Diana lied to get Casey to come with her she used her and she almost got her killed. She moved to Rockton to help her best friend, Diana. Or, when the lines gets blurred, maybe both. The town exists for people who need to escape their pasts, though it's not clear if those in hiding are victims or perpetrators. It's winter in Rockton, a little town hidden deep in the wilds of the Yukon. New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author and master of thrills Kelley Armstrong returns to Rockton for more page-turning suspense, following her #1 national bestseller, City of the Lost. But the trouble is people also disappear from Rockton. Thank You.People disappear to Rockton so no-one can find them. If you found this review helpful please indicate so. The next book Is The Fallen Prey which is my next listen. Therese Plummer does an outstanding job narrating. The characters are fleshed out and believable. Everyone coming into this town takes on a new name and persona. Very interesting since most of the people were quite unsavory in their past lives.

There are no elections, only appointments. The town has it's own governing body and people are only allowed to stay as long as the town council approves. Basically these books are police procedurals, they just take place in an unusual setting. He takes young women and keeps them imprisoned in caves in the Yukon until they die. In this book the protagonist (Casey) and her boyfriend/boss (Eric) who is also the sheriff are chasing a serial killer/kidnapper. It's a place where people pay to go when they need to disappear. The stories take place in the town of Rockton. Kelley Armstrong has written a very entertaining series. When the bodies of two other women turn up, Casey and her colleagues must find out if it's an outsider behind the killings or if the answer is more complicated than that.before another victim goes missing.Ĭasey Duncan returns in another heart-racing thriller from number-one New York Times best-selling author Kelley Armstrong.

Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who's been held captive for over a year. Now, in A Darkness Absolute, Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff's deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. What she didn't expect is that Rockton comes with its own set of secrets and dangers. She knew living in Rockton meant living off the grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council's approval. When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives.

A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong