17. The Deepest of Secrets (#7 Rockton) by Kelley Armstrong

listened on Audible

2022

352 pgs.
Adult mystery series
Finished 2/21/2022
Goodreads rating: 4.16
My rating: 3.5 
Setting: Willywacks of Canadian wilderness - contemporary

My comments:  Probably the last of the Rockton saga, although I would love to watch them rebuild.  Wishful thinking??  It HAS stopped in a good place.  Not particularly thrilled with the plot of this final episode, it's a little weak IMO, but it did pull everything together well.  I wish Eric and Casey well in all their future endeavors!3.5 

Goodreads synopsis:  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.

TV Series: Reacher

Watched on: Amazon Prime

Premiered: 2/4/22
Season 1
Number of Episodes: 8
IMBd: 8.7/10
RT Critic's Consensus: Reacher captures the trademark bulk of its titular hero while trading away some of his definition, but fans of the novels will find plenty to love about this faithful adaptation.
RT Audience Score: 85/94
cag: 6 - It was wonderful

Characters: Alan Ritchson is the PERFECT Jack Reacher!  

My comments:  The cast is wonderful and just right, and the flashbacks to Reacher's childhood relationship with his brother Joe, and his parents are fantastic.  Not only did it represent the book and series well, it would have been great even if I hadn't known the story and Reacher's personality so intimately.  Loved it!  

Storyline from IMBd:    When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia.

In Memory of Ashley Bryan

July 13, 1923 - February 4, 2022

Bangor Daily News obituary

Ashley Bryan Center

The Greater Sum of Parts

The thing about Ashley Bryan
isn't that he is
painter and poet
storyteller and scholar
philosopher and veteran
brother and son;
nor is it
his collection of
songs and sea glass
driftwood and bones,
memories of love
dressed in crepe paper flowers.

The thing about Ashley Bryan
is that
when he takes your hand
all those pieces come together
like a found art puppet
like cut-paper collage
like a thing called
grace.

Julia Durango
from Dare to Dream...Change the World
edited by Jill Corcoran