The Ice Angels is centred around Detective Elea Baker—a Finnish crime inspector haunted by the disappearance of her daughter, Liisa, over a decade ago.

When girls start vanishing in England in similar circumstances, Elea is drawn in.

Can she help solve the case, are they linked and will she get her own answers to what happened to her daughter?

A fast paced well written mystery which was enjoyable to read.

Missing girls, murder and lots of drama kept me very entertained.

This book is a joy to read and once again the author has written something that is a little emotional but a lot of brilliance.

This is the first in what I hope to be a long series and tells the story of Ela Baker, a detective, now living in the city of Lincoln.

Years have past since her daughter disappeared, now grls are going missing and you wonder where the connection is

This is a good read and highly recommended

In Lincoln, girls are disappearing.

One is found on the cathedral steps with a link to a past disappearance.

Elea Baker needs to solve this - because it was her daughter who vanished ten years ago.

Excellent

4* Elea is a maverick by British policing standards, but boy, does she get the job done efficiently.

For me, what helped this book's storyline are the Norwegian names, which I didn't google and which gave me a whodathunk moment when the ending came. That aspect of concealment/obfuscation was done pretty well, and the final reveal right at the very end, once the baddie/s were gone, felt believable.

The tale goes back and forth into Elea's life and job, and between Lincoln and Porvoo, without losing me or my interest. The darker aspects were more unpleasant than horrifying - a lot of stuff happened off-page - and sadly, Porvoo kind of permitted them to happen, with its location, population and climate.

Elea was literally a woman and a cop on a mission. It wasn't clear where one ended and the other started in the 2025 part of the story, but it was very obvious which took precedence in the past. I liked this aspect of her 'policing', putting the pressure on when the circumstances demanded (not just allowed), without worrying about lying and getting found out. Even her underhandedness was kind of admirable, though it showed up Swann, the lead detective and her soon-to-be-ex husband. I'm not sure that the collaboration between the UK and Finland could actually have happened because of Elea's clear conflict of interest, but the tale was engrossing enough for me to suspend disbelief. Swann was a very weak detective and male kead, however - almost an afterthought.

But, did the author stereotype her, a la Ulrika, making a modern European woman out to be a bit of a man eater, just because she could have her cake/man and eat it? Compartmentalise sex/ biological needs / pleasing herself with total unemotional efficiency? I think so. It didn't show her as a warm character, unfortunately, just made her come across even more as if she were as frozen as Finland.

Still, the tale had enough skilled writing and twists and concealment to keep me glued to it. I kind of was hoping-thinking that maybe Alice might turn out to be a bunny boiler, or that Swann might find his gonads and realised that a potential marriage based on deception and coercion - hers - isn't a recipe for success. As the book ended, it felt like he'd once again be railroaded by a woman more determined and forceful than he could ever be. I pitied his twin 6yo sons.

It's a decent if stone-cold-emotionally, tale.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone, for my reading pleasure.

Caroline Mitchell is a prolific murder mystery author and her former career with the police adds an air of authenticity to her police procedurals. ‘The Ice Angels’ also has the benefit of strong characterisation and the electricity crackles whenever Elea and Swann are together. The facts that they’re both working on a child abduction case, were previously in a relationship and Elda’s own daughter was snatched many years ago serve to ratchet the tension up further. It makes a pleasant change to have a woman playing the role of the maverick detective and the reader understands Swann’s anxiety that Elda’s unorthodox approach could derail the investigation and sabotage her career. Unusually for a police procedural, the resolution is simultaneously credible, tense and emotionally charged. All in all, an excellent detective novel and hopefully not the last Caroline Mitchell book to feature Elea and Swann.

Three children who went missing in Finland (at various times), dubbed the Ice Angels, are at the core of this terrifying psychological thriller.

Elea is a Finnish police woman who's understandably obsessed with finding her daughter. That search destroys her marriage, and leads her through a nightmarish investigation that ends most tragically and unexpectedly, right back where it started.

It would be difficult to write a review that does this book justice, but Mitchell delivers another compelling story that will keep the reader glued to her seat. This one is not to be missed. It gets 4.5 stars.

Ten years ago, in the depths of the Finnish winter, Detective Elea Baker’s daughter was taken and never found. Now, in the quiet streets of Lincoln, girls are disappearing again. When one is found on the cathedral steps, clutching a chilling clue linked to the decade-old abduction, there’s only one person who can solve the case: Elea. Dragged back into her nightmare, she’s determined to bring her daughter home this time no matter the cost! Fantastic read! Wow I was pulled in right from the beginning! This book had chilling suspense, murder, mystery, intriguing, action, and a few jaw dropping twists! The storyline was very interesting! I highly recommend reading this book! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

I need to catch my breath! A WILD ride right through to the last word! It was so gripping, twisty, a few little OMG moments and THAT ending! I finished this book in less than 24 hours and I am still thinking about it. It was THAT good!

I would give this book ten stars if I could. I had my eyes glued to the page! I was on the edge of my seat as I was reading, and that feeling didn’t stop until the final page!

This was an absolute thrill ride. I loved the storyline and I’d highly recommend reading this book straight away definitely 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️