Murder Town by Shelley Burr is a dark and gripping thriller that is set in a small town in the Australian Outback. I'm not too sure how to rate this book. I had some difficulty with the pacing, seemed slow at the beginning. And I had a difficult time getting invested in the characters.

The story revolves around Gemma Guillory, who has lived in the Australian Outback enclave of Rainier her entire life. She knows the tiny, red-dust town’s ins and outs by heart, knows the people like they are her family, their quirks as if they were her own.

She also knows her once charming town is now remembered for one reason and one reason only: three innocent people died at the hands of a serial killer.

I kept reading because I wanted to find out what would happen. Overall, it is just an okay read for me.

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Murder Town by Shelley Burr takes place in a small Australian town called Rainier. Not much ever happened in Rainier, until a serial killer came to town. leaving three bodies in his wake, the Rainier Ripper is spending his time in prison when Lochlan Lewis comes to town to start a Ripper tour. Some of the townspeople hope the tour will bring in extra income. Others just want to forget. So when Lochlan ends up dead in the same way and in the same spot as the Ripper victims, everyone in town starts to re-think who the murdered truly is.
This story is a good mystery novel. Everyone in town is a suspect. Everyone is re-thinking their memories of the past. Everyone has something to hide. It is a nice quick read.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the advanced copy. The opinions are my own.

This book wasn’t a fit for me. The story was convoluted and at the beginning I thought it was a cozy read but soon after I realized it wasn’t. Very confusing.

“Murder Town” by Shelley Burr is the second book in the PI Lane Holland series.
Lane is in prison for the entire novel and not the main character, but he does play a small part in the unraveling of the Ripper murder case. Gemma is the narrator and I enjoyed her perspective. The story has so many characters and twists that it’s hard to even summarize it.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for allowing me to read this book early.Gemma Guillory has lived in Rainier her entire life . She knows the tiny town's ins and outs like the back of her hand, the people like they are her family, their quirks as if they were her own.I found the first half really slow and a bit difficult to get through.The last half of the book was a bit more engaging .