Review: Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols

Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was provided both an audio and print ARC of the book via Netgalley, all opinions are my own.

I enjoyed this mystery thriller, it kept me on my toes and invested in the storyline until almost the end.   There were a few elements that took this from a really great thriller to just an OK thriller for me.  They all happened toward the end of the book, so I have mixed feelings about it.  I thought it was a solid thriller for the most part, but there were a few character and plot things that occurred that really didn't work for me.  There are some things that are far too convenient and I had to suspend a little too much belief for this to work.  

Granite Harbor is a small Maine Town with a local historical settlement, where many of the townspeople work and demonstrate how life as an original settler would have looked.  Life in the town is turned upside-down when a local teen is found brutally murdered and his body left at the settlement to be found.  We follow the characters through the investigation as the town morns the loss of one of their own and as things begin to escalate.  

There are quite a few characters to keep track of, some are relevant, while others don't really add much to the storyline.  The premise was interesting but the execution was a bit off.  The transitions between characters was at times jarring as you jumped from Alex the detective investigating the murder to Isabel the mother of one of the kids, to another random character who may be involved or may be a red herring, to the murder who's identity is kept secret and who's POV is told in the past tense.  It was hard to keep track of everyone at times.

You will definitely want to check the trigger warnings for this one before picking it up.  There are some fairly disturbing and graphic scenes.  

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