Book Review: The Wicked Hour by Alice Blanchard

 

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                                                     Published December 1st 2020
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The day after Burning Lake’s notorious, debauched Halloween celebration, Detective Natalie Lockhart uncovers a heartbreaking scene—a young woman, dead and lying in a dumpster. There’s no clue to who she is, save for a mystifying tattoo on her arm, and a callus underneath her chin. She’s not from around here. No one knows who she is.

As Natalie retraces the young woman’s steps leading up to her death, she uncovers a deeper, darker horror—a string of murders and disappearances, seemingly unconnected, that may have ties to each other—and explain the abrupt disappearance of her best friend years ago.

As she digs deeper within the mind of the hunter, Natalie finds a darkness she could never have imagined. And as she draws closer to the truth, the killer is weaving a trap for her that may prove inescapable.

                                                            MY REVIEW:

The Wicked Hour: A Natalie Lockhart Novel by Alice Blanchard
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The day after Burning Lake’s notorious, debauched Halloween celebration, Detective Natalie Lockhart uncovers a heartbreaking scene—a young woman, dead and lying in a dumpster. There’s no clue to who she is, save for a mystifying tattoo on her arm, and a callus underneath her chin. She’s not from around here. No one knows who she is.
Natalie is not going to give up on uncovering this mystery and she finds more clues that link to other murders and disappearances. We also find out that Natalie's best friend from high school had gone missing without any clue as to where she is.
I know I will continue on with this series as we learn more about Natalie and I think eventually the clue about her best friend, Belle's disappearance.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's for this book to review.

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                                                                     Alice Blanchard


BornThe United States

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https://aliceblanchard.com/

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Genre
Mystery, Suspense, Thriller




Alice Blanchard is the award-winning author of "Trace of Evil" and "The Wicked Hour," an evocative new mystery series from Minotaur Books.
An IndieNext Pick!
"Powerful." ― Ann Cleeves
"Gripping." ― Associated Press

"Trace of Evil” was selected as an Amazon Best Mystery/Thriller for December, an Indie Next Pick, a Loanstars Top Pick and a CrimeReads Magazine "Books You Should Read in December."

Her standalone mystery, "Darkness Peering," was a New York Times' Notable Book, and her thriller "The Breathtaker" was an official selection of NBC’s Today Show Book Club. Her work has been published in 17 countries.

"The Stuntman’s Daughter,” won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. She has received a PEN Award, a New Letters Literary Award and a Centrum Fellowship.

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