Buried in the Snow- Find me in the Dark (Detective Harlow Durant series Book 1) – ARC Book Review

My father’s path was one I never wanted to walk, but here I am, following drops of blood like a crumb trail left in the woods. I was born of murder, my life built on the bones of a prolific killer. And now, I must atone for sins that should not be mine to bear.

Detective Harlow Durant has spent a lifetime trying to escape the shadows of her tormented past. As the daughter of a convicted serial killer, Harlow was determined to turn her life around and is now the only female detective at the New York Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, bringing killers like her father to justice.

Upstate, in the small college town of Plattsburgh, the body of a young woman has been found inside a melting snowbank. Harlow and her partner Detective Lucas Park are immediately called in to investigate. Searching around the victim’s frozen body, they find a bracelet which identifies her as college student Alyssa Trent.

As Harlow and Lucas begin to gather evidence from the town’s shocked community, the snow continues to thaw and soon another two victims are discovered. With the body count rising fast it is clear that Harlow is hunting a serial killer. But what links these seemingly ordinary young women?

With a town living in fear and a killer at large, Harlow receives a chilling message from someone who knows her father’s case and knows the secret she has hidden from the bureau. Is she being warned off the case? And with a freak April snowstorm heading across the state, will Harlow risk everything to stop a killer dead in their tracks before they strike again?

From the bestselling author of Next Girl To Die comes a chilling and unputdownable crime thriller perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot and Robert Dugoni’s Tracy Crosswhite series.

No. of pages:- 300 pages

Date published:- will be published on October 21st 2021

Publisher:- Bookouture

Genre:- Thriller

Rating:-

I am so happy and thrilled that over the months, I got a chance to start off the detective series and this book is one such book!

Serial Killers? If a book is about serial killers, then I’ll definitely read it. Detective Harlow Durant has a tumultuous past–her name was Harper Jane and she was the daughter of a well known serial killer back in Washington. When her father was caught Harper changed her name to Harlow. Many years later, she is working for New York Bureau of Crimes and moves to a small town in upstate New York to solve crimes. When a body of a computer science girl was found buried in the snow, Harlow along with her partner Lucas starts to investigate the case.

I actually enjoyed reading this book!!! Harlow is going to be one of my favorite detectives and from start to finish, I was so engrossed in the book that I didn’t even realize until I reach the end of the page that I have finished the book. What I really like in a good thriller is how fast paced the book is and this thriller lived up to my expectations. When Harlow and Lucas finds out that they are dealing with a serial killer, I was immediately hooked into the book, that I couldn’t even wait to find out who the serial killer is! It was all intense and action packed book! Another thing why this book stood out to me was, how Harlow faced so much discrimination particularly from male workers led by Officer Green and I like how the author made it realistic as possible. Kudos to that! And of course, when the serial killer is caught, you are all happy and that ending…wow I so cannot wait to read the second book of the series!!! I stayed up all night trying to read the book, literally glued to the page.

Anyway, a five star rating from me! A thrilling roller coaster ride, page turner, unputdownable, fast paced, twisted…all sums up to one good thriller book!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.