From Publishers Weekly
Stoker-winner Golden (The Boys Are Back in Town) launches a promising new dark fantasy series with this chiller, which opens on a snowy December night on the coast of Maine. Lawyer Oliver Bascombe is having a case of prewedding jitters at his family home, an "enormous Victorian mansion," when a blizzard smashes its way into the house and blows in "the winter man" (aka Jack Frost). Frost needs Oliver to save him from a Myth Hunter from beyond the Veil (i.e., the land of faerie). Seizing the opportunity to duck his wedding obligations, Oliver agrees to pass with Frost through the Veil. Meanwhile, on Earth, Oliver's tough-minded sister, Colleen, sets out to solve the mystery of his disappearance. When she finds her father murdered, she turns for help to Det. Ted Hallowell, who gets on the trail of a serial killer. Fast pacing, superior characterization and sound folklore yield a winner. (Jan. 31)
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On the eve of his wedding, Oliver Bascombe confesses to his older sister, Colette, that he isn't sure he wants to marry his fiancee. The impending nuptials soon take a backseat to much bigger troubles, however, when a man made wholly of ice crashes through the living room window. The man tells Oliver that he is the legendary Jack Frost and is in very immediate danger. Oliver helps Jack return to his own world, Borderland, but crosses over himself, too, and is soon caught up in the action there. A group of vicious killers is hunting and brutally killing mythological creatures. Joined by the woman Kitsune, who transforms into a fox at will, Jack and Oliver flee in a desperate attempt to get Oliver safely back home, where things aren't as Oliver left them. The Sandman has escaped Borderland, killed Oliver's father, and kidnapped his sister. The colorful, vividly imagined world and unresolved major plotline of Golden's thrilling yarn make a sequel a sure thing. Kristine Huntley
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