Cold as Ice
Book Playlist

Cold as Ice

by Carolyn Keene

This playlist captures the chilly mystery and thrilling suspense of Nancy's winter weekend at Emerson College during the Winter Carnival. The instrumental selections evoke icy landscapes, tension, and the quiet determination of investigation, while the vocal tracks explore themes of innocence, friendship, deception, and resolution, mirroring the book's emotional and narrative arcs in a diverse blend of indie, ambient, post-rock, and cinematic genres.

14 tracks
balanced
Jun 23, 2026
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Track List

14 songs
1
Safe in the Steep Cliffs

All Through the Night

Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs

2
Pacing

Call

Julianna Barwick · Pacing

3
Binary EP

Signal

Heliosphere · Binary EP

4
Frozen Lake

Frozen Lake

VOILÀ · Frozen Lake

5
Fragment

Fragment II

Library Tapes · Fragment

6
All Quiet On The Western Front (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

All Quiet On The Western Front

Volker Bertelmann · All Quiet On The Western Front (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

7
S/T

The Mighty Rio Grande

This Will Destroy You · S/T

8
Leaving On A Mayday (Deluxe Edition)

What Have I Done

Anna Ternheim · Leaving On A Mayday (Deluxe Edition)

9
Fink’s Sunday Night Blues Club, Vol. 1

Cold Feet

Fink · Fink’s Sunday Night Blues Club, Vol. 1

10
Memories Of An Old Friend

Paper Aeroplane

Angus & Julia Stone · Memories Of An Old Friend

11
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Afterlife

Sharon Van Etten · Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

12
Dangerous and Moving

Friend or Foe

t.A.T.u. · Dangerous and Moving

13
Heard It In A Past Life

Back In My Body

Maggie Rogers · Heard It In A Past Life

14
Dream Department

Don’t Look Back

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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