One night a young girl, Lydia is killed in an accident leaving behind her twin sister Kirstie and Angus and Sarah their bereaved parents. After a year to escape the memories of their daughter’s death the family moves to a remote Scottish island. It seems like it might be a new start but suddenly Kirstie tells her mother that she is actually Lydia who died.

The island does not become their refuge but instead increases their isolation and as winter approaches Lydia’s death and the secrets behind her death surface and come to a dangerous conclusion in The Ice Twins by S. K. Tremayne. This novel is a psychological thriller of memory, loss, and betrayal.

Christina Callison

Christina Callison has been blogging about books for the library’s website since 2006. She has read hundreds of books that include mysteries, fantasies, horror, thrillers, non-fiction, general fiction, and some science fiction. She continues with her goal of finding new books and authors to recommend.