So very glad I was able to read the upcoming Far Gone by Danielle Girard. Like a Girard book I read last year, White Out, this was another piece of spine tingling suspense, with relatable, real-life characters. I hate the term, "suspend belief If you have to suspend belief to enjoy a piece of fiction, I think you've lost the meaning. This wasn't such a book. Although it was a series of awful traumatic events that you could find in the morning news, it was a well put together piece of work.

I was happy to see Det. Kylie Milliard back for an encore appearance blending "old-fashioned" gumshoe policing with new tech to solve a current and a very cold, fourteen year old case. All the characters had an essence of grit, guts, empathy and emotions you couldn't ignore or brush off. Especially, Hannah, a teenager with several bags to carry; a cold mother, separated father, drug addiction and witness to a crime. Hannah perseveres and comes away remarkably intact. Ahh, the resilience of youth!

Another great offering by DG. Thank you #NetGalley and Thomas Mercer.

Hagen, North Dakota a double homicide, a witness Hannah a baby sitter, Fourteen had just taken some drugs, and now felt calm and could speak with confidence, and knew she was on a high. An intruder busted in as the couple were leaving, Hannah looking at the crib with the baby, ducked into the closet near by. Terrorizing minutes, how to think, taking the baby, she was to high to drive. What unfolds is with Hannah, a nurse Lily and the detective Kylie A past that was connected to this nightmare.
Given Arc from .Net Galley and Thomas Mercer for my voluntary review and my honest opinion.

A fabulous police procedural telling the story of a courageous pair hunting a ruthless killer, one a detective and the other a nurse. A fine read!

Excellent story, as always. I enjoyed this book. Danielle is one of my favorite authors and I was excited to read the preview of this new one.

When I picked this book from Netgalley I didn't realize it was from a series and I didn't read the first book. It was an okay book - thank you to Netgalley for giving me a copy.

This is one of the books that can keep you on the edge while you reading. In every chapter of this book, you discovering something new and shocking. This is why I must admit I am so addicted.

Far Gone is the second book of the Badlands series that follows Lily and Kylie on their adventures. If you don't have a chance to read the first book that doesn't mean that you can enjoy the second one. You can easily keep up with everything that happens in the past and present.

The book begins with the murder of Nadine and Ben Garza where 14-year-old babysitter Hannah is a witness. She will recognize the killer, but she will don't know from where. At the beginning of the investigation, the detective Kylie Milliard will find blood in the crime scene that will be connected with the nurse Lily Backer were 14 years ago was the victim of the kidnapping.

Three women with their own stories, go through a journey trying to find their ways to unveil the mystery that in the end will bring them together in an unpredictable way.

Amazing book! I recommend this book to everyone.

Thank you to Net Galley for the opportunity to read such a good book. And a special thank you to Danielle Girard for writing this amazing book.

Read this in a couple days - a definite page turner! Good character development, very human and you feel like you know these people. A lot of red herrings and complicated plot that kept you guessing until the end when everything was wrapped up nicely. Hope the author continues with these characters!

Because of reasons, there are things in the timeline here that are somewhat difficult to follow if you haven't read the first book. I didn't know there was a first book until about halfway through and was left with a somewhat muddled impression all around. Don't be like me.

In this second book of the series, our two heroines (Kylie & Lily) are once again linked in a mystery that will change lives forever. Detective Kylie is trying to solve a murder of a couple staged to look like a murder/suicide. Their babysitter, Hannah, witnesses the attack and saves the couple's infant daughter, but she is now on the run from the murderer. Struggling with drug addiction, Hannah does not feel like she can go to her parents, a very well known and wealthy couple. Her dad is an ER doctor at the hospital. As she tries to find some safety, Kylie discovers some information that involves Lily and her past kidnapping. Along with her team, Kylie works to find the missing pieces of the puzzle -- who killed this young couple and why? In the midst of solving the crime, romance continues to grow between Lily and Iver, while Kylie sees a new side to her colleague, Gilbert. I look forward to seeing what comes next for these two strong women.

Far Gone by Danielle Girard is the sequel to White Out that published in July 2020. I enjoyed that book especially in how Girard wrote about trauma and PTSD in an entertaining but helpful and respectful way. In Far Gone, she continued showing how PTSD affects survivors and their relationships and also a character who struggled with drug addiction.

This a great sequel and great thriller. She introduces characters and questions in a way that was easy to follow and stirred up that tension we love in a good thriller. I guessed answers to some of the questions but how the whole thing came together was such a surprise. I especially loved the ending. I would read more from this author.

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for a copy of this in exchange for my honest review!

Danielle Girard's Far Gone follows the intertwining lives of three women: Kiley (a police detective), Lily (a nurse and kidnapping survivor) and Hannah (a 14-year old girl). Told from alternating points of view, Kylie is thrust into solving a murder case where the evidence is piling up and going in multiple directions. Navigating in various settings including her department office, the hospital, and the North Dakota wilderness, Kylie, Lily, and Hannah are focused on resolving the murder. With strong female characters and vivid dialog, this is a fantastic read! I hope we hear more about these three women!

What a thrilling read! The premise promised secrets and thrills and the book delivered! A few unexpected twists thrown in as well, which I always love.

A highly engaging narrative with a complex storyline in a town full of secrets and two women’s journey to find their own truths. Danielle Girard has created not only one, but two outstanding heroines in the Badlands Thriller series that readers will be immediately drawn to. Both women seek answers but perhaps for different reasons. As one works to uncover the reason a couple was gunned down in their own home, the other continues to deal with the ramifications from past traumas she can’t escape. The plot is decisive and on point, leaving readers glued to the pages. Great read.

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Although I didn’t read the first book in the series, I was able to jump right into this book and enjoy the excellent thriller-mystery. A good story with good characters in a well-described setting provide all a mystery reader could ask for..

Great book! Engaging from the beginning to the end. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Highly recommended!

Far Gone is the second book in the Badlands thriller series. It publishes in July, plenty of time to read the first book, White Out if you haven’t. We are back in Hagen, North Dakota, a small town that is anything but sleepy.
Kylie Milliard is still the only detective in Hagen, and she is called to the scene of a double homicide. A young couple, both shot, a missing baby, and a witness who is unaccounted for leads to a lot of questions and not many answers. When a DNA profile reveals that someone was in the house, someone who is closely related to Lily Baker, the situation becomes even more confusing. Lily was abducted years ago, and many of the things that happened to her, remain elusively out of her mind’s reach.
Lily is stunned when Kylie reveals the DNA connection, and slowly, certain memories resurface. Kylie must dig into Lily’s painful past if she has any hope of saving the frightened and on the run witness. When all the puzzle pieces come together, a twisted tale of lies, sexual abuse, and murder are revealed.
Great characters and a plot that weaves together the present and the past. I am being deliberately vague to not give away major plot points, and I wouldn’t read much more than the book description. I am really enjoying this series and do hope there will be another book.

I recently read the first book in this series and was looking forward to picking this one up. Overall, I really enjoyed it. The second novel involves most of the same characters as the previous novel, but is readable on its own without loss of continuity. The opening scene involves murder and drug use, which drew me right in.

I love the harsh landscape setting, as well as the small town dynamics in the series. Reviewers of the first novel were annoyed by the main detective's knuckle cracking, a habit which seems to have evaporated in the second novel. Lily's backstory also adds interest. I love an amnesia trope. Although this one is particularly convenient, with returning memories arising to pace the novel, but I was absolutely willing to suspend belief.

Far Gone is the second book in the series, and I haven't read the first book. Maybe that would have helped, but it still worked fine as a stand alone.

Amazing story. Well developed characters that are in a twisted engrossing thriller. Highly recommended. Super suspense that comes to a satisfying end! Highly recommended . A true roller coaster thrill ride

In my last review of White Out, I didn't think that I would be continuing this story.

Man am I happy I did! Lily has reestablished her life, making her narrative so much better to follow. Kylie is still the resident badass of the police force with a penchant for banana cream pie. And in this book we meet Hannah, a young girl on the run after a crazy set of circumstances... The tension in this book was built nicely and had some nice twists and turns in the narrative. Overall I really enjoyed the characterization in this thriller and will be happy to read the 3rd.