Saturday, March 4, 2023

Week 9 Reviews: Idenity, Bitter Falls, Heartbreak Bay



Free with preorder of Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake #4)

Takes place before events in Bitter Falls

From Goodreads:
She's investigating a cold case no one else could—by going places no one else would dare.

In spite of a harrowing past still haunting her, Gwen Proctor is trying to move forward. Until a new assignment gives her purpose: the cold-case disappearance of a young man in Tennessee. Three years missing, no clues. Just Ruth Landry, a tortured mother in limbo. Gwen understands what it's like to worry about your children.

Gwen's investigation unearths new suspects…and victims. As she follows each sinister lead, the implications of the mystery grow more disturbing. Because the closer Gwen gets, the closer she is to a threat that looms back home.

In a town that's closed its ranks against Gwen; her partner, Sam; and her kids, there's no bolder enemy than the Belldene family—paramilitary, criminal, powerful, and vengeful. As personal vendettas collide with Gwen's investigation, she's prepared to fight both battles. But is she prepared for the toll it could take on everyone she loves?

They're hunting a killer so silent, so invisible, that his unspeakable crimes are the only proof he exists.

A car submerged in a remote pond. The bodies of two girls strapped into their seats. The mystery of their mother, vanished without a trace, leads Gwen Proctor and Kezia Claremont into dangerous territory.

On the surface, Gwen's life is good—two children approaching adulthood, a committed partner, and a harrowing past dead and gone. But that past is attracting the attention of someone invisible…and unstoppable. Trouble's just beginning. So is the body count in this backwoods Tennessee town.

As threats mount and Gwen's hunted by an enemy who pulls all the strings, Kezia has her back. But working to solve these vicious and unreasonable crimes will expose them both to a killer they can't for the life of them see coming.

My Review:
Oh, I've finally read more in this series! I was putting them out, because Heartbreak Bay is the last book published that was fully written by Rachel Caine. Since I started this series, a 6th book was released, but they brought on another author to finish it. And I wanted to read all of her other books before I got to these ones. But I just had to pick these ones up! 

Identity, yeah, it was another fantastic twisted story! It makes you believe one thing, and then it turns out it was going in a much different direction, and I absolutely loved reading it! And it was great to see a quick peak at their lives before the next adventure! 

Bitter Falls, it's the first full length book where she gets a case for her job, so that was interesting. Of course there's the case and all of the issues that it's bringing up, and in the family's lives. Once the action started, boy it didn't slow down! 

Heartbreak Bay had another fantastic case, with the mystery of what the heck was going on. I loved how it dealt with everything, and how it wrapped up this story arc. I know Rachel Caine was intending to do another one, earth or road of something, but this was the end of the water arc, and it was a fantastic read! 

I once more loved reading these books, and I'm getting close to reading all of Rachel Caine's published works! 

Author: Rachel Caine 
Series: Stillhouse Lake #3.5, 4, 5
Read: February 27th, 27th, 27th, 2023 
Source: Free, NetGalley, NetGalley/Bought  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books! 
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: January 21st 2020, January 21st 2020, March 9th 2021

Identity:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars


Bitter Falls:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
Heartbreak Bay:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

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