Book Summary and Reviews of Wildwood by Amy Pease

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - A bit slow, but turns out.
Shaky Lake, Sherman County, Wiconsin, and Sheriff Marge and her deputy officer Eli welcome us back for another crime investigation.

For a small town of one thousand, there are always brutal crimes happening.

This time they are investigating a missing undercover agent, Trinity, but it doesn't look good from the bloody scene in her trailer.

That isn’t the only brutal scene they come upon, and this person was connected to Trinity.

We follow the investigation and enjoy the detailed writing of Miss peace. It is the second book in the series, but you can still follow what’s going on. It’s the same characters, but just a different situation.

Readers who enjoy thrillers, surprises, great characters, and great descriptions will enjoy WILDWOOD.

It is a bit of a slow start, but you will get invested in the story and the characters and enjoy how it all cleverly turns out. 4/5

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

labmom55

Well done characters
Wildwood is the second in the Northwoods series which has now made it onto my list of gotta read series. If anything, I think I liked this book even more than the first. The series involves a mother-son duo of sheriff and deputy sheriff in North Wisconsin. They are called in to investigate when the CI of an undercover DEA agent goes missing, presumed dead. FBI agent Alyssa Mason also shows up again to help with the investigation.

The plot is well thought out and stays mostly in the realm of the possible. (Although a few of the initial plot points about Trinity seemed a little out of place once the ending unfurled.) There’s a steady pace to the story and a good bit of tension that had me finding excuses to keep reading. The book tracks between the current investigation and the months leading up to it as told from the missing victim’s perspective. All the characters, including the victim, are well fleshed out and we get great insight into their issues. There’s even a wonderful dog/wolf who acts as an emotional support dog for Eli.

I definitely recommend reading the two books in order.
My thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books for an advance copy of this book.