“That she is, and sure, we’ll go to the Roc. She keeps saying I should start drinking there, so other women feel comfortable. We’ll just have to make it very, very clear to the patrons that you are not there for work.”
“Yes, I would prefer not to be accosted with minor medical concerns in my social time.”
“Not that kind of work,” I say. “Isabel’s place is a brothel.”
April stares at me. Then she frowns. “I will never understand your sense of humor, Casey.”
“Oh, I think you’re about to.” I shoo her toward the door and call a goodnight to Kenny as we leave.
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Rockton
City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey
Cainsville
Rituals Visions
Betrayals Omens
Deceptions
Age of Legends
Forest of Ruin
Empire of Night
Sea of Shadows
The Blackwell Pages (co-written with Melissa Mar)
Thor’s Serpents
Odin’s Ravens
Loki’s Wolves
Otherworld
Thirteen
Spell Bound
Waking the Witch
Frostbitten
Living with the Dead
Personal Demon
No Humans Involved
Broken
Haunted
Industrial Magic
Dime Store Magic
Stolen
Bitten
Darkest Powers & Darkness Rising
The Rising
The Calling
The Gathering
The Reckoning
The Awakening
The Summoning
Nadia Stafford
Wild Justice
Made to be Broken
Exit Strategy
Stand-alone novels
The Masked Truth
Missing
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KELLEY ARMSTRONG graduated with a degree in psychology and then studied computer programming. Now, she is a full-time writer and parent. She lives with her husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
One
Two
Three
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-Eight
Thirty-Nine
Forty
Forty-One
Forty-Two
Forty-Three
Forty-Four
Forty-Five
Forty-Six
Forty-Seven
Forty-Eight
Also by Kelley Armstrong
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
WATCHER IN THE WOODS. Copyright © 2019 by KLA Fricke Inc. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Names: Armstrong, Kelley, author.
Title: Watcher in the woods : a Rockton novel / Kelley Armstrong.
Description: First edition. | New York : Minotaur Books, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018049401 | ISBN 9781250159915 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250159922 (ebook)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PR9199.4.A8777 W38 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
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First Edition: February 2019