Cold Island

When the remains of a young murder victim on Nantucket Island are discovered after thirty-five years, a detective begins to unearth the dark secrets of a community gone silent.

Massachusetts State Police detective Tommy Kelly is called to Nantucket Island, where a boy's skeletal remains have been discovered at a construction site--interred for thirty-five years. The crime is especially gutting for Tommy, the father of two boys. It's also the beginning of a grim mystery. Because no child during that period was even reported missing.

Tommy is partnered with Nantucket PD's best detective, Jo Harris, who first chafes at the idea of a mainlander encroaching on her territory. And their work together is only raising more troubling questions. Then a possible link is found to the decades-old case of a serial killer--a vigilantly hidden part of the past that this tight-knit community would prefer to forget and never speak of again.

The secrets in their silence are so shocking they soon pull Tommy into a very dark place. Suddenly, offseason on Nantucket has never felt so cold, so isolating, or so dangerous.

Author: Peter Colt
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 09/01/2025
Series: Detective Tommy Kelly #1
Pages: 239
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781662530388


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2025

About the Author
Colt, Peter: -

Peter Colt is the author of the Andy Roark mysteries. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1973 and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. Peter spent twenty-four years in the army reserve, with deployments to Kosovo in 2000 and Iraq in 2003 and 2008. He is currently a police officer in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lives with his family and two perpetually feuding cats. Colt's hobbies include cooking, camping, and kayaking. He also writes a near-weekly Substack. For more information, visit www.petercoltauthor.com.