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City of the Lost: A Thriller Digital – May 3, 2016

by Kelley Armstrong (Author)

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Book 1 of 7: Rockton

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368 pages
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Minotaur Books
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May 3, 2016
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1250092159
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978-1250092151
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books (May 3, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Digital ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250092159
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250092151

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Kelley Armstrong believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out. She is however an expert coffee drinker and a true connoisseur of chocolate-chip cookies.

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Compelling suspense

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2018

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I see Kelley Armstrong's name on a book and I start making assumptions, lots of them.... and I was so very wrong... The novel is, pardon me here, novel. It is not a tale of Werewolves, Witches, and Mediums.. this is not your standard urban fantasy buttercup

Yes, it starts in a city, full of the ugly that man does to woman. We are trapped in the whirlwind with Casey Duncan, a former rape survivor turned special victims unit detective. The demons she meets are both her own and man made. She lives an isolated life in the midst of the city. She has one close friend that she will do most anything for... even leave everything she knows.

Rockton is a place off the map. No cell phones, no tv, no internet. A place where the cash you bring in is useless. You work at labor the community needs and get paid in credits. A place where electricity is limited and chemical toilets are the norm. It is a place where a murder has happened and a detective is needed. Rockton is a place where you can change your name and not bring your past. It is a place where victims and criminals can begin again.

The intensity is brought by the balance, how do you investigate a murder without all the modern tools? And what do you do about what lives out in the dark woods?

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Good Read

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020

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I enjoyed this book enough that I went to the library and got the next three books in the series. It moves at a good pace; I really like Casey, the protagonist, and I love the unique nature of Rockton.

Casey and her friend Diana have to find a place to hide for their own separate reasons. Rockton is a town that offers refuge to people who need to hide. Casey is a good detective, and that happens to bring a skill set
the town needs help with some unsolved murders. There is a sheriff named Eric who is one of my favorite damaged, alpha male heroes, mostly because he has what I prefer in my protagonists - a strong inner core of good morals even if he can behave like a jerk on occasion. Or several occasions.

There are a host of other interesting, engaging characters who fall all over the spectrum of good to bad, and it kept my interest from beginning to end.

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D. Antonio

WOW

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2017

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WOW! City of the Lost will suck you in and keep you on the edge of your seat. Kelley Armstrong has a winner in this series.
Casey Duncan is a smart homicide cop who let fear and anger create a circumstance where she killed a man. Yes he was the scum of the earth but she shouldn’t have killed him. She has been living with this for 12 years as she climbed through the ranks of the police force. Now her past has caught up with her and she needs a safe place. Enter Rockton a safe harbor for those who have made mistakes and victims that need to disappear. Casey's best friend, Diana, needs to get away from an abusive ex so they both arrange to move to this town in the middle of nowhere with few modern amenities but a chance to start anew. But despite Rockton’s billing as a safe haven it does have crime and Casey’s skills are needed.
I fell for Casey. She is a smart overachiever with debts to pay but she isn’t angsty about it. I really enjoyed this book and am diving into the next installment asap.

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Everything I love in a mystery/police procedural. Note warning below

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019

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I’m always looking for a new-to-me mystery/police procedural series with a tough female detective. Happily, I found this book by Kelley Armstrong who brings imaginative touches of urban fantasy to crime fiction. No paranormal or supernatural, but real world people, settings and societal “norm” are often scarier.

This well-written and edited book book has it all:
1. An original premise and compelling storyline
2. smart, tough female detective
3. A peculiar town with an overall broody, unsettling atmosphere
4. Well-developed but oddball characters with secrets
5. Unique community with a governing body that makes final and seemingly dictatorial decisions.
6. A cunning serial murderer openly operating
7. Minimal romance subplot, some personal angst, and moderate drama

WARNING:
Grisly descriptions of murder, torture, dismemberment.
Lots of NSFW language.

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BellaChase

Great novel with awesome protagonists!

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020

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This is an amazing series of books. I read some of the less than awesome reviews and was disappointed in those reviews. The heroine is strong, with issues, but strong ethically and strong professionally. The hero is also strong ethically, but has a unique moral center. He is able to be sensitive, but hold his center. He is able to allow Casey to be the strong one when necessary. The development of the story leads to an unexpected resolution. I loved it and the ones before and after. One last thing, here is a romantic mystery series with no explicit sex scenes - and they work! I hope that Ms. Armstrong intends on continuing the series. Definitely a read again series!!!

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Waterside Lucy

I really wanted to like this book more

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019

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I really liked the premise. But something just wasn’t right about the writing. I found myself re-reading paragraphs at a time because the writing was so choppy and difficult to follow at times. Two or three characters would be talking about people not present and referred to him or her, using those pronouns, without explanation and I wondered who they were talking about. The various people living in the forest were too numerous to keep track of. And this place is in the middle of nowhere but these “groups” of hostiles/cave dwellers/walk-always/forest creatures always seemed to be looming nearby. And, ok, there were murders, (of course) but why all the dismemberment. That was just weird and unnecessary. And the Diana character was so annoying. I’m not sure I like any of these people to Keep reading the series. I really wanted to like this book.

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Danq

Great story

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2022

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A tale that reminds me of The Pines. Persons in trouble can put in an application to see if they qualify to be admitted to the City for the Lost. It is far from a paradise and those entering may end up dead! A very surprising ending too!! Great story

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Bookworm 262

Excellent thriller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2018

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I originally bought this in 6 parts when it was first published as a serial. I have recently bought it again as a single file as I loved the book but got irritated at reading it in the broken up format.

This author has written paranormal thrillers in the past, This is NOT one of those. This is a straight thriller.

The book is about a woman detective with a dangerous secret who needs to disappear. Luckily for her there is a settlement based in the Yukon where people can disappear for a few years. So we get a chance to see modern day people transported to an almost 19th century frontier style world with no phones, very basic living conditions and a murderer at large.

As usual with Kelley Armstrongs' books the protagonist is a tough woman with "issues" and a flexible moral code that allows for the difference between justice and law. The descriptions of the Yukon are detailed and feel very real. The characters are complex and have all had to make some hard choices. I enjoyed the mystery as well as the human stories of people so threatened they give up the comfort of 21st century living to survive.

I thought this book was great and I have since bought the rest in the Rockton series but be warned, it has some seriously gruesome bits and there is a fair bit of bad language as well as adult themes.

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MB

It sounded bloody fantastic. But

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2017

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I was interested in reading the book from the first time I saw it. A town for people that needs to get away. A secret town in the middle of nowhere. It sounded bloody fantastic. But, sometimes my expectations are too high, and when it came to this book did I expect a more mysterious and darker story.

Now, I don't say that the City of the Lost is a bad book, it started off interestingly with Casey and her friend Diana needing to get away, especially Diana after she once again had problems with her ex-boyfriend who beat her badly. Casey's problem is a bit more complicated, she killed a man when she was in college and have since then been waiting for the day the past would catch up with her. And, now it seems that it has happened. For them is Rockton a perfect solution, although Casey because of her past has a hard time getting approved for going to the town, in the end, is she allowed, but there are some conditions for her and one of the reasons they agree to accept her is because they need a homicide detective to solve a murder.

It's in Rockton that I felt the story started to drag now and then, it just went on and on, sometimes it felt that the investigation didn't go anywhere. I was also a bit disappointed with the town, it felt that it was just really bad people there and if you were a woman then you had to watch out (I think I had a town like the one in Pines (Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch in mind, normal but mysterious). There were some promising things with the story, the rumors about cannibals were interesting, it just never becomes much more than a rumor. Then, the obvious and expected romance occurred (I have read reviews of the books so I was prepared), and it took more time away from the investigations, but at the same time was it an important part of the story that I can't discuss since it would spoiler the book.

The ending, well it was good, perhaps not fantastically good, but Casey did solve the murder and all. She also discovered some secrets that someone close to her had kept and I loved the confrontation between Casey and this person.

So, City of the Lost did not turn out to be this fantastic book I had hoped for. It was more of a bumpy ride with both ups and downs. Would I read the next book? Yes, I would! I did enjoy more of the book than I disliked. I just hope the next book will have a less bumpy ride.

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Rani

So much Potential Here

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2018

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A mix of mystery and some romance this is a very slow building story - although for me it wasn't so slow that things got annoying. It’s not a book I regret picking up.

We are introduced to a town filled to the brim with people who needed to get away/disappear, a town that for Detective Casey Duncan and her best friend Diana gives the promise of a much-needed new start. But when they get there…well peace and bliss isn’t exactly on the menu. As Detective Casey tries to find her feet with the town, its inhabitants and her new boss Sheriff Eric Dalton, she also comes to some revelations about her best-friend who I seriously didn’t like, whilst also having to solve a murder.

The romance between Casey and the Sheriff felt like it needed to be developed more, and it would have been nice if some of the intrigues and rumours (e.g. of cannibalism) surrounding the town were delved into rather than touched upon fleetingly.

Overall this was an ok read, the bones of the book had the potential to be deliciously engrossing – sadly that didn’t happen.

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Lexi Mitchell

Meh.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2020

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So incredibly disappointed. Always rated Kelley Armstrong since reading the Bitten Series & the premise was so interesting. A town full of residents with dark pasts - a town where they could disappear off the grid. And it started off promisingly with rumours of cannabilism & a few quite brutal murders with motives, secrets & suspects aplenty. And then it turned into a hybrid romance/cosy mystery/thriller which went on for far too long & had a ubiquitous love story which by the end was both irritating & monotonous. The final twist was ridiculous & patronising & by this stage I was checking the percentage on my kindle willing myself to carry on. There have been plenty of 5 stars so it clearly worked for many readers. Just not for me. Romance & dark fiction do not mix. They don’t gel at all. Getting hot & heavy after you find an arm in a cave is highly unbelievable. Not for me.

Kwoo

You may lose sleep because it’s addictive. Brilliant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2019

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I’ve been lost in a fanfiction abyss for the past few months and started a few books hoping to find something interesting. Wow, did this not diasappoint. I like Kelley Armstrong’s writing anyway and I’m a huge crime fiction fan (Karin Slaughter, Alex Kava) so I ordered the sample of this and I literally couldn’t put it down. I bought It immediately. Strong female lead, really intriguing and different plot concept. I was actually a bit freaked out and had to do a bedroom-toilet dash and back in case something got me haha. Loved it. Couldn’t put it down. You know you’re reading a good book when you’re in work thinking about how you can’t wait to get home to it. Definitely read it, at least try the sample.

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