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The Boy Who Cried Bear: Haven's Rock #2    by Kelley Armstrong Amazon.com order for
Boy Who Cried Bear
by Kelley Armstrong
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Minotaur, 2024 (2024)
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* *   Reviewed by Hilary Williamson

The Boy Who Cried Bear follows Murder at Haven's Rock as the second in this follow on series from Kelley Armstrong's Rockton mysteries. After the Council dismantled Rockton, detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, built a new Yukon refuge for people running from their pasts.

My favorites of the engaging case of characters are Newfoundland dog Storm and Casey's autistic sister, physician/ neuroscientist April. This time the spotlight is on ten-year old Max, who came to the town with his Mom, Dana, and older brother Carson. They had been in witness protection. Eric has been teaching Max tracking and takes him seriously when he thinks he spies a bear (with human eyes) in the forest. Bigfoot jokes abound.

Then Max goes missing and Dana accuses Gunnar, who had befriended the boy. Casey and Eric keep searching, despite personal worries. There are deaths and new insights into the operations of the shady mining company nearby - all fodder for the next in the series. Can't wait.

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