Releasing February 20, 2024 from Minotaur Books
Kelley Armstrong is one of my top comfort authors: I know I will enjoy anything she writes, in any genre.
Haven’s Rock is a mystery/thriller series spun off from Armstrong’s Rockton series. It’s about an isolated, secret town in the wilderness in the Yukon where people go when they need to disappear.
Casey and Eric run the town and also investigate any crimes or mysteries. In this one, a young boy named Max sees a bear following a group of hikers — but the bear had human eyes. Is it Bigfoot? I am always here for a book involving Bigfoot.
I love thrillers with smart kids trying to get out of danger, so Max, the youngest child in Haven’s Rock, is a wonderful addition. I really looked forward to his scenes and his combination of age-appropriate fear and practical smarts. Great character.
When a dead body turns up, the story gets nice and twisty…loved the mystery in this one, it kept me guessing.
I’m a little less interested in the politics of the town itself, but very intrigued by some of the other ongoing mysteries — there’s a mining operation nearby that clearly has secrets, and some other fun characters living in the wild.
I wouldn’t recommend reading this one as a standalone. I think it works much better as part of the series, and the ending doesn’t really resolve. I’m completely hooked for book 3 though and very curious about some of the secrets hinted at in this one.
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Thank you to Netgalley and Minotaur Books for my review copy of this book
See my review of book 1 in the series, Murder at Haven’s Rock.
Leanne Olson 
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