Watcher in the Woods

Pages: 383
Published: 2019
Language: English

In the secluded town of Rockton, detective Casey Duncan faces a new challenge when a U.S. marshal arrives demanding a resident's release. Hours later, the marshal is found shot dead, and the only suspects are the townspeople and Casey's estranged sister, who was secretly brought in for a medical emergency. Casey and Sheriff Eric Dalton must uncover the killer's identity and motive before another life is lost in their isolated refuge.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Dark

Locked Room

Crime Mystery Thriller

Authors

Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong is a Canadian author of fantasy, horror, thriller and romance novels for adults and teens. She debuted in 2001 with Bitten, the first novel in her Women of the Otherworld series, and has gone on to write the Darkest Powers, Darkness Rising, Age of Legends, Cainsville and Rockton series, among others. Her novel No Humans Involved was a New York Times bestseller, and The Rising won the Aurora Award for Best YA Novel in 2014. Her Otherworld novels inspired the television se...

Therese Plummer

Therese Plummer wrote The Ballad of the Sad Café, a story that stays with you long after you finish it. She has a knack for exploring complex human emotions.