Cold Comfort by Trevor Douglas
Book 1 in the Bridgette Cash series
Narrated by Kate Handford
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook
Book 1 in the Bridgette Cash series
Narrated by Kate Handford
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook
About Cold Comfort:
How do you catch a killer who never leaves a clue?
Bridgette Casseldhorf is a rookie detective working her first murder case. The circumstances surrounding the murder of a young woman lead Bridgette to believe it’s the work of a serial killer, but nobody is listening. Convinced the killer will strike again shortly, can Bridgette find enough evidence to convince her team before another young woman is murdered?
Source: Info in the "About Cold Comfort" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35014793-cold-comfort on 31/12/2025.
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My Thoughts:
What caught me was the "intuitive rookie" line. I didn't know that I am a sucker for intuitive rookies until I bought this book!
But I always knew that I like talented underdogs.
Dang! This book made me cry! I was driving home from work and listening to the audiobook with tears running down my cheeks and my nose full of snoot!
These are trained police detectives with years of experience and they did not think of putting a tracking device on her?? I do not like too stupid to live (tstl) characters/scenes/story lines...
She's supposed to be intelligent. 150 IQ. And did not think of a simple, fundamental precaution such as a tracking device??...
Aren't police officers trained in first aid? So they know to put pressure on a bleeding wound? So, why didn't she?
And I was starting to like this book...
Soooo, not a fan of tstl!
Kate Handford did a wonderful job of bringing this book to life!
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 2.5
Ending = 4
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (10 hrs and 24 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 2.5
Ending = 4
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (10 hrs and 24 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5
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Meet The Author
About Trevor Douglas:
Trevor Douglas is a multi-award winning author and the recipient of the Gold Medal for best Crime Fiction novel, and the Gold Medal for the best overall novel in the 2024 Global Book Awards.
Trevor is married with two adult sons and when he is not writing, enjoys bushwalking, watching AFL and discovering the best coffee shops in Brisbane with his wife.
After a long and successful career as an IT consultant, Trevor now writes full time and is currently working on his tenth book, The Catalin Crossing.
The Narrator
About Kate Handford:
Kate works in film, television, theatre + voiceover.
She holds a BFA (Hons.) from Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto (2012), and an MA (Dist.) from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London (2014), both in classical acting.
She has performed at Shakespeare's Globe (Boudica), the National Theatre Studio, VAULT Festival, and Edinburgh Fringe. On screen she plays Kitty in Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, opposite Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo (Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2023), Frannie in Inside Man (BBC/Netflix), and Ludmilla in The Great (Hulu).
As a voice artist, Kate has narrated over 100 audiobooks, and has been awarded an Earphones Award by Audiofile Magazine. She often works with Penguin, Macmillan and Bloomsbury, has featured in video games like Horizon: Forbidden West and Terminator: Resistance, and has voiced projects for international brands like Maison Margiela, Google and Amazon.
Kate serves as an audition panelist for MA Acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, has been a guest critic of performance and presentation at London Metropolitan University + University of Nottingham, and run workshops in presentation and storytelling at Takero Shimazaki Architects, Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), and Architecture Association.
FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.
