Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: December 7, 2021
Source: Netgalley via Publisher
Summary:
Dark Night is the third book in the gripping, atmospheric Alaska Wild series by beloved cozy author Paige Shelton, in which Beth is met with an unexpected visitor: her mom…
Winter is falling in the remote town of Benedict, Alaska, and with the cold comes an uninvited guest. The dreaded “census man,” seemingly innocuous, is an unwelcome presence to those members of this secretive community who would prefer to keep their business to themselves. Meanwhile, thriller writer Beth Rivers has received her own unexpected visitor: her mother. The last Beth heard, Mill Rivers had gone underground in the lower forty-eight, in search of Beth’s kidnapper, and Beth can’t help but be a little alarmed at her appearance: If Mill was able to track down her daughter, who knows who else might be able to?
Beth doesn’t have time to ponder this for long, after a battered woman stumbles into the town bar one night, and her husband is found dead the next morning. Suspicions immediately turn to the census man, but when he, too, goes missing, everyone in Benedict—including the police chief—is suspected, and Beth and Mill must work to figure out what really happened. Meanwhile, in the lower forty-eight, another author has disappeared, and the police think Beth’s kidnapper just may be at it again…
My thoughts:
This is the third book in Paige Shelton’s Alaska Wild Mysteries series and I really enjoy these books! The series has such a dark, gritty feel to it and is completely atmospheric, too!
Once again, my favorite part of this series continues to be the combination of police procedural and amateur sleuthing. It just works so well here. I will say that while this book can absolutely be read as a stand-alone with its contained mystery, there is the continuing thread of Beth’s kidnapping and with the introduction of Beth’s mother showing up, that is really developed here in this book.
Having Beth’s mom, Mill show up brings so many questions, the biggest being just how she ended up finding her. It’s definitely a case of what you see is not what you get with her and I definitely found myself completely suspicious of her motives the entire time.
This book is such a great addition to an already fantastic series and while we do get some answers to some of the questions that have been brought up, we of course are left with more. I cannot wait to see what comes next and hopefully get more answers soon.
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