City of the Lost

A Rockton Novel

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows that someday this crime will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent, abusive ex-husband. When Diana's husband finds her, and Casey herself is attacked shortly after, Casey knows it's time for the two of them to disappear again.

Diana has heard of a town made for people like her, a town that takes in people on the run who want to shed their old lives. You must apply to live in Rockton and if you're accepted, it means walking away entirely from your old life, and living off the grid in the wilds of Canada: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, no computers, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council's approval. As a murderer, Casey isn't a good candidate, but she has something they want: She's a homicide detective, and Rockton has just had its first real murder. She and Diana are in. However, soon after arriving, Casey realizes that the identity of a murderer isn't the only secret Rockton is hiding—in fact, she starts to wonder if she and Diana might be in even more danger in Rockton than they were in their old lives.

An edgy, gripping crime audiobook from bestselling urban fantasy writer Kelley Armstrong, City of the Lost boldly announces a major new player in the crime fiction world.

Critic reviews

"...this was such a phenomenal listen. I also don't doubt that a huge part of my love of this book was due to the format and the incredible performance by the narrator Therese Plummer. This is the first audiobook I've ever listened to her read, and I am beyond impressed with her voice acting. She reads beautifully, pulling me into the story so that I hung on to her every word. Her timing, accents, and inflections were all perfect, and the way she dramatized the suspenseful scenes had a way of making [me] feel like I was right in the story, or sitting around a campfire listening to a tale told by an extremely talented storyteller." <i>-BiblioSanctum.com</i>

Overall a worthwhile read

The story held my interest and was surprising almost to the end. The reader was perfect for the story.

Bad guy town

This was a really different story about detectives and town folk who are more on the criminal side. I enjoyed every minute of this book.

Amazing!

I have always loved Kelly Armstrong. This book is unique to her others, yet still mind blowing! Therese is one of the best narrators I have listened to so far.

Interesting mystery.

Excellent base story line, but use of constant “slang” aka-the “f-word” was over used and unnecessary.

Decent story

The story was interesting but the dialogue is more like teenager like with lots of bad language. Is that supposed to transport the dialogue to adult instead of teenage? It failed if that was the reason. The characters are adults with teenage like interaction, miscommunication, and resulting actions. It didn’t ruin the story but could have been so much better with more mature dialogue and communication between characters. I would rate this book as 3.5.