Former CIA assassin Alex Parker works for The Gateway Project, a clandestine government organization hell-bent on taking out serial killers and pedophiles before they enter the justice system. Alex doesn't enjoy killing, but he's damn good at it. He's good at dodging the law, too--until a beautiful rookie agent has him wondering what it might be like to get caught.

FBI Special Agent Mallory Rooney has spent years hunting the lowlife who abducted her identical twin sister eighteen years ago. Now, during an on-going serial killer investigation, Mallory begins to suspect there's a vigilante operating outside the law. She has no choice but to take him down, because murder isn't justice. Is it?

When Mallory starts asking questions, The Gateway Project management starts to sweat, and orders Alex to watch her. As soon as they meet, the two begin to fall in love. But the lies and betrayals that define Alex's life threaten to destroy them both - especially when the man who stole her sister all those years ago makes Mallory his next target, and Alex must reveal his true identity to save the woman he loves.

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Listening Length	9 hours and 54 minutes
Author	Toni Anderson
Narrator	Eric G. Dove
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Audible.com Release Date	December 19, 2014
Publisher	Toni Anderson
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00R8E2SF6
Best Sellers Rank	#64,217 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,804 in Women Sleuth Mysteries #2,394 in Romantic Suspense (Audible Books & Originals) #10,230 in Women Sleuths (Books)

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Maureen's Books

Great read!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 2022

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After reading a lot of Contemporary Romance novels lately, I absolutely loved reading a book filled with suspense. And ‘A Cold Dark Place’ definitely has a lot of suspenseful moments. From the moment I started reading I was hooked and I was excited to learn more about Mallory, Alex and the disappearance of Mallory’s twin sister Payton. There was a lot going on and I found myself sitting on the edge of my seat.

The suspense in this book was definitely exciting. This book alternated from going from Mallory’s point of view, to that of Alex’s and to the killers point of view. I loved that! And although it might sound of bit confusing, it definitely wasn’t. I also found there was a perfect blend of suspense and romance.

The two main characters Mallory and Alex where very fun to get to know and I enjoyed getting to know them. Both characters where a bit tragic in there own way. Mallory, having to live a life without her twin sister and having the exact same face as the little girl that is still being looked for every year by one of the senators. And Alex, the ex-soldier who survived a Moroccan prison and the death of his mates. I loved these two.

‘A Cold Dark Place’ was a wonderful exciting read that kept me hooked. And above all it made me want to read more books by this author for sure. If you’re looking for a Romantic Suspense novel, this one definitely gets my recommendation.

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J. Minor

wonderful storyline that will hook you!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2023

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I am hooked!!! There is sadness, love, lust, suspense and soul searching in this story. Can’t wait to read the next story. If I could have I would have read straight thru. The ending??? Oh my goodness you have got to read!

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Lana Hasson

Riveting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2023

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I could not put down this book. It was exciting, interesting and disturbing all at once. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys thrillers!

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Great storyline and wonderful rendition of justice!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2023

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A must read!
Has mystery, suspense and romance!
I couldn't hardly put it down!
This was certainly a page turner!

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Beckymmoe

Unputdownable!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 30, 2022

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OMG, this book was intense! I've read some of the later books in the series and loved them, and decided it was time to go back to the beginning and see what I missed. I'm not sorry at all!

Mallory and Alex's story was nonstop suspense, action, and drama from the first page to the last. Ms Anderson really knows how to ratchet up the tension, and she did it here with page turning skill. She gives us multiple POVs here--the hero and heroine, of course, but also the antagonist (whose identity is cleverly hidden until they are finally outed), one of his victims, and at least one of Mallory's coworkers (and a future series hero!)--she has a real knack for knowing whose eyes we should be seeing each scene from for maximum impact.

There's a whole lot of twists and turns in this story, and several hidden identities (who IS the killer? Who is the FBI leak? Who are the shadowy figures in charge of the organization Alex works for? Who CAN Mallory actually trust here???) and I don't want to spoil a single one, so I'm going to have to be vague. But what I can tell you is that if you like romantic suspense stories that are twisty and dark and filled with complex characters who might be doing some wrong things for the right reasons (or are they?), then this is the book and series starter for you!

For the most part, all of the books I've read in the Cold Justice series can be read as standalones. But this is the first book! Start here! Characters to make appearances in books that are not their own quite a bit, so you might as well get started on the ground floor. I promise you won't be sorry :)

Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

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I'm Hooked!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2022

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FBI Special Agent Mallory Rooney has been trying to find the person (or people) that kidnapped her twin sister when they were just nine years old, while she is on a case she becomes suspicious that there may be a vigilante killer out there as well as a serial killer.

Alex Parker worked for the CIA but now he works for a clandestine government organization that takes out serial killers and pedophiles before they enter the justice system. He is also one of the owners of a high tech security company.

I was really sucked into the story right from the start and while I knew it was a Romantic Suspense I was surprised at how Steamy it was...not sure why since I do like my books steamy but I think I was so into the story and the chase that the romance part of it was secondary especially since both Alex and Mallory were so into their jobs it left little time for anything else. But I totally enjoyed it all!

The Dual POV was great but the real treat was the third one, YES we get into the killer's mind as well for a Third POV. This story was fast paced with lots of action, steamy times, and a wonderful cast of secondary characters. This was my first book by Toni Anderson and I'm hooked! I added all of the books in this series to my TBR shelf and I am THRILLED that I will get more of Alex and Mallory in A COLD DARK PROMISE.

I would recommend this book to those that enjoy Steamy Romantic Suspense Reads, Law Enforcement, Former Military, or Serial Killer Thrillers. And for an extra layer of immersing yourself into the book I would recommend purchasing the audiobook, the narration by Eric G. Dove was really well done.

Happy Reading!!!

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JULIE P

Polished and read worthy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 25, 2022

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I thought everything in this book was believable and credible. I think the author did her research on all agencies involved. A great read, and I plan to read the rest of the series.

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katie_83

Fantastic romantic suspense story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 28, 2019

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A Cold Dark Place (Cold Justice #1)
By Toni Anderson
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What an amazing read! I still have goose bumps after finishing it! When I first read the blurb for this book I thought it sounded good and Toni Anderson is a new to me author so I thought I would give it ago – I am so, so glad that I did! I was hooked from the very first page! It was a brilliant mix of romance and suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat and also turning the pages just to see what was going to happen next!
Mallory was a great female lead and I could feel the passion she had for her job, she was determined to find out what happened to her twin sister. I was rooting for her the whole way through to finally get the answers she wanted.
Alex was a really intriguing character and I loved reading about him – there was chemistry between him and Mallory that was quite evident. I really loved the mystery surrounding him although I was worried he would end up hurting Mallory – this is one of the things that kept me turning the pages as I wanted to find out what would happen with them.
A Cold Dark Place was a fantastic 5 star romantic suspense novel that I highly recommend!

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J. Vance

Same story as many others

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 11, 2022

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There is nothing new here, or at least little. I have read other books about 'I joined the FBI because my sister/brother was taken/killed', many, many of them. What is new is the level of infantile behaviour by agents, and while I am sure there are some, please don't put them all into the one book.
The fact this is about a twin should make it extremely interesting, but instead bad writing leave only very many questions- why was she under the bed? (I know she did this often, but why?), why did the kidnapper not go for her much earlier? This needs explained, and much more too.
The sex, well if this was a steamy romance, fine, but it is supposed to be a thriller. Did the author struggle for what to say so filled pages with sex? Apart from being boring - and out of place, this takes away from any excitement there might have been. (I doubt there would have been anyway, but who knows.)
Again, the ending us pure sop, romance style rather than thriller. make up your mind which a book is!

Kath Mardle

Very disappointing, more like soft porn than a good thriller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 7, 2022

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This could have been an excellent 5 star book with a great storyline and loads of action had the author not filled up far too many pages, several times, with explicit descriptions of the characters sexual encounters. That smacks to me of an author without a clue how to stretch the story out without filling up far too many pages with pure trash. I would rather have had a shorter book than to read rubbish like that. As it was I skipped pages and pages to get past it and back to the story. I won't be reading any more of this authors books. Books need twist and s turns and a great back story not sex! Had I wanted to read soft porn I would have bought a book of that genre!

TillyTillzz

Wow, everything you could need in a book! Amazing from start to finish!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 3, 2019

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Toni Anderson is a new author for me, and what a great book to get introduced by. A Cold Dark Place is book 1 in the Cold Justice series, and OMG! What an incredible read. This book was everything and more. I was captivated from just reading the synopsis and then diving into this book it drew me in, even more, I was completely and utterly entranced with this read.
This read was action-packed, it had twists and turns, it had danger it was a thriller and suspenseful from the start to finish. I was left on the edge of my seat numerous times and left reeling.

The characters in this read were real, and their feeling and emotions were raw, strong and powerful to the point every emotion I could feel felt as though I was there alongside the characters. These characters bring an extra level of brilliance to this read, with incredible chemistry between the two its a story definitely not to be missed!

I cannot wait to see what else comes to this series, and what else this author can bring, she will definitely be on my go-to author list after this read!
What an incredible book that should not be missed!

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Wealie

Fantastic series opener, must read for romance suspense/crime and thriller fans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 20, 2018

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I really enjoyed this novel, it’s my first book by Toni Anderson and definitely won’t be my last. I swapped between reading on kindle and listening to the audible recording, which was fab, it had a great pace, good diversity of character voices and the male narator - Eric G. Dove did good female voices without going too much into a falsetto range. Overall the narration really added to the creepy vibe of the novel and help to keep that atmosphere of being on my toes and desperate to find out what happens. I liked the audio narration so much I bought the rest of the series on audible as they are all narrated by Eric G. Dove.

As to the story - wow, so much going on and although some of the central character premise seemed incredibly unrealistic, Toni weaves her plot and character development so well it is easy to suspend belief and buy into the narrative of the story. The pacing of the plot unfolded nicely throughout the novel. There was just enough world building to make it believable without getting overly procedural and neither the murder/kidnapping plot and world building got in the way of some great protagonist character development which played out with some great set pieces that also moved along the central plot as well as the developing the relationship between Alex and Mallory. I really bought into Alex and Mallory as a couple, I wanted them to get their HEA, even as for much of the novel I was wondering how the author would achieve that given their polar opposite sides at times.

There are a number of plot points to uncover as you read through the book, I guessed quite a few, but this didn’t detract from my enjoyment and there was one I totally missed at the end and one I didn’t quite get right. I liked that I was able to work some of the plot points out as I read. I often have theories going on in the back of my mind when reading and it’s good to see them proved or disproved as you read along. I personally hate thriller/crime novels which are so obtuse you never work out anything until the last 15 pages and in some obscure way it would have been almost impossible to have worked out.

Overall this was a rip-roaring yarn with good pacing, interesting, but not obtuse central and supporting plots that helped the character development far outweighed the minor plot holes and unrealistic premise around some characters. I’d definitely recommend it to friends who enjoy thrillers and romance suspense.

Looking forward to reading/listening to the next instalment.

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