So Cold the River
It started with a beautiful woman and a challenge. As a gift for her husband, Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to make a documentary about her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose past is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job even though there are few clues to the man’s past–just the name of his hometown and an antique water bottle he’s kept his entire life.
In Bradford’s hometown, Eric discovers an extraordinary history–a glorious domed hotel where movie stars, presidents, athletes, and mobsters once mingled, and hot springs whose miraculous mineral water cured everything from insomnia to malaria. Neglected for years, the resort has been restored to its former grandeur just in time for Eric’s stay.
Just hours after his arrival, Eric experiences a frighteningly vivid vision. As the days pass, the frequency and intensity of his hallucinations increase and draw Eric deeper into the town’s dark history. He discovers that something besides the hotel has been restored–a long-forgotten evil that will stop at nothing to regain its lost glory. Brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real, So Cold the River is a tale of irresistible suspense with a racing, unstoppable current.
I picked up So Cold the River and I could not put it down. I was mesmerized by the places at first, West Baden Springs and French Lick. They seemed like places out of a fairytale and I thought they were, until I read further and realized these were real towns. These were real towns in a state I once resided in! After finishing So Cold the River, I had to hop on Google Maps to see exactly where these little towns are. They are located 4 hours and 20 minutes almost directly south of where I once lived, amazing.
Ok, so we know I get off subject and I just did there. My apologies, but the writing just flows out and that’s that. Further into the book, even more interesting than the tiny little towns was the story unfolding. Eric traveled to West Baden Springs and French Lick with a strange bottle, took a drink from it and awakened something so deep, so dark, something long forgotten. He awakened an evil and the twists and turns that followed were just unreal. I was so caught up in the story that I just couldn’t put it down. So Cold the River is 500 pages and I finished it within days of opening it. I was sucked in. There was no way I could put it down once I opened it, kind of like Eric and his “spring” water. This book was my crack, and I was addicted.
Michael Koryta did an amazing job with So Cold the River. I’ve never read any of his books before, but I definitely plan to read them all. He has a way of captivating his audience the way only a few other writers have in my opinion.
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