Fog and Fury: A Haven Thriller by Rachel Howzell
Hall is the first book in a new series where former LAPD Homicide Detective Alyson
“Sonny” Rush has moved to Haven, California, to start fresh. She left Los Angeles
and a host of problems behind to move to Haven and go to work for her godfather,
Ivan Poole. He runs a one-man private investigator agency, Poole
Investigations, and promises a change of scenery and career will do wonders for
her.
He did not really warn her that there
would be fog. A lot of fog. Fog that brings back a near death experience in Los
Angeles and a weather phenomenon that she hates. Fog is bad, in so many ways.
That job trauma and others are with her
daily and the various mental exercises don’t help that much. She has also
brought her mom with her and that is its own stressor as mom’s grip on reality
is slowly slipping. That battle to be present and not lost in a world of fractured
memories is a daily struggle for both of them.
Truth be told, she doesn’t want to be in
Haven. She still wants to be working the streets of Los Angeles and putting bad
guys in jail. But, that life is dead to her now. This is her life now, whether she
wants it or not.
While Ivan is going out to meet the dad
of a young teen that was found dead earlier this morning, Sonny’s first case is
the hunt for a missing dog. Mackenzie Sutton has come in with her mom, London
Sutton, to report that her dog, Figgy, is missing. Not just missing, but in
danger according to a picture they were sent.
Figgy is a goldendoodle and was given to
Mackenzie six years ago by her dad, Cooper, when she had her appendix taken out.
Mom and daughter had been looking for the dog on their own until they got a
cryptic and threatening text accompanied by a picture of the dog being held
over the edge of a bluff with churning sea water and the coastline below.
Mackenzie has some ideas on the identity of the culprit so Sonny has something
to go on.
She also has a lot of anger to fuel her
hunt for the scumbag that took the dog and is now threating to kill it. Not
just because of the theft and the threat. Things are intensely personal as
Cooper and Sonny have been in what she thought was a very serious romantic
relationship as she believed he was available. Not only did he seem to be a nice
guy who was very much into her, he had shown her divorce papers that indicated he
was very single. Furthermore, he always acted like he was single and gave her
every indication that things were good and they had a fantastic future.
He lied.
He isn’t the only one lying to her in Fog
and Fury: A Haven Thriller by Rachel Howzell Hall. But, he might be the
only one not trying to kill her as this complicated and very atmospheric cozy
style mystery moves forward.
The weather, especially the heavy fog
which is a near daily occurrence, is almost a major character in its own right
as Sonny hunts for the missing dog, gets drawn in to the murder case of the
young teen, and deals with a host of problems, personally and professionally. She
has her hands full constantly and is doing the best she can to hold it together,
minute by minute, day by day. The only time she feels normal is when she is
actively working and that action helps her a lot in this very enjoyable read.
The next book in the series, Mist and Malice, is currently
scheduled to come out May 19, 2026, from the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.
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This read was recently picked up in
digital format as a free read for Amazon Prime Members.
Kevin R. Tipple©2025
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