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by Blair Denholm (Author)
Cold-blooded murder. Hot-tempered suspects. A hard-nosed cop who won't back down.
When a top Swedish hockey player is found dead during an exhibition tournament in the sweltering tropics of North Queensland, Detective Sergeant Jack Lisbon and the Yorkville CIB are thrust into a baffling case.
The victim is Jonas Eriksson, a jaded import who failed to make it big in the NHL or European leagues. The player has a murky past, muddied by a boatload of dark secrets--a dirty, ruthless right defenseman, Jonas' list of enemies includes rival players, disgruntled fans and even his own teammates.
As DS Lisbon and his trusted partner, Detective Constable Claudia Taylor, delve deeper into the mystery, they find themselves navigating a treacherous landscape of inflated egos, obsessive admirers and bitter ex-spouses. With mounting pressure from all sides, can Lisbon bring the killer to justice in a world where the ice is never as smooth as it seems?
Cold Shot, the eighth book in The Fighting Detective series, is a chilling thriller with a twisty plot--the perfect book for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci and Ian Rankin.
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Praise for The Fighting Detective series:
★★★★★Another terrific story in The Fighting Detective series.
★★★★★Top notch!
★★★★★Couldn't put it down.
★★★★★Entertaining, fast paced with some good plot twists.
★★★★★Bring on the next one.
★★★★★Brilliant.
Author Biography
Blair Denholm is a born-and-bred Australian crime fiction writer whose previous jobs have been as varied as translator, debt collector, technology researcher, banking and insurance consultant, and even car-wash attendant. Over the years he has lived and worked in New York, Moscow, Munich, Abu Dhabi and Australia. His life-long love of sports is reflected in the plots of the Fighting Detective series.
His flagship series, The Fighting Detective, stars ex-boxer Detective Sergeant Jack Lisbon and is set in the steamy tropics of North Queensland, Australia. The series features heavy doses of noir crime with a vigilante justice twist. So far there are eight novels and one prequel novella in the series, with more in the pipeline.
Denholm's debut novel, SOLD, is the first in a noir trilogy featuring the detestable yet lovable one-man wrecking ball Gary Braswell. The book was long-listed for movie adaptation by Screen Queensland in 2019. The other books in this series are Sold to the Devil and Sold Dirt Cheap. Denholm has also written two thriller novels set in Russia. Captain Viktor Voloshin is a hard-boiled investigator who has to fight the establishment in order for justice to be served in his own special way. The first in this series, Revolution Day, was published in 2021, with the follow-up, The Defector, released in 2024. One more book will round off this series.
He grew up in suburban Brisbane, Queensland. After two lengthy stints in Tasmania, he now resides in the relatively cooler climes of the Southern Downs region of Queensland with his partner, Sandra, and faithful dog, Bruno.
