Cold Hearted by Beverly BartonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton is the #9 book in her Griffin Powell Series but can be read as a standalone.
Jordan Price, the beautiful widow of Senator Price is devastated by his apparent suicide, which is suspected that he may have actually been murdered.
Rick Carson, private investigator working for the Griffin Powell Agency is chosen to look into the case by some the Senator’s family members who are suspicious about his sudden death.
Arriving at the family’s stately home in Georgia and meeting the family living there, he’s struck by the coldness and emotionless demeanor of Jordan.
She becomes his first suspect in the death of the husband, despite him feeling that there’s something about her that makes him question her motive. The fact that people who have shown anything bad towards her, have died under very odd circumstances….her fiancée, her first husband, her previous boss, a man who flirted with her, the senator’s wife who’s trying to blackmail her……all dead!!!!
The author weaves a tale of family secrets and betrayals and that all seem to have a reason to murdering the Senator.
The family dynamics is really strange. Jordan cares for everyone….financially and emotionally. From the senator’s assistant to her two stepchildren, her stepmother and her children and even the mother of her dead fiancée. These people are like vultures around her…they all seem to love and care for Jordan but at the same time they continue living off her and in some way using her.
Jordan Price was the most extraordinary heroine! Throughout the pages I kept asking myself….how can any person be so caring, loving and thoughtful to others….thinking of them first before herself….come one, is it at all possible?? But the funny thing is …she actually is the nicest person ever….in fact, I would love to have someone like her as my BFF!!! Yes, she has secrets, she feels pain and sorrow but she doesn’t load it onto the people she cares for. She’s really an amazing human being.
The author does an incredible job of keeping you guessing who the murderer is….even when we get to read that person’s POV…it’s still not clear who it may be…is it the stepmother, the brother, the fiancées mother, the slow thinking stepsister…WHO???
And when the murderer is revealed and the reasons for all the murders…wow……this is some crazy one!!!
There’s a bit of romance between Rick and Jordan but nothing between them really happens until almost at the end.
I enjoyed the few appearances of Nic and Griffin Powell and some of the other characters from this series.
A solid and good suspense read with a bit of romance and some interesting and totally weird characters, with a lovely setting….yes, a stately home in Georgia…
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