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Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong Narrator: Therese Plummer
Series: Haven's Rock #3
Published by Macmillan Audio, Minotaur Books on February 18, 2025
Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Pages: 352
Format: ARC, Audiobook
Source: Publisher
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New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Haven’s Rock in Cold as Hell as Casey Butler hunts down a dangerous killer during a deadly blizzard.
Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are starting a family now that they’ve settled into their life here. As Casey nears the end of her pregnancy, she lets nothing, including her worried husband, stop her from investigating what happens in the forbidden forest outside the town of Haven’s Rock.
When one of the town’s residents is drugged and wanders too close to the edge of town, she’s dragged into the woods kicking and screaming. She’s saved in the nick of time, but the women of the town are alarmed. Casey and Eric investigate the assault just as a snowstorm hits Haven’s Rock, covering the forest. It’s there they find a frozen body, naked in the snow. With mixed accounts of the woman’s last movements, the two begin to question who they can trust—and who they can’t—in their seemingly safe haven.
This was great! I am a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong’s writing and have really enjoyed the books featuring this group of characters. This is the third book in the Haven’s Rock series, a spin-off of the Rockton series, where we first meet these characters. I went into this book with high expectations and am happy to report they were all met. This was a highly entertaining read!
Casey is thrown into the middle of another investigation. This time she trying to solve the case while hugely pregnant, which makes things even more interesting. It appears that one of their residents was drugged and taken into the woods. She survived but it was a close call. Unfortunately, it isn’t an isolated encounter so Casey and Eric need to figure things out before more people are put at risk. I loved that the mystery kept me guessing and there was plenty of action mixed in to keep things interesting.
Therese Plummer does a fantastic job with the narration. I am a big fan of this narrator’s work and was excited to see that she performs this series. I thought that she did a great job of bringing this cast of characters to life through her reading. She adds just the right amount of emotion to her reading to take the story to the next level. I am certain that her performance added to my overall enjoyment.
I would highly recommend this series to others. I have grown to love this group of characters and was eager to see how things would work out both in the mystery and in their personal lives. I can’t wait to read more of this talented author’s work.
I received a review copy of this book from Minotaur Books and Macmillan Audio.
I am a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong and this series! I cannot wait to read this one. If only my library hold would hurry up and come in. 😀
I love this series and the one before it. The characters growth, the moral dilemmas and the setting. And the author does NOT disappoint me.
I’ve only read one of her books but I think I need to read more now.
I have still not caught up! Soon