Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Release Date: February 15, 2022
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Source: Publisher
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
It’s not always easy to
live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan
knows firsthand. Tucked away in the Yukon wilderness, the community
survives—and thrives—because the residents' many secrets stay just
that—secret.
But what happens when these secrets start to come
out? Overnight, no one is safe. It’s not a question of if your secret
will come out—but when.
Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric
Dalton, need to find the culprit while protecting those who have been
thrust into the spotlight. For a place built on privacy and new
beginnings, Rockton isn’t handling these revelations very well. People
are turning on one another, and when one of the loudest complainers
turns up barely alive, it's clear that their trickster is actually a
murderer.
The threat of exposure is reaching its breaking point, and no one knows what’s going to happen next.
The Deepest of Secrets is the Seventh installment in author Kelley Armstrong's Casey Duncan/Rockton series. Welcome to Rockton, a town located somewhere in the Yukon wilderness where people come her under false names and false histories, and they must stay a minimum of 2 years. Extensions can stretch to 5 years, but recently, nobody has been receiving extensions from the mysterious Council. The people of Rockton live off the grid with no access to phones, or the internet. There are a few key characters you should know about.
Casey Duncan, aka Casey Butler, is the lone detective in Rockton who has been her for almost 2 years after following her friend Diana here. Eric Dalton is Casey's common-law husband as well as the Sheriff. Will Anders is the lone deputy and then there's Storm, Casey's Newfoundland dog, and April, who is not only the towns doctor, but Casey's sister. The town's representative is Phil, who is much better than the previous council rep. Petra is a former assassin, Mathias is a psychiatrist, while Isabel runs the only bar known as the ROC which doubles as a brothel.
Rockton is a secret town filled with secrets. The only person who knows the backgrounds of the people here is Eric, and once in a while, Casey gets clued in on the fact that some people paid big money to escape their fated destinies with prison. A few months ago, Casey solved the mystery of the hostiles and how they came into existence. Her award? The council is shutting them down. Just when you though you've seen everything, someone posts a secret about Will as well as his former name before coming here.
In Rockton, revealing the details of a persons previous life violates Rockton's rules, but with the Council seemingly more interesting in covering up their own malfeasance and shutting down the town, Eric and Casey have almost too much on their hands. They have to find out who is releasing secrets, who is blackmailing whom, who is killing people and if maybe one person is doing it all. On top of all of this, Eric and Casey will do almost anything to keep Rockton safe and on an even keel; including circumventing the council.
Apparently, according to information seen on Goodreads, Armstrong was contracted for seven books, and this, my friends is the seventh book. So, with residents being sent off to places unknown, and Eric and Casey refusing to continue to be treated like pond scum by the Council, I honestly have a hard time seeing another book in this series. A
slightly slower start quickly accelerates as the plot develops and
Casey’s investigation takes off. While this could be read as a
stand-alone, readers will be better served to read the series in order
to better understand the full background of the residents and how the
town operates.
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