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A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong Narrator: Therese Plummer
Series: Rockton #6
Published by MacMillan on February 9, 2021
Genres: Mystery
Length: 10 hours, 30 minutes
Format: Audiobook
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Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, presumes itās the natural flux of things, but Caseyās not so sure. Something bigger is happening in the small town they call home.
When an injured hiker stumbles from the woods, the sole survivor of a hostile attack, itās all hands on deck. Even a member of the elusive Rockton council comes in to help. This council member also comes bearing news: Rockton is being shut down due to the hostile situation.
Casey and Eric must now race to save the town that has allowed residents to have a fresh start, away from the mistakes of their past, while also getting to the bottom of this latest attack.
I continue to love the Ā Rockton series.Ā I would not try to read this as a standalone. The characters grow and change throughout the series. But mostly, each book is so good I would hate to miss any!Ā I highly recommend them.
RocktonĀ is more set up and has more things than the other people in the area.Ā A Stranger in Town focuses mostly on murders and kidnappings.Ā There are Danish tourists,Ā two groups of settlers who used to live in Rockton, hostiles, and a violent trading group.Ā The murders look like the hostiles’ work.Ā Eric and Casey rescue one of the Danish who is badly injured.
There is a lot of action with grizzlies, and different groups who want Eric and Casey to find missing people. It’s pretty exhausting all the searching they do to find people and try to figure out how they died.Ā The injured woman is not very helpful.Ā Ā And it’s not just figuring out how people died, but as things continue they need to know why.
There isn’t much development of characters or relationships here.Ā However, Casey and April work together more closely and forge a new closeness.Ā Eric and Casey are also building Rockton’s connection with the settler groups, hostiles and even the Council as they figure out what is happening.
I really love this series and look forward to each new book. It is easy and fun to read, with plenty of engagement for the heart and mind.Ā I highly recommend it.Ā I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Narration:
I am a huge fan of Therese Plummer narrating this series.Ā I am always excited to listen to her performance.Ā The voices, both male and female, seem distinct to me. I recognize many character voices now.Ā I was able to listen at my usual 1.5x speed.
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About Therese Plummer
Therese Plummer is an actor and voice over artist living and working in New York City. Favorite roles to date include TV: Rose Nerrick, The Good Wife, Andy in Law and Order SVU. Stage: Celebrity Row; New York Theatre Workshop, Under Tillage, The Irish Repertory Theatre. Off-off Broadway credits include The Vagina Monologues, Suzanne in Twilight of the Goldās and Madeline in the Award Winning Samuel French Short play The Sweet Room. Comedy Credits include Improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and Stand-up at Carolineās Comedy Club. Therese also performed her one woman show, Ribbons Undone, at the Here Arts Center.
Therese records audio books for Audible.com, Recorded Books and Talking Books, Inc. As an adolescent counselor, Therese spent five years utilizing Drama therapy techniques in individual and group settings before moving to New York. She shares a passion of creating, helping and entertaining and feels incredibly lucky to do all three.
About Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could
write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a
story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls
and evil dolls, much to her teachersā dismay. Today, she continues to
spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked
away in her basement writing dungeon. She lives in southwestern
Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.
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Excellent review, Anne? I have the first two books of this series but have had mixed reading experiences with Armstrong so Iām not sure Iāll ever start this one. Glad youāre loving it!
Oh I think you would LOVE this series. There isn’t the paranormal like many of her other series. I encourage you to try it but be ready to binge. Once I started I didn’t want to stop. And I didn’t. I read right up to all the ones released at the time.
Thank you so much for the awesome review!!
Thank you for such a pleasurable experience! I appreciate your time in commenting.
Everyone’s raving about this book! I hope I can start this series at some point, I know I’d love it?
You would love it. I don’t know how you could not.
I’ve been reading some great things about this series. And I have loved Kelley Armstrong’s books in the past. I’ll definitely put this series on my TBR. Seems like I have a few to go though š
Lucky you having all of them to read. Someday I will binge reread them. They are so good. I have always listened to the audio from the beginning.
Man oh Man I need to read this series! Thanks for the review!
You do because it is a real favorite of mine. It’s unique and very enjoyable. The audio is excellent.
Hi,
The pub year above is wrong, it’s 2021. I thought it was new and since I’m a big fan too I didn’t think I’d missed one (or had forgotten about Danish tourists).
Good catch. I updated it 2021. A little beginning of the year typo. It’s definitely one of my favorite series.
Yep, this one had them running around chasing their tails a lot, but I loved how Casey didn’t put up with any of the people’s shenanigans who were involved. Love this series so much. For a thriller series they are the easiest and quickest reading. Glad to buddy up.
Thank you Sophia! It was great to read with you. I love this series and I agree that Casey didn’t take any crap.
Sounds like I need to read this author. Great review, Anne!
Thank you Laura. I feel certain you would LOVE this series and I would read them in order.
I’m going to read this one today. I plan on shutting my computer off and enjoying the story! I’ll be listening to the audio in the future with my husband in the future as he’s a fan of the series, as well. I’ll come back to your review once I’ve posted mine.
Therese Plummer is one of my all-time favorite narrators! If I notice she’s the narrator I’m more likely to pick it up just based on her performance alone.
Yes I love her narration. I have always listened to audio on this series. The series was how I ended up reviewing audiobooks for MacMillan initially. When I was a newbie audio listener.
I bet the audio for this is amazing! I adore this series and Therese Plummer is a fantastic narrator. I am so glad you enjoyed this one, Anne!
Thanks I just love it on audio.