Title: WOLF PACK
Author: Will Dean
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Read: September 2022
Expected publication: out now
My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Book Description:
A closed community
Rose Farm is home to a group of survivalists, completely cut off from the
outside world. Until now.
A missing person
A young woman goes missing within the perimeter of the farm compound. Can Tuva
talk her way inside the tight-knit group to find her story?
A frantic search
As Tuva attempts to unmask the culprit, she gains unique access to the
residents. But soon she finds herself in danger of the pack turning against her
– will she make her way back to safety so she can expose the truth?
Will Dean’s most heart-pounding Tuva Moodyson thriller yet takes Tuva
to her absolute limits in exposing a heinous crime, and in her own personal
life. Can she, and will she, do the right thing?
My musings:
Oh how I love Tuva Moodyson! This series is just
getting better and better.
Tuva has had her fair share of
tragedy and is still reeling from the incident that almost killed her lover and
put her in a coma. She now feels like she has little to lose, which is perhaps
the reason she throws herself headlong into trying to solve another mystery,
consequences be damned. A young woman has gone missing up near the mysterious
Rose Farm, and no one is talking. It’s the sort of challenge Tuva cannot
resist, even if it puts herself in danger.
With Tuva, Dean has created a
strong, enigmatic, kick-ass female character who has not only overcome
adversity (Tuva is deaf), but also never shies away from setting injustices right.
Supported by a cast of weird and wonderful characters, and a remote, small-town
setting, this series never disappoints. Over the previous four books, we have
become very familiar with the small forest town of Gavrik and its inhabitants,
and they all make a disappearance here. Whether it’s the creepy wood-turning
sisters you’ve been hoping to catch up with, or the whiff of Tammy’s amazing
cooking, Dean makes sure they are not forgotten.
I felt sad for Tuva in this one,
because part of her bravery and determination not to back down reflects her
inner loneliness after the tragedy that stole the love of her life from her. So
perhaps this is the reason this book seemed more melancholy to me than its
predecessors, even though it’s a solid mystery with lots of action and
nail-biting scenes where Tuva puts herself in danger. For me, it’s the characters
and the setting that make this series so irresistible, though of course I’m not
knocking the well-plotted mystery that holds it all together (which I won’t go
into here because it’s best to delve in blind for maximum surprise value).
The Tuva Moodyson series remains one
of my favourite crime series and one I can’t get enough of. I hope that we will
see a lot more of Tuva in future.
Thank
you to Netgalley and Oneworld Publications for the free electronic copy of this novel and
for giving me the opportunity to provide an honest review.
I really enjoyed it;)
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