Elizabeth Fairchild is a thriller author.  But after she is kidnapped and held for three days she manages to escape.  Now months later, Elizabeth is now Beth Rivers.  Beth moves to a small town in Alaska called Benedict.  The only one there who knows her real name is Chief Gill.  As Beth gets settled in her new home, she still stays in connect with just a few people, one being her mother, the others are her doctor and Detective Majors who is still trying to find Levi Brooks.  

Chief Gill talks Beth into writing for the town newspaper.  Beth figures since she is a writer, this would be right up her alley, plus she will be pretty much on her own.  Beth’s first story is about a woman who was found dead in her home.  They are saying it was suicide, but the chief and Beth feel there is more to the story as her husband George has also disappeared.  After talking to several people who knew Linda, they agree that there is no way that she would kill herself.    

The more Beth is working on this story, it seems more of the memories from what happened to her are popping up in her mind.  Could this murder have something to do with Levi?  Could he have found her in Benedict?  The more Beth digs into this story, some strange items are coming up.  Could George have killed his wife, and why would he?  Beth also finds out that the story that brought them to Benedict is false.   Working with the chief, more and more of the true story seems to come out.  Where will this all lead?  

Paige Shelton writes for me a story in a story.  Beth is hiding her previous life, and this could be the same for the murdered woman.  Shelton's book made me feel like I was Beth.  To me, this makes a great read.  I kept wondering what I would have done in Beth’s place, both now and before when she was kidnapped. I highly recommend THIN ICE, especially if you like the cold hard facts of mystery.