borrowed from Bosler, listened on Libby
narrated by Therese Plummer
Unabridged audio (10:32)
2020 Minotaur Books
368 pgs.
Adult mystery
Finished 3/28/2020
Goodreads rating: 4.26 - 2732 ratings
My rating: 5
Setting: Yukon wilderness, contemporary
First line/s: "I wake under one hundred and forty pounds of dog."
My comments: Another excellent episode in the Rockton series. This one was spent mostly in the woods, with very little participation of the Rockton residents. However, we get lots more insight into both settler villages and the hostiles. This one involves finding the parents of a baby found hidden under the snow in the arms of a dead hostile. So Casey and Eric troupe from settlement-to-settlement and back-and-forth through the woods many times to figure out what is going on. It was a really mesmerizing story.
Goodreads synopsis: In #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the hidden town of Rockton is about to face a challenge none of them saw coming: a baby.
Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided to call this place home. Between all the secretive residents, the sometimes-hostile settlers outside, and the surrounding wilderness, there's always something to worry about.
While on a much needed camping vacation with her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, Casey hears a baby crying in the woods. The sound leads them to a tragic scene: a woman buried under the snow, murdered, a baby still alive in her arms.
A town that doesn’t let anyone in under the age of eighteen, Rockton must take care of its youngest resident yet while solving another murder and finding out where the baby came from - and whether she's better off where she is.
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