Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Silent Snow
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Steve Thayer
Class/Genre: Mystery
Viking, Aug 1999, $24.95, 416 pp.
After his work on the WEATHERMAN case, Twin Cities investigative reporter Rick Beanblossom feels he owns the world. This is an amazing accomplishment for Rick, who still suffers from the trauma of having napalm destroy his visage in Nam. However, now he is famous and recognized as the top journalist in the area, married to the lovely news anchor Andrea Labore, and father of a baby boy.
Rick’s world becomes nightmarish when he receives a package that focuses on the Lindbergh baby kidnapping of 1932. On the sixty-seventh anniversary of that infamous abduction, someone kidnaps Rick’s child. Andrea and Rick separately begin to investigate the snatching of their little boy. Rick thinks there must be a link between the Lindbergh case and his baby’s abduction. If he can only figure out what the connection is, Rick might save his child from the fate that confronted the Lindbergh infant.
SILENT SNOW is an intriguing kidnapping thriller that uses characters from Steve Thayer’s previous novels. From THE WEATHERMAN, Mr. Thayer returns with Rick and Andrea. From SAINT MUDD, the author brings back 1930’s reporter Grover Mudd. The story line moves back and forth between the two eras. Each subplot is well designed and entertaining, but momentum seems lost when the switches between time periods occur. Fans who enjoy an exciting tale mixed with much historical detail will take pleasure from Mr. Thayer’s latest tale.
Harriet Klausner
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