No Rest for the Wicked - Rachel Louis Adams

At first I was hesitant about reviewing this book. In some ways it radiated echoes of something already done, but there was just enough of a hook in the synopsis to arouse my interest. I do love Halloween, I do love mysteries, and I adore a good suspense novel. So I bit, and am I ever glad that I did! I was fully caught up in a net so skillfully woven tat it’s difficult to believe this is a debut novel.

No Rest for the Wicked is one of the strongest debut novels I have ever laid eyes upon. Do not be misled, though. It is far from being a cozy, comfy mystery novel it’s dark and twisted and quite satisfying. The protagonist, a forensic pathologist who goes by the name of Dolores Diaz, hasn’t been in her Halloween obsessed hometown of Little Horton in nearly two decades. Nor has she had any contact with her family. A call about her missing father brings her back, and his final words in a private message set her on a high speed path with so many twists and turns, you could almost get whiplash! “Trust no-one…”

Dolores teams up with the FBI to locate her missing Father, a retired senator and once Little Horton’s mayor. As the investigation delves deeper, both bodies and Dolores’ past begin to stack up. With Halloween coming up in short order, the mystery needs to be solved and her past must be dealt with.

I couldn’t stop listening, and actually was late for work so I could finish it. Yes, priorities… this was just TOO good. I didn’t want to wait a whole shift to hear the ending. I couldn’t. Be prepared to be engulfed in a world you can’t let go of.

The narrator, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, did a phenomenal job with the different voices and as usual, it was a high quality audio release. 

This debut has all the components necessary! Strong and sometimes very relatable characters, a well thought out and executed plot line, and tons of the unexpected! All I can say is that if Rachel Louise Adam’s stops this particular universe with just one tale, I will be driven insane! It’s the effect universe for a series, if she so wills it. I know the readers want at least a sequel!

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for the early audio copy of the novel in return for an honest review. This audiobook is 12hrs and 4mins in length.

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