read on my iPhone (I listened to the first one...)
2017. Minotaur Books
416 pgs
Finished 5/20/17
Goodreads rating: 4.17 - 4717 ratings
My rating: 4
Setting: Contemporary - Just below the Arctic Circle, in the forest...
First line/s: "We've been tracking Shawn Sutherland for almost two hours when the blizzard strikes."
My comments: The second installment in the Casey Duncan/Eric Dalton mystery series is very similar in style to the first installment, and just as addicting. The setting itself is like another character in the story and though some of the scenes seem a little repetitious, it’s an excellently executed plot. So once again character, setting, and plot and twine together quite well. I’m not a dog lover, and the introduction to the story of a puppy that needs full-time care didn’t quite do it for me, personally – though I bet others will really love it.
Goodreads synopsis: The follow-up to #1 NYT bestseller Kelley Armstrong’s acclaimed City of the Lost, Rockton town detective Casey Duncan makes a terrible—and dangerous—discovery in the woods outside of town.
When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives. She knew living in Rockton meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council’s approval. What she didn’t expect is that Rockton comes with its own set of secrets and dangers.
Now, in A Darkness Absolute, Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff’s deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who’s been held captive for over a year. When the bodies of two other women turn up, Casey and her colleagues must find out if it’s an outsider behind the killings or if the answer is more complicated than that...before another victim goes missing.
Casey Duncan returns in another heart-racing thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.
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