so ratings. For the first 300 pages I didn't know what the reviewers were talkinga about. I enjoyed the pace, tje setting and found the mystery intruiging. Then the last 50 pages were a total disappointment. This story feel apart in the end in a way I have rarely seen before. Things too unbelievable even for fiction began to happen at rapid fire speed. Coincidences abounded like in a ba...more
Dr. Alan Gregory, clinical psychologist, and his wife are hired as consultants by an independent investigative group known as Locard. This group is made up of esteemed investigators in various fields, and who take on cold cases in an attempt to resolve them. Gregory's case involves a double murder that took place in his home stated of Colorado fifteen years ago. His investigation takes him into the path of a candidate for the U.S. Senate and his assistant, who was the sheriff when the original m...more
Cold Case by Stephen White is an Alan Gregory novel. Copyrighted in 2000, 405 pages.
Alan and Lauren are recruited by an organization that works on cold cases, usually high profile.
Two cases are involved, both involving a politician whose wife was murdered. He also happened to be treating one of the murdered girls.
This was a good mystery. I have read Alan Gregory novels before and enjoyed them well enough. I lost track of this series somehow, though. But, it wasn't hard to get re- acquainted w...more
Alan and Lauren are recruited by an organization that works on cold cases, usually high profile.
Two cases are involved, both involving a politician whose wife was murdered. He also happened to be treating one of the murdered girls.
This was a good mystery. I have read Alan Gregory novels before and enjoyed them well enough. I lost track of this series somehow, though. But, it wasn't hard to get re- acquainted w...more
Feb 19, 2013
Ed
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Crime and psychological thrillers fans.
Shelves:
crime-fiction,
reviewed
Not one of White's better efforts but as with all the Alan Gregory novels, hard to put down once you've started.
The cold case is the unsolved double murder of two teenage girls who vanished in the Fall and whose bodies were found the following Spring. At the families' request their case is being reopened. Gregory is asked by a group of super-sleuths, who call themselves Locard, after the famous French detective, to prepare a profile of the two victims.
As you might imagine, the locals who botch...more
The cold case is the unsolved double murder of two teenage girls who vanished in the Fall and whose bodies were found the following Spring. At the families' request their case is being reopened. Gregory is asked by a group of super-sleuths, who call themselves Locard, after the famous French detective, to prepare a profile of the two victims.
As you might imagine, the locals who botch...more
Apr 02, 2008
Dlora
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Melissa
Recommended to Dlora by:
Dawn
Shelves:
murder-mystery,
suspense-thriller
I enjoy Stephen White's mystery/suspense novels partly because I enjoy the setting. Not so much the locale of the Colorado Rockies, which he describes beautifully, but the profession of clinical psychologists. For instance, I was fascinated with his description of the difference between the goals and methods of a detective's interview and a clinical psychologist's interview.
White also weaves a good mystery and the plot always ratchets up to deliver some tense action-packed events before the end...more
White also weaves a good mystery and the plot always ratchets up to deliver some tense action-packed events before the end...more
First time I have read this author. I found it intriguing and altogether enjoyable. It's quite a story and bound to keep ones interest to the very end. I like the fact that you don't know the whole story nor the resolution to the very end. While this is true of most mysteries, this one has so many possibilities of solution that you seem to be led one direction then another and another. Fascinating. A good read
Again, I seem to have missed something here. Still, a good story, about an old case of murder that was never solved. It's a bit contrived that they be asked to investigate alongside all these high-powered Washington people, including a conservative Congressman who is involved because his wife died about the same time as the two girls that Alan is there to deal with. The setting is really well-drawn.
Dec 01, 2010
KarenC
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to KarenC by:
series
Didn't have the constant tension used in the previous book
Manner of Death
to keep my interest, but there was enough to keep me reading. Each chapter ends in such as way that it kept me turning pages instead of hitting the hay. It can be read as a stand alone, although the curious may wonder how the association with the Locard organization came about. Continuing association with Locard would keep Alan Gregory challenged, but I'm not sure he's up to the life-threatening tests. In some situations...more
This very complex mystery was definitely a page turner. You're pointed to the guilty party from the beginning but it isn't clear what he's guilty of until the end. In fact, there are many guilty parties and it doesn't become obvious how many mysteries there are until people start admitting their roles. Alan and Lauren are called into to Locard, an organizatin that investigates cold cases, to help solve the mutilation murder of two teen girls 10 years ago. It almost costs Alan his life. Great cha...more
Dr Alan Gregory series. Enjoyed it. Old murder of two teenage girls is brought before the Locard group to investigate. The new Chief of Police and Tami Franklin's family request the investigation. The otu come is unexpected. Especially since two murders at different times become interrelated. Good visual description Would consider reading others in this series
Well done suspenseful story of an unsolved case of two teens who were murdered.
Does it connect to a woman who was kidnapped and shot in her home?
Is the Representative on the up and up, or is he a murderer?
Interesting info about a large place called the blowdown, where all the trees blew down in a storm.
Does it connect to a woman who was kidnapped and shot in her home?
Is the Representative on the up and up, or is he a murderer?
Interesting info about a large place called the blowdown, where all the trees blew down in a storm.
The storyline set up in the beginning drew me in. I have read many Stephen White books because I appreciate the Boulder locale and I like reading novels with repeating charactes who I have grown to be comfortable with. However, White's writing is somewhat stilted and his mysteries just seem to fall off in interest by the end. I also don't appreciate his political insertions, just throwaway lines.
You have to be in the right mood to read this - it's a bit of a
"cozy mystery." I stopped reading this book because White was simply trying too hard to sound intellectual and romantic rather than focus on the mystery. I'd read pages and pages of pointless dialogue and nauseating, overly "romantic" descriptions of the pregnant wife to the point where I was convinced that White forgot that he was writing about a murder mystery. I was actually really offended that his only main female character bar...more
"cozy mystery." I stopped reading this book because White was simply trying too hard to sound intellectual and romantic rather than focus on the mystery. I'd read pages and pages of pointless dialogue and nauseating, overly "romantic" descriptions of the pregnant wife to the point where I was convinced that White forgot that he was writing about a murder mystery. I was actually really offended that his only main female character bar...more
Stephen White’s Dr. Alan Gregory series combines mystery, psychology, and a Colorado setting into a package that might appeal to you. This is the seventh book in the series, but if you would rather start at the beginning, try Privileged Information.
This book succombed to to my one quarter rule. I liked the first ten pages and then couldn't I couldn't get into the rest. The premise was interesting, but the story became bogged down in detail. I think this story would be good for a more patient reader.
In this eighth book in the series, Alan Gregory gets involved with a group called Locard who are attempting to solve the double murder of 2 teen-age girls committed over a decade ago. I had a hard time putting this book down.
3 1/2 stars, good mystery, stayed up too late reading 'cause i had to know who killed the victims. shrink detective and d.a.wife help solve a cold case. will def read more in this series. sex, murder, politics, this has it all!
I thought the story line was interesting, but I don't care for White's writing. Not sure why. It felt at times like he ws trying to hard, adding in what were meant to be jokes or funny one-liners that felt very forced.
I haven't read this series for a while but it's quite interesting, especially since I read a much more current book first. It does seem to drag though and it took me a while to get through it....
Read White's newer novel "Kill Me" and decided to go back an pick up ones I haven't read. This was a good read, again, with intereting twists and lots of references to locations in Colorado.
This one drew my attention. Actually liked the clinical psychologist's point of view than the detective's point of view.
I guess I'll try another one from Stephen White.
I guess I'll try another one from Stephen White.
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I enjoy this series. This book took me longer to read than most of the others in the series so far, but it held my interest (even though I had some of it figured out before the ending).
A favorite author, Stephen White. Once again I go back to my favs, it's easy to get into a book when you know the characters so well.
Alan Gregory is the clinical psychologist who assist law enforcement. Interesting character along with the story line being excellent!
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Stephen White is the author of the New York Times bestselling Alan Gregory novels. In his books, he draws upon over fifteen years of clinical practice as a psychologist to create intriguing plots and complex, believable characters.
Born on Long Island, White grew up in New Y...more
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Stephen White is the author of the New York Times bestselling Alan Gregory novels. In his books, he draws upon over fifteen years of clinical practice as a psychologist to create intriguing plots and complex, believable characters.
Born on Long Island, White grew up in New Y...more
