Heartbreak Bay

They’re hunting a killer so silent, so invisible, that his unspeakable crimes are the only proof he exists.

A car submerged in a remote pond. The bodies of two girls strapped into their seats. The mystery of their mother, vanished without a trace, leads Gwen Proctor and Kezia Claremont into dangerous territory.

On the surface, Gwen’s life is good—two children approaching adulthood, a committed partner, and a harrowing past dead and gone. But that past is attracting the attention of someone invisible…and unstoppable. Trouble’s just beginning. So is the body count in this backwoods Tennessee town.

As threats mount and Gwen’s hunted by an enemy who pulls all the strings, Kezia has her back. But working to solve these vicious and unreasonable crimes will expose them both to a killer they can’t for the life of them see coming.

• Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine
• Series: Stillhouse Lake, book #5
• Published by: Brilliance Audio on March 9, 2021
• Genre: Thriller, suspense
• Listening length: 11 hours 29 minutes
• Dates listened: 8.14.25 – 8.19.25 (6 days)
• Format: Audiobook (Kindle Unlimited)
• Narrators: Emily Sutton-Smith, Dan John Miller, Tovah Ott
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• ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

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I’ll be keeping this one really short and sweet, because I am tired AF tonight! I have to stay awake all night so I can sleep during the day and get my booty to work, but I am on the struggle bus hardcore tonight. I should have taken a nap!!

I liked this book about as much as I did the very first one. Maybe even a tad bit more because I’m invested now and really love the characters. I loved the plot of this book as well. It gave me Saw movie vibes. I don’t want to spoil anything, but if you enjoy the plot of Saw, I think you’ll enjoy the outcome of this book. New to this book is Kezia’s POV, and I enjoyed that. I just wasn’t a huge fan of the voice actor who did her role. Her Southern accent was a bit over the top, but it grew on me. Overall, this book and the first book are my favorites of the series. Weirdly, I also decided to go back and read the author’s note at the end, which I rarely do. It brought tears to my eyes because Caine discusses a little bit about her health issues that she was having during the writing of this book, and knowing she does end up passing away…just made me sad. RIP Rachel Caine, you are missed.