Cold as Hell: A Haven's Rock Novel

By Kelley Armstrong

Book Overview

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Haven's Rock in Cold as Hell as Casey Duncan hunts down a dangerous killer during a deadly blizzard.

Haven's Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are starting a family now that they've settled into their life here. As Casey nears the end of her pregnancy, she lets nothing, including her worried husband, stop her from investigating what happens in the forbidden forest outside the town of Haven's Rock.

When one of the town's residents is drugged and wanders too close to the edge of town, she's dragged into the woods kicking and screaming. She's saved in the nick of time, but the women of the town are alarmed. Casey and Eric investigate the assault just as a snowstorm hits Haven's Rock, covering the forest. It's there they find a frozen body, naked in the snow. With mixed accounts of the woman's last movements, the two begin to question who they can trust--and who they can't--in their seemingly safe haven.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250351790
• ISBN13: 9781250351791
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

An engaging thriller

Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong is a solid addition to the Haven’s Rock series, though it didn’t captivate me as much as previous books. The side characters shine, and Armstrong’s writing remains atmospheric and engaging. Overall, I gave it 4/5 stars—great for fans of the series, but it didn’t pull at my heartstrings like earlier installments.

a chilling thriller!

Reading this during a couple of chilly days really made this story feel real and I was sucked into the town of Haven's Rock as a storm hits, women are being attacked and going missing, and Casey is coming up on her due date which has its own joys and fears. Haven's Rock may be small and hidden in the Yukon but so many things continue to happen, which is understandable when the residents are on the run and need protection. I love the duo of Casey and Eric, they work so well together and it is easy to see how strongly they love each other. The other long term residents, like Gunnar, Kendra, Yolanda, Will, and April who make up the core and help solve these cases are also mostly easy to like and I keep holding my breath so that nothing bad happens to them. So, this is another great book in the Haven's Rock series, full of twists, thrills, and so much cold weather! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to dive back into the town of Haven's Rock and have another thrilling read!