Cora Ogelsby and her husband, Ben, hunt things – things that shouldn’t exist. When the marshal of Leadville, Colorado, comes across a pair of mysterious, bloody deaths out in the badlands, he turns to Cora to find the creature responsible. But if she is to overcome the unnatural tide threatening to consume the small town, Cora must first confront her own tragic past. The Dead of Winter is the first instalment in the series of “Cora Ogelsby” written by Lee Collins. The second book is to be released in February 2013. When I found out about The Dead of Winter I thought it would be a nice change from the more fantasy themed, going instead for a western supernatural setting but what especially caught my attention was the phrase “things that shouldn’t exist”. After quite the bloody introduction you soon get to meet up with Cora and her husband Ben. It is assumed that she has some clue of what has happened to the town of Leadville. With a grueso...