56. Watcher in the Woods by Kelly Armstrong

#4 Rockton/ Sheriff Eric Dalton & Casey Duncan
listened on Audible, borrowed from CCLS
read by Therese Plummer
Unabridged audio (11:30)
2019 Doubleday Canada
413 pgs.
Adult Murder Mystery series
Finished  6/20/2019
Goodreads rating: 4.16 - 2875 ratings
My rating: 4.5
Setting: Contemporary Yukon, Canada

First line/s:  "I have not seen my sister, April, in two years."

My comments:  ATTENTION:  SPOILERS IN THIS ONE, SO THAT I CAN REMEMBER ENOUGH IN A YEAR OR SO WHEN THE NEXT INSTALLMENT ARRIVES!  Never disappointed in this series, it's always so interesting!  Both the setting and the premise of the little hidden town of Rockton are fascinating.  There are two new inhabitants, and a couple of departures.  Casey's sister, April, will stay as the town doctor and Sebastian, a 19-year old sociopath who murdered his parents when he was eleven and is trying to overcome this mental disorder looks to be a possibly helpful link in the sheriff's department.  He has been apprenticed to Matthias, the town's butcher (And psychiatrist).  The bad guy/murderer is someone who seemed very innocent in preceding books ... so you never know who/what is secretly hidden in Rockton's residents.  Hopefully there will be a fifth installment, but it'll probably be a good year before that happens!

Goodreads synopsis: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the town of Rockton--and her fans--are in for another hair-raising adventure.
          The secret town of Rockton has seen some rocky times lately; understandable considering its mix of criminals and victims fleeing society for refuge within its Yukon borders. Casey Duncan, the town's only detective on a police force of three, has already faced murder, arson and falling in love in less than the year that she's lived there. Yet even she didn't think it would be possible for an outsider to find and cause trouble in the town she's come to call home.
          When a US Marshal shows up in town demanding the release of one of the residents, Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Dalton, are skeptical. And yet only hours later, the marshal is shot dead and the only visible suspects are the townspeople and her estranged sister, in town for just the weekend. It's up to Casey to figure out who murdered the marshal, and why they would kill to keep him quiet.