Monday, February 14, 2022

The Deepest of Secrets

Title: The Deepest of Secrets
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Published: February 15th 2022 by Minotaur Books
Format: Kindle, Hardcover, 352 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Rockton #7

First Sentence: It's July in the Yukon, a gorgeous night that's perfect for a campfire.

Blurb: It’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away in the Yukon wilderness, the community survives—and thrives—because the residents' many secrets stay just that—secret.

But what happens when these secrets start to come out? Overnight, no one is safe. It’s not a question of if your secret will come out—but when.

Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, need to find the culprit while protecting those who have been thrust into the spotlight. For a place built on privacy and new beginnings, Rockton isn’t handling these revelations very well. People are turning on one another, and when one of the loudest complainers turns up barely alive, it's clear that their trickster is actually a murderer.

The threat of exposure is reaching its breaking point, and no one knows what’s going to happen next.

My Opinion: I love Mathias, April, and Cypher. Though the Deepest of Secrets is not based on them, their appearance brings in just the right amount of humor to a series that I don’t want to end.

You will laugh, then reread what made you laugh, and then laugh again. Then you will cry. Maybe only a single tear, but if you have invested in this series, the realization it is coming to an end will grasp you with a bit of melancholy for this town of misfits and the people who are trying to hold it together.

The Rockton Series contained some of my favorite characters of all time, and knowing there will not be another book leaves me with no more words.

Overall, I think the book and the town ended in the only way possible. I want to believe that Kelley Armstrong will surprise us with another book, just to let us know how everyone is doing, but I won’t hold out hope since all good things must come to an end.

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