Nina is engaged to Congressman Terrence Donnelly. So why isn't she is over the moon? Nina needs to get away from all the parties she is expected to attend so she decides a business trip to Alaska is just what she needs. She declines the offer of having security come with her because she just wants to be alone.

While in Alaska, she is knocked out and wakes up to find Baer (or so he says that is his name) has kidnapped her. Nina has to endure the attacks on her body, both from Baer and the extremely cold weather. Baer takes her way into the Alaska country side where Nina is locked up in a cage like an animal. What Nina finds in the cage could save her life. Nina is unaware of the fact that Baer has done this several times, until she finds a notebook written by Baer's previous victim.

Alan Russell writes a real thriller with A COLD WAR. There are so many different twists and turns in this novel that I never would have guessed the way this book turns out. I also love the description of the Alaskan country side. There are some slow parts in A COLD WAR, but once you get through them, the rest of the books is fast moving.

In my mind, Alan Russell's writing is just as great as James Patterson. Alan keeps you guessing though the whole book. I found myself cheering for Nina to escape her kidnapper but then realize the previous victim didn't make it. Sit back and try not to jump at some of the story line in A COLD WAR.