I really enjoyed the first two Stillhouse Lake, and I thought book 2 had a satisfying conclusion. At the time, I felt like I could be done with the series and it would be fine. But this book was too difficult to pass up.

Gwen is still dealing with crazy people who are positive she is complicit in the horrible deeds of her ex-husband. Sadly, as I watch current events, this kind of mass stupidity is very believable. Although this is an important aspect of this book, we also get a good mystery. Gwen receives a call from a woman who insists something is wrong and wants help, but won't provide any specifics. When the woman turns up dead, Gwen goes to the small town of Wolfhunter to investigate. I enjoyed discovering what was happening, and I also really like how Gwen, Sam, and especially the children have matured and developed.

This book would work as a stand-alone, but it would also spoil previous events in the series, so it'd be good to read the previous books first. Besides, they are exciting.

First of all, I loved the first two books in this series. I think the concept of the book itself was really smart and different. So many serial killer-focused thrillers are all about the victims and the killer himself, and I thought it was such a smart twist to approach from the side of his family. I liked this book a little less than the first two, as I think it was a bit of a clunky transition from being harassed by their husband/father, to getting involved in someone else's crisis. In addition, the sub-plot with the lawyer seemed a little over the top.

That having been said, Rachel Caine is a master at action and keeping her audience on the edge of their seats. I thought this story in particular was a very quick, fast-paced read. I really feel for the characters, and Caine is an expert at really getting her readers to feel the plight of Gwen and her family.

Definitely a book worth picking up - especially if you enjoyed the first two of the trilogy!

Thank you so much to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book. I did a happy dance when I was approved to review :)

I have loved this whole series and couldn’t wait to get into this story. I was definitely not disappointed! This one follows Gwen through some pretty wild and crazy circumstances. Throughout the whole series the story line has never once lacked excitement or suspense. In this installment we get a deeper (and somewhat surprising) look into Sam and how he ultimately came I to the lives of the Proctors. When his past collides with their current predicament, we get spun I to a tale of lies, betrayal, and revenge. So. Good.

Thank You Net Galley for the chance to review Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine, the 3rd in the Stillhouse Lake series.

This series has been a revelation coz we humans have a tendency to focus on the vile, so much that we forget the shadows of the monsters. Gwen Proctor, aka Gina Royal is the ex-wife to Melvin Royal the serial killer who has such long hands that he manages to terrorize his family even from the grave. Rachel Caine is an author who is on the pulse of the social media storm that seems to be the judge all and be all for every single thing out there be it true or false. The amount of fake news being spread, its horrendous and difficult to fathom for people who are actually being targeted in every form that the whole world mirrors a battlefield.

Gwen has fought her war and has managed to move on but there are still those that do not believe in her innocence and one of them a mother whoz lost her daughter to Melvin is out to destroy everything that she holds dear. The action shifts to another small town called Wolfhunter where even the air seems filled with darkness.
I loved how the author has managed to instill the terror and the paranoia not knowing whom to trust and how Sam, Lanny and Connor all pitch in, every way possible to win the war. Awesome work again! I had half a mind to let Gwen be, but after reading this superb thriller wouldn't mind reading more of the family adventures.

I received this ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest and voluntary review. I was in no way compensated for this review.

Wolfhunter River is the final installment in Rachel Caine’s Stillhouse Lake trilogy. I had thought the series over with the second book, but Rachel still had another story to tell us with Gwen. It was an amazing and chilling mystery that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time! I love a good mystery and Rachel has proven time and again there’s nothing she can’t master at!

In this one we have Gwen dealing with the aftermath of a bad TV interview. She thought to tell her story about what happened with her ex-husband, Melvin Royal, but it turned into a witch hunt of sorts where she was being attacked by her husband’s crimes. One her biggest haters even comes onto the show with the nastiest surprise of them all.

Throughout this series I’ve had so much sympathy for poor Gwen and her children. They will always be judged by Melvin’s crimes and while I understand where some of the family members were coming from, we’re in Gwen’s perspective, so we can see that some of their actions were just unfounded and cruel.

It’s not long before Gwen receives a strange phone call from a woman she’s never met, Marlene. Marlene is very edgy about something and wants Gwen’s help but Gwen isn’t so quick to jump on thing, her past experiences have warned her against it. But the next thing she knows is that a few days later she gets another call, from a frantic young girl named Vee who says her mother has been murdered and Gwen’s phone number was in her phone’s history and she needs help. Vee is being accused of murdering her mother, but something tells Gwen that there is more to this that what meets the eye, or in this case, ear.

Gwen, Sam, and her kids soon find themselves going to Wolfhunter River, a very small town that has more secrets than you would think possible. As Gwen goes about trying to help Vee out and prove her innocence there are other darker forces at work. Women have gone missing from this little town, reports of a ghost car crash run rampant, and the news is filled with reports of the missing little girl who was kidnapped not too long ago.

My Scooby senses were tingling with all the mysteries in this one! I knew there had to be connections and whatnot but I’d be a terrible sleuth as I never really got the gist of what was going on. Though I was right to suspect one person! Lol. That is without a doubt my favorite part of a mystery read, trying to figure out the whodunit! I might not get the reasoning, but I’m usually pretty good at figuring out who the bad guy/gal is!

The pacing to this one was pretty ideal! It moves along at a nice pace. It starts out a little slow, but once we enter Wolfhunter, things move along at a faster pace. There’s danger at every turn and you truly don’t know who can be trusted in this book. The ending was also very ideal! It ends in a way that all mysteries should and I feel like we leave the characters in a good place. I do believe this is the final installment and I happy with where things were at. It’s right at the perfect place where you know the characters will be moving on towards their happy ever afters. Rachel Caine reigns supreme when it comes to writing fantastic books and I highly recommend checking out this mystery series of hers!


Overall Rating 4.5/5 stars


Wolfhunter River releases April 23, 2019

Honestly, I thought I saw the last of Gwen Proctor in Killman Creek. But here we are again, with a third installment of Stillhouse Lake, and what a book! I didn't really have high expectations of this one since, the longer the series tends to pull, the more it loses it charm. But Rachel Caines proven me soooo wrong!
Fast-paced, gripping and action-packed, this one was a real page-turner and had me reading well into the morning. I think I enjoyed this one more than Killman Creek. I enjoy how each of the characters are fleshed out and characterized so well. Fantastic work Rachel Caine, you're a star! Highly recommended series.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher & Rachel Caine for an arc.

Thank you to Netgalley, Thomas & Mercer and Rachel Caine for my arc of Wolfhunter River in exchange for an honest review.


Spoiler warning: no spoilers for this book but some spoilers for the first two books in the series: Stillhouse Lake and Killman Creek where relevant for this review.

Synopsis: Gwen and her children have been through hell and back, after Gwen's husband Melvin was discovered to have been murdering and brutalising women in their garage, Gwen and her two children Lanny & Connor have been on the run, victims of cruel online hate campaigns targeting them and accusing Gwen of involvement with her husband's terrible crimes. But now with Melvin dead, and new love interest Sam involved, they're hoping to have some semblance of a normal life, and Gwen has promised the kids they can stop running. But of course nothing ever goes to plan, the parents of Melvin's victims start filming a documentary intending to expose Gwen as Melvin's assistant. Exposed to film cameras, unpleasantness and threats, it's time to leave. So when Gwen gets a call from a desperate woman over at Wolfhunter it seems like the perfect time to escape.

I love Rachel Caine's books, she is one of the only authors I've read who can write so many different genres and do it so well. This series is truly gripping, I got through this one in a matter of a couple of hours and I'm really hoping it's not the last one in this series. I love Gwen's feistiness and genuinely feel so sorry for her and her children and the way they're persecuted. I want to see them get their happy ending!

3rd in the Stillwater series and just as good as the 1st 2. I lean towards murder mystery and very little romance and Wolfhunter River gives me just that! I would suggest reading the first two before reading this

This is the 3rd book in the series and having previously read the first two I was looking forward to it, however I just didn't enjoy it as much.
I struggled to see how this book connected to the previous two and felt it was a little unbelievable.
Maybe as a stand along book it would be ok?

I LOVED Stillhouse Lake. I mean, really loved it, super excited when the sequel came out, why isn't this more popular kind of love. Killman Creek, the sequel, was still good, and I enjoyed it. However, Wolfhunter River just didn't do it for me. It felt like a trilogy that didn't really need to be a trilogy. The outlandish acts taking place in this tiny town seemed much too numerous considering the size of the actual town, and Gwen's bad ass "i'm gonna kill you" attitude started to grate. I understand why she is that way, but she's become one dimensional and stagnant. Her relationship with Sam has become the same way - not really progressing. There were a lot of things that could have been included in the book, such as more on the Lost Angels organization, Sam and Miranda's past, and some other things I don't want to spoil, but were extremely significant but rushed in the end. Based on some of the passages in the book, it's entirely possible that there will be another Stillhouse Lake book, and I'll definitely check it out, but I'm hoping for more this time around.

Gwen is back in her third book and is asked to help uncover the truth in Wolfhunter River. The book did not disappoint, it is full of action, deceit and murder.
This author does the suspense/thriller genre justice! Once I started the book I couldn't put it down. This title will keep you guessing at each turn of events and make you think to figure it all out. A great read!

Gwen is back!! This is the third installment in the Stillhouse Lake Series and another exceptional addition to this series. Gwen gets an ominous phone call from a lady in Wolfhunter River a small town with a lot of secrets. Gwen after learning the caller has been shot decides to investigate this small town with Sam, Lanny and Conner along for the ride. There are three mysteries going at once that keep the reader captivated to the stunning conclusions of all three mysteries. Love this series and love Gwen and looking forward to reading the next in this series. Highly recommend all the books in this series you will be just as captivated as I was but keep in mind a slow start to the book but it ramps up very quickly to be a page turner!

I have never lived in a small town and having read so many thrillers set in small towns, I think I will just stick to the cities. Traffic jams, pollution and muggers sounds way better than some of these small town characters in thrillers.

Gwen Proctor is back! I remember seeing this book on NetGalley’s, Read Now section and totally freaking out as I clicked download. I thought it was a glitch in the system and didn’t want to delay getting the book. Can you already tell just how much I like this series?

In this story, Gwen moves to Wolfhunter to respond to a distress call. However, she soon realizes that the small remote town is a pace of nightmares. The legal system is corrupted and twisted, vigilantes are running wild and they have guns. Most of the characters are dark and frankly, bat shit crazy. What is worse, they have some weird relations. Crazy cousins and siblings abound.

This book is more like the second one in terms of action. I loved the first book since it was more of psychological than action thriller. However, this one leans towards actions/suspense thrillers. This isn’t really a major issue but I’m not a huge fan of action whether it is movies or books, the bullets need to take a break. The strength of this story though lies in the character development. Gwen, Sam, Connor and Lanny are all well developed and I enjoy reading about them. Gwen’s background troubles her but it sure is entertaining to read about and definitely adds to the tension in the story.

Wolfhunter River is a great addition to the Stillhouse Lake series. I wasn’t too crazy about the amount of action but can’t deny that is was all entertaining. I also found the first chapters a bit slow but once Gwen got to Wolfhunter, I was completely hooked. I don’t know if this is the end of the series, I hope not because I would still like to read more about the Proctors.

After reading the first two books in the stillhouse lake series I was excited to see the third available on Netgalley! With Melvin now dead, I was curious what path the book would take and I was happy to see that it didn’t lose any momentum. It was nice to see Gwen putting the skills she needed to develop to survive her husband to use helping other people. Her children continued to surprise me with their fortitude, and it was nice to see them more grown up.
My only negative was that I thought the amount of death in the book was a little overboard. I know it’s a series about a murderer, but i think some of the deaths were for shock value rather than really adding to the story.
The way the book ended seemed to leave room for a 4th, and I hope it does because I am eager to hear more about Gwen and her family

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is the third book in the Stillhouse Lake series, and each of the books has been full of suspense and very entertaining. There are mysteries, romance, and thrills in every chapter, and these books are unputdownable, for lack of a better term. I hope the author continues this series for a long time. Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this book early; I loved it!

This is a truly amazing series. I have a bad heart and at times during these first three books, I was a bit worried that I might end up in the hospital due to excitement and anxiety! Granted with the first book you really need to understand that the author takes a lot of artistic licenses and makes the literally impossible into the fictionally possible. But I have no problem with using my imagination! That's what fiction is for -to make us imagine ourselves in these situations and how we would react, to get us away from our everyday lives and problems, to entertain, amuse or horrify -and this series does it in spades.


In the last book, Gwen and her family and lover have finally gotten rid of her serial killer husband Melvin and thank goodness for that! But due to something that Sam has done, in this book, Gwen and crew decide to go help someone who calls out for help and ends up in dire straights. Sam has to confess that he has done something horrible and from there we have this next installment.

This book does end up on a different note and I find it a good one as it sets up a different sort of story for the upcoming book/s. I don't believe that Gwen and her kids have gotten rid of the trolls and stalkers, but the author is giving us something fresh.

If I had one complaint about this book is that it does too much re-hashing, but that does allow for someone to start in on this series anywhere and get caught up -tho I do not recommend that you do so.

*ARC supplied by the publisher though I did pre-order my own copy!

I liked reading more on how these characters were affected by the past and the horrific events that they experienced. I loved their family dynamic and was cheering for wounds to be healed. It was interesting to realize how the media and public can twist criminal cases and be as damaging as the criminals themselves.

When I found Wolfhunter River, book 3 in the series, available for review I was super excited!
I throughly enjoyed Stillhouse Lake and Killman Creek so I jumped right in on book 3 as soon as I got it downloaded.
Book 3 didn’t disappoint at all.
Picking up where book 2 left off we find Sam, Gwen and her family off to help a family in dire straits. Trouble from Sams past comes back to haunt him.
Gwen, Lanny and Connor have to decide if they are going to take Sam back or cut him loose so he no longer hurts their family.
This is a great mystery that seems to tie up the series.
I really like the writing style of this author. She is very descriptive and chooses her word wisely. There isn’t an abundance of foul language.
This book will answer many of your questions.
Happy reading!

Wolfhunter River is the third book in the Gwen Proctor saga - her ex-husband is finally dead, and she can focus on dealing with the Sicko Patrol, rather than the danger from all sides lifestyle she's had since Stillhouse Lake. But she's blindsided in a TV interview by one of the mother's of the victims of her ex-husband, she's bankrolling a documentary - a thinly veiled excuse for harassing Gwen. Then, she receives a call from a woman, saying that she is afraid, but failing to give any details other than the town she lives in.
This book is a departure from the other two books in the series, as the mystery is one Gwen is pulled into rather than an unfortunate side effect of being Melvin Royal's ex.
This book recaps the previous two novels constantly, but fails to connect to Melvin's horrific acts outside of the tenuous thread of women in danger contacting Gwen to help them out of their predicaments. I have every confidence that being married to a murderer is a singular experience that one's social circle wouldn't immediately relate to, but Gwen doesn't need to act as a Wailing Wall to these randoms - she needs to have an uneventful second to herself to deal with her past trauma.
This was a serviceable mystery, with the same fast pace as the other two, but is somehow divorced from the opening books in the series - readers could easily pick this up and follow the story without having read the first two. However, many of the reveals will lack the emotional punch that way.

Thank you to the publisher, via NetGalley, for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Wolfhunter River is the third in Rachel Caine’s series about Gwen Proctor and her family, and it possesses the same quiet storytelling strength & engaging action as the previous two novels in the series. Gwen is still reeling from the death of her serial killer ex-husband Melvin, and as she and her two children, along with lover Sam, are trying to move past their traumas, those who believe they were Melvin’s partners continue to hunt them, desiring revenge. As Gwen navigates the fight to earn a measure of peace, a call from a stranger takes her to Wolfhunter, where a combination of a town hiding secrets, an abducted child, and missing women all spell imminent danger for Gwen and her family.
Once again, Caine not only succeeds at weaving a mesmerizing thriller, she also brings to the table an adept and insightful psychological look at Gwen, her family, those around her, and the emotional repercussions of what they endure are masterfully presented.