Author: Kelley Armstrong
Expected Publication: February 21st 2023 by Minotaur Books
Format: Kindle, Hardcover, 352 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Haven's Rock, #1
First Sentence: Prologue: The longer Penny works on building this strange little town, the more obvious it becomes that the company is lying.
Blurb: Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run. Haven’s Rock isn’t the first town of this kind, something detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, know first hand. They met in the original town of Rockton. But greed and deception led the couple to financing a new refuge for those in need. This time around, they get to decide which applicants are approved for residency.
There’s only one rule in Haven’s Rock: stay out of the forest. When two of the town's construction crew members break it and go missing, Casey and Eric are called in ahead of schedule to track them down. When a body is discovered, well hidden with evidence of foul play, Casey and Eric must find out what happened to the dead woman, and locate the still missing man. The woman stumbled upon something she wasn’t supposed to see, and the longer Casey and Eric don’t know what happened, the more danger everyone is in. (Goodreads)
My Opinion: As the story gets twisty, you will need to get out the murder board and string to keep all the players straight.
As the story gets twisty, you are going to need to get out the murder board and string to keep all the players straight.
Unless I forgot something from the end of the Rockton series, I am still not sure why this is a sequel as compared to adding another book to the Rockton series. If Kelley Armstrong was only trying to clean house and attempt a fresh start to separate Haven’s Rock from the Rockton management, I would think there would be easier ways of doing it.
The previous series is rehashed throughout and a couple of old characters are mentioned while others have already returned. The flow and humor are there, which is what lovers of Rockton will enjoy. Unfortunately, there are many slow spots where Casey and Eric rehash, ad nauseum, what has happened so far instead of leaving it up to the reader to keep score and the players lined up.
Kelley Armstrong is my kind of author so of course; I will be awaiting each upcoming book in this new series.
Blurb: Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run. Haven’s Rock isn’t the first town of this kind, something detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, know first hand. They met in the original town of Rockton. But greed and deception led the couple to financing a new refuge for those in need. This time around, they get to decide which applicants are approved for residency.
There’s only one rule in Haven’s Rock: stay out of the forest. When two of the town's construction crew members break it and go missing, Casey and Eric are called in ahead of schedule to track them down. When a body is discovered, well hidden with evidence of foul play, Casey and Eric must find out what happened to the dead woman, and locate the still missing man. The woman stumbled upon something she wasn’t supposed to see, and the longer Casey and Eric don’t know what happened, the more danger everyone is in. (Goodreads)
My Opinion: As the story gets twisty, you will need to get out the murder board and string to keep all the players straight.
As the story gets twisty, you are going to need to get out the murder board and string to keep all the players straight.
Unless I forgot something from the end of the Rockton series, I am still not sure why this is a sequel as compared to adding another book to the Rockton series. If Kelley Armstrong was only trying to clean house and attempt a fresh start to separate Haven’s Rock from the Rockton management, I would think there would be easier ways of doing it.
The previous series is rehashed throughout and a couple of old characters are mentioned while others have already returned. The flow and humor are there, which is what lovers of Rockton will enjoy. Unfortunately, there are many slow spots where Casey and Eric rehash, ad nauseum, what has happened so far instead of leaving it up to the reader to keep score and the players lined up.
Kelley Armstrong is my kind of author so of course; I will be awaiting each upcoming book in this new series.
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