{"product_id":"through-the-cold-and-gray-paperback","title":"Through the Cold and Gray - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarc Weitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournalist Sophie Cutler won't take no for an answer. On assignment in the old Soviet Union to investigate a secretive hospital, she discovers patients dying at an unusually high rate. The mystery leads her to uncover a plot far more sinister than she could have ever imagined.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie has had a rough time lately. Her career is in ruins, another relationship in tatters, and her hard drinking has left her hanging on by a thread. The only things she has left is her talent and tenacity. When her editor gives her one last shot by sending her to Northern Europe to write about a clinic that helps pregnant women, she jumps at the opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving in Helsinki in the dead of winter, the respected doctors rudely dismiss her as just a \"girl journalist.\" But these doctors have offended the wrong girl journalist, and Sophie wonders what they don't want her to see. She doggedly pursues the story, finding out that the hospital has covered up several unexplained deaths, and none of the patients ever seem to get better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe investigation takes her from Finland to Estonia by ship across the icy Baltic Sea, to digging up graves in a centuries-old cemetery in Latvia, and finally to an abandoned Soviet nuclear powerplant in Lithuania. The doctors stop at nothing to destroy her fragile reputation and discredit her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan she hold it together long enough to figure out what these doctors are up to when no one believes her? Will they destroy her before she can expose their deadly secret?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written, intricately plotted, and meticulously researched, Through the Cold and Gray is an extraordinary novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native Californian, Marc Weitz runs a law practice in downtown Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Finance and Environmental Conservation, lived in New York City for four years, and then attended Southwestern University School of Law. His travels inspire his writing. As of 2016, he's been to just under 100 countries. His first novel, For Freedom and Danger, is set on the African Front in World War I and is available through Amazon.com. Marc Weitz hopes to continue traveling and writing about far-off places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167667556487,"sku":"9781523460403","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c4b12dd662fc665863b0291d89c172c6.webp?v=1733329459","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/through-the-cold-and-gray-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}