Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a desperate need
to disappear. She has been living a shell of a life, always on the move, since she
killed the grandson of a mobster in college. Her best friend, Diana, is on the run
from her abusive ex-husband. After both their pasts begin to catch up with them
they know it is time to leave. Quickly.
Through the great vine, Diana has heard of a place that
helps you disappear, for a price. Although Casey has her doubts after some investigating
both are accepted and must walk away from their old life into the Canadian
wilderness. Rockton is an off grid town population: 200.
It soon becomes obvious that the only reason Casey was
accepted is because she is the only trained homicide detective on the hunt for
a safe passage. Rockton has just had its first murder and the bodies are
beginning to pile up. Will Casey be able to find the killer before her and
Diana are no longer safe again?
I almost did not give this book a go but something made me
take it home. The blurb gave me the idea that there may be a supernatural
element to the storyline which isn’t really my thing. Turns out I was wrong and
thankfully I did as I read it in bed in one night!
City of the Lost was originally released as a 6 part eBook
series before it was published in mid-2016.
Imagine my surprise (and excitement) when I found out that not only was
this the beginning of a series but that the second book in the series was
published early 2017. I have already devoured book two and am counting down the
months until book three is released, or a date is even announced.
It is not often I come across a new crime author that I
enjoy so much. I came into work raving about it to anyone that would listen and
it turns out I had convinced another staff member to take it home and she
enjoyed it as much as I did.
Reviewed by Kristen
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