Blurb:
Casey Duncan is a homicide
detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was
never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows this crime
will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent,
abusive ex-husband. When Diana's husband finds her, and Casey herself is
attacked shortly after, Casey knows it's time for the two of them to disappear
again.
Diana
has heard of a domestic violence support town made for people like her, a town
that takes in people on the run who want to shed their old lives. You must
apply to live in Rockton and if you're accepted, it means walking away entirely
from your old life, living off the grid in the wilds of Canada: no cell phones,
no Internet, no mail, no computers, very little electricity, and no way of
getting in or out without the town council's approval. As a murderer, Casey
isn't a good candidate, but she has something they want; she's a homicide
detective, and Rockton has just had its first real murder. She and Diana are
in. However, soon after arriving, Casey realizes that the identity of a
murderer isn't the only secret Rockton is hiding - in fact, she starts to
wonder if she and Diana might be in even more danger in Rockton than they were
in their old lives.
An
edgy, gripping crime novel from a bestselling urban fantasy writer, City of the
Lost boldly announces a major new player in the crime fiction world.
My review:
WOW! City of
the Lost will suck you in and keep you on the edge of your seat. Kelley
Armstrong has a winner in this series.
Casey
Duncan is a smart homicide cop who let fear and anger create a circumstance
where she killed a man. Yes he was the scum of the earth but she shouldn’t have
killed him. She has been living with this for 12 years as she climbed through
the ranks of the police force. Now her past has caught up with her and she needs
a safe place. Enter Rockton a safe harbor for those who have made mistakes and victims
that need to disappear. Casey's best friend, Diana, needs to get away
from an abusive ex so they both arrange to move to this town in the middle of
nowhere with few modern amenities but a chance to start anew. But despite Rockton’s billing as a safe haven
it does have crime and Casey’s skills are needed.
I
fell for Casey. She is a smart overachiever with debts to pay but she isn’t
angsty about it. I really enjoyed this book and am diving into the next
installment asap.
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