Nicole Chavez-whom everybody thought had run away from town and died in the woods more than a year earlier-is alive. Seeking shelter in a cave, they stumble across a woman who's been imprisoned in a deep well. Fresh off solving a series of grisly murders, Casey and Deputy Will Anders get stranded in a blizzard while they're tracking a runner from the town. But Casey decided to stay anyway, to work as a detective alongside her new boyfriend and the town's sheriff, Eric Dalton. Diana lied to get Casey to come with her she used her and she almost got her killed. She moved to Rockton to help her best friend, Diana. Or, when the lines gets blurred, maybe both. The town exists for people who need to escape their pasts, though it's not clear if those in hiding are victims or perpetrators. It's winter in Rockton, a little town hidden deep in the wilds of the Yukon. New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author and master of thrills Kelley Armstrong returns to Rockton for more page-turning suspense, following her #1 national bestseller, City of the Lost. But the trouble is people also disappear from Rockton. “The eerie descriptions of setting and chilling character backgrounds give the tale an almost supernatural edge.People disappear to Rockton so no-one can find them. Casey Duncan returns in another heart-racing thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. When the bodies of two other women turn up, Casey and her colleagues must find out if it’s an outsider behind the killings or if the answer is more complicated than that.before another victim goes missing. Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who’s been held captive for over a year.

Now, in A Darkness Absolute, Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff’s deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. What she didn’t expect is that Rockton comes with its own set of secrets and dangers. She knew living in Rockton meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council’s approval. When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives.

A darkness absolute by kelley armstrong