Dark Night: A Mystery

Alaska, winter, thriller, murder, murder-investigation, law-enforcement, sled-dogs, amateur-sleuth, trauma, journalist, writers, PTSD, isolation, small-town, false-information, family-dynamics, friendship, rural, suspense***** Just to catch you up a little earlier (the book gets around to it but I hope this helps): Beth, an author, is still hiding out in a remote area of Alaska from the man who kidnapped/traumatized/brain injured/stress disordered her in her hometown of St Louis. A fiction writer and journalist, she has assumed the local paper and uses its building as a writer's retreat and even uses a typewriter to work on a novel to keep off the grid while staying in a former hotel, now a sort of minimal security women's rehab and only using burner phones. She has confided in the local law and an interesting man who has more than enough secrets of his own. Now to the current story! There are many people living under secretive identities and some who wish they were. There's the married couple with abuse issues, an untrustworthy young woman on the run, and now Beth's mother comes into it (she's on the run but also following a trail). Then comes the murder. Beth thinks she's losing her mind and having sleepwalking episodes. Everyone is isolated because of a deadly winter storm so it's worse than a locked room mystery. Very well crafted and riveting with vibrant characters. Loved it even though it kept me up too late! I requested and received a free ebook copy from St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

I like this series because it's complex but not too complicated. keeps my interest with diverse characters.