NetGalley: Fog and Fury Haven Thriller #1 by: Rachel Howzell Hall


Publisher: Thomas and Mercer
Published: 5/13/2025
Pages: 395
Genre: Murder/Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Review: ARC from NetGalley and publisher


After ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her elderly mother to peaceful Haven, California, to join her godfather’s burgeoning PI business. What crimes could possibly happen in a town nicknamed “Mayberry by the Sea”? Sonny’s first case: find Figgy, a missing goldendoodle last seen sporting a Versace collar. At least scouting out a dognapper gives Sonny a chance to get to know her new neighbors.

Forty-eight hours in town and Figgy’s disappearance entangles Sonny in an unwelcome reunion with her ex, one of Haven’s wealthiest citizens. And when the body of a teenage boy is found along a popular hiking trail, Sonny is drawn into a web of strange beyond anything she ever saw in LA.

Then comes a local’s warning: question everything. Haven hides secrets that could destroy its idyllic façade. Or destroy Sonny first.







“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
Can you imagine having to leave where you have worked forever and moving to a town that hardly knows any crime? Well, Sonny is about to know all about this. As she is moving to a small town called Haven where the only thing that needs her help is a missing dog from a wealthy family. While trying to take care of her ailing mother, and help her godfather's PI business because you never know when you might need a PI she learns that the man she is dating might have some secrets of his own. We see just how Sonny balances all this while also having a case end up in her lap. What truly happened to the young man? Why is this beautiful town so willing to sweep things under the rug? 





RACHEL HOWZELL HALL l is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She’s Gone, which was also nominated for the Lefty-, Barry-, Shamus- and Anthony Awards and the Audible Originals bestseller How It Ends. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony-, International Thriller Writers- and Lefty Award nominee and the author of They All Fall Down, Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes and City of Saviors in the Detective Elouise Norton series. Her next thriller, These Toxic Things, out in September 2021, recently received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, calling the novel ‘cleverly-plotted’ and ‘a refreshing take on the serial killer theme.’

Rachel is a former member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America and has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast; she has also served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and the Association of Writers Programs. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. For more information, visit www.rachelhowzell.com

Her next novel And Now She’s Gone will be published in September 2020. You can find her at www.rachelhowzell.com and on Twitter @RachelHowzell.
 

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