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SILENCE ON COLD RIVER (2020)

Three people cross paths in the north Georgia woods one night, setting into motion a race to catch a ruthless and chillingly inventive serial killer.

 

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Praise for

Silence on Cold River

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"Something far more dangerous than a big, bad wolf inhabits the north Georgia woods. For fans of dark obsession in the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs."

- Booklist

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"Dunn ratchets up the tension with each successive chapter enroute to a satisfying conclusion. Silence on Cold River doesn’t feel like a suspense debut but rather the work of a genre veteran. Read it, and you will be on the lookout

for whatever Dunn writes next."

- BookPage

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"The author keeps the tone and tempo of the story pitch perfect as these four lives weave together into a complete picture of what is happening in this dark wood.

The crescendo is so affecting, you may want to give up listening to music for a day and appreciate the power of silence."

- SCLS New Jersey

*Noted as a Recommended Read

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"Best Southern Book of the Month"

by the Southern Review of Books

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An "Editor's Pick"

for best Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense on Amazon.

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NOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIO

​Five narrators bring each point of view to life in this twisted story that spans more than 20 years. Published by Ground Cherry Press, and nominated for the 2023 Audie Awards.

(Better yet, order from your locally owned book store)
Coming Soon

A COLD WHISPER (2025)

Catch your breath. It might be your last . . . A bone-chilling, terrifying story about two sisters and secrets hiding beneath the snow

Coming May 6, 2005

A raging blizzard isn’t enough to keep fourteen-year-old Rose and seven-year-old Lily in their abusive home for another night. But their escape plan goes wrong when Rose disappears and Lily wakes up in the snow-covered woods, terrified and alone. She never sees her sister again.

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Twenty-five years later, Lily is a social worker with a skill for finding missing children – and a deep fear of the cold. When a foster child she works with is found frozen to death in the snow, Lily is forced to confront her past trauma. What happened to Rose, and why did she abandon her sister in the snow? As terrible secrets are finally dug up, the truth takes a bone-chillingly dark turn.

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Told in alternating voices of Lily and Rose, this chillingly atmospheric, dark novel of suspense with jaw-dropping twists is perfect for fans of Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong, The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld and The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf.

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