MYSTERY

Dark Night

Minotaur: St. Martin’s. (Alaska Wild, Bk. 3). Dec. 2021. 288p. ISBN 9781250796271. $26.99. M
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Winter brings isolation to the small town of Benedict, AK. Dark nights bring the stabbing death of an abusive husband, the arrest of his sister for theft, and the appearance of thriller author Beth Rivers’s mother, Mill. After Beth’s kidnapping and torture seven months earlier, she suffered some brain damage. Worst of all was the fear, so she fled to Alaska. As much as Beth loves Mill, her mother only adds to her apprehension. Mill has been obsessed with the disappearance of Beth’s father years earlier, and Beth knows her mother has her own reasons for coming to Alaska. Now, as the townspeople rally to search for a killer and hide their secrets from a census taker. Beth, emotionally upset by the upheaval, begins to sleepwalk. She has to find the courage to take control of her life and trust her new friends in order to move on.
VERDICT The follow-up to Cold Wind is atmospheric and dark with a great deal of tension. The isolated town of Benedict, with its eccentric characters, is the true star of this engrossing mystery.
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