NetGalley: The Boy Who Cried Bear #2 A Haven's Rock Novel by Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2/20/2024
Pages: 352
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Review: NetGalley
Haven's Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it's supposed to be, being that it's a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them of where they first met in Rockton. And while they know how to navigate the woods and its various dangers, other residents don't. Which is why people aren't allowed to wander off alone.
When Max, the town's youngest resident—taught to track animals by Eric—fears a bear is stalking a hiking party, alarms are raised. Even stranger, the ten-year-old swears the bear had human eyes. Casey and Eric know the dangers a bear can present, so they're taking it seriously. But odd occurrences are happening all around them, and when a dead body turns up, they're not sure what they're up against.
When Max, the town's youngest resident—taught to track animals by Eric—fears a bear is stalking a hiking party, alarms are raised. Even stranger, the ten-year-old swears the bear had human eyes. Casey and Eric know the dangers a bear can present, so they're taking it seriously. But odd occurrences are happening all around them, and when a dead body turns up, they're not sure what they're up against.
This is book two in this series. When I requested it from NetGalley, I did not realize it was book two. As I started reading it, I felt I knew the characters that I had heard of them before. I learned they are the same characters as another part of this series that I had started reading on Kindle Unlimited. Did I miss a lot and have no clue what is going on? Not at all. I had questions about why Casey and Eric moved to Haven's Rock and what happened in Rockton to make them move. Haven's Rock is still a place where people live to escape from something they are hiding. There should never be any children, or that is what I gathered because Rockton had none. So when the youngest person living in Haven's Rock goes missing, it all starts with him seeing a bear with human eyes. All hands are on deck, and some people seem to want things to stay buried, especially things from their past. There are two groups within Haven's Rock: the miners and the residents. We see how the two groups try to avoid each other, though it seems it can not be avoided this time. I need to read book one and the rest of the books in the Rockton series because I want to know what has been happening with these characters. I do hope that Casey and Eric get the ending they want in their life because it seems they have been through some things. The pace of the story was great, and so were the characters.
Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.
Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.
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