This fast-paced adventure in the wilds of Alaska continues the series which started 5 episodes ago. I hope this isn't the last though the development from book one has been keeping me wanting more. The lead character, Beth Rivers, has finally found a great guy, Tex, who is determined to keep her out of the hands of her former kidnapper, Travis Walker.

The descriptions of the elements, the hunt, a murder are so intense I found myself grabbing a blanket on a bright sunshiny late summer day.

I highly recommend reading this from the first book in this series to fully appreciate Beth and the situations she faces to avoid an escaped convict now.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin’s -Minotaur Books for the opportunity to read this ARC.
This is the sixth book in the Alaska Wilds series. A very fast paced book, the adventure takes off, and continues until the last page. The characters are well developed, the description of the remote Alaskan town creates atmosphere.
Beth Rivers is the main character, a fiction writer, in hiding from her former kidnapper.
Tex , Beth’s boyfriend, takes her camping after her kidnapper’s escape from prison. Along the way, they encounter a mining camp that has experienced mysterious deaths among its residents.

Beth Rivers needs to disappear. Her one-time kidnapper, Travis, is on his way to her town in Alaska, and she's losing time to get out quickly. The perfect spot for Beth and her boyfriend, Tex, to hide, presents itself in a camp in the woods, away from Benedict. But when their trip takes them by Blue Mine, a small community that has seen tragedy over the last couple months, plans get diverted. Beth and Tex bring the widow of a recently murdered man back to Benedict, for Police Chief Gril to investigate, only to find that nothing is quite what it seems. When the woman vanishes, Beth must be on the alert for further danger. In the midst of these events, Beth's unpredictable mother shows up again bringing a whole new set of problems.

I have read Paige Shelton's Scottish Bookshop series and thoroughly enjoyed it, but when I started this series, I realized that it was going to be very different. In this series, her descriptions are so vivid that you can feel the cold and see the wilderness of Alaska in your mind. She is evolving the characters with each new book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting my request to read and review the newest edition to a very good series.

Another wild ride in the Alaskan series. This book leaves you wanting more but unsure if more is coming!

4 stars for book 6 in the Alaska Wild series. I have read the previous books in the series and recommend that you do also, as there is a continuing plot line through the series. Beth Rivers is hiding from a man who kidnapped and tortured her about a year ago. She is now in the fictional town of Benedict, Alaska, near Glacier Bay National Park. She is in the process of hiking to a remote cabin with a friend when they meet a woman with a body on her horse. They investigate and unravel a complicated story. There is a secondary plot line carried over from previous books about her kidnapper.
There is no graphic violence, no sex, and no bad language, making it and the series suitable for cozy mystery fans.
Thank You St. Martin's Press for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.
Pub Date Dec 03 2024

Very satisfying ending to this Alaska series. Paige Shelton doesn't disappoint mystery lovers. Recommend this series, especially for fans of the Arctic!

I've read all of the books in this series and have enjoyed each and every one. Perhaps they are a bit over the top--I've never lived in Alaska, so how would I know? I just know I look forward to each and every new addition to the series. They aren't crazy scary (I'm not much of a fan of scary stuff anymore...real life is scary enough...) nor are they dull or boring. Give them a try--start at the beginning, though. I think it would be too confusing otherwise. Thank you to Ms. Shelton, her publisher and NetGalley for making this ebook edition available to me.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for an ARC of this book.

If you read this series, you won't want to miss this entry. The central plot arc of the entire series comes to a conclusion when Beth is put on a final, inevitable collision course with her one-time abductor who has escaped prison to come for her once again.

The story itself was a little different for me--there was so much urgency (for the reader!) to see how this was all going to come to a head that sometimes the side plot--mysterious killings at a remote mine that's complicated by claims of Bigfoot--seemed to derail the building tension. But for those who have been following this series, it's an important entry and all the faves are back (well, mostly--I'm still waiting for those knitting men from Book 1 to return and maybe Chaz from Book 4).

It wasn't my favorite execution of the series, but it brings a central conflict to a close, which, I hope, will mean the series continues with what's next for this crew!

Thank you, St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books for the copy of Perfect Storm by Paige Shelton. I love this series and have read the first five books. I’m not sure why it was hard to get into the story at first, but it picked up eventually and I ended up enjoying it. I lost track of the story a couple of times because it felt like there were too many different things going on, but I did like finally learning what happens to Travis. I missed the great character/relationship-building from the other books. As with the other books, I loved learning more about life in Alaska. If you’re looking for a great series, start with the first book of this one, you won’t be disappointed! 3 stars.

I love this series! It’s the perfect mix of cozy mystery and thriller. Being set in (fictional) rural Benedict Alaska adds to the uniqueness of this series. The quirky cast of characters are well developed and interesting making you care about each and every one.

Travis, Beth’s kidnapper from a year ago, has escaped custody and is on the run searching for Beth. Luckily for Beth most of the town is looking out for her as usual. Will Travis be caught and pay for his crimes? Will Beth survive another attack? Read this book to find out for yourself.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast paced cozy mystery/thriller with short chapters. It’s a quick read that holds your interest from beginning to end.

This is the 6th book in the Alaska Wild series. As usual the author does a fabulous job of describing the settings of the story and of building the suspense. Travis kidnapped Beth (the name she’s going by now) and when she was able she changed her name and moved to a little known town in Alaska. Everyone there now knows her and is willing to watch out for her. Along with getting news Travis has escaped from prison she soon is involved in a puzzle that includes a mine and Sasquatch. All the characters—except Travis—are very realistic and easy to like. I haven’t read the first 4 books of this series and found it easy to follow because there is plenty of backstory included in the narrative.. I received an arc of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.

After a year spent hiding in the Alaskan wilderness while her kidnapper was sought by the police back home in Missouri, Beth Rivers is about to come face-to-face with the man who turned her world upside down. Beth’s kidnapper—and her father’s one time partner in crime—has managed to escape custody and he’s on his way to Alaksa to find Beth. To hopefully evade Travis, Beth and her boyfriend decide to take a camping trip. Meanwhile, back in Benedict, Beth’s parents, the police chief, and a handful of other friends are prepared to take down Travis should he show up in the small town. Beth’s and Tex’s camping trip takes them by the isolated community of Blue Mine. While there, they learn that several of the Blue Mine citizens have met tragic ends. The community is also allegedly being stalked by Bigfoot. Setting aside her concerns for her own safety, Beth and Tex decide to help one of the Blue Mine women transport her husband’s body back to Benedict so that the police chief can determine who murdered him. Things quickly go sideways when the body is lost in a rainstorm. Not only is Beth running from Travis, but she also has Bigfoot on her trail. Instead of retreating into the wilderness, Beth decides to remain in Benedict to await Travis’s inevitable arrival.

PERFECT STORM is a thrilling addition to the Alaska Wild series. The Travis storyline has been building since the first novel, and it finally comes to a head in PERFECT STORM. While PERFECT STORM can be read as a standalone—there is enough backstory to get the read caught up with the past year of Beth’s life—but I would recommend reading the entire series. Having just binge-read the series, the story of Beth’s kidnapping and her new life in Alaska was fresh in my mind. I was looking forward to this final confrontation between Beth and Travis, and I was a little disappointed that it was over so quickly. The focus of the novel bounces back and forth between Travis’s impending arrival in Benedict and the string of recent murders at Blue Mine. The Blue Mine plot takes up a lot of space, but there is ultimately no real conclusion. It serves more as a distraction for the main characters and ruins the carefully laid plan of the group dealing with Travis while Beth and Tex are safely camped out it the backcountry. I’m looking forward to the next novel to see how Beth’s life changes now that she is no longer looking over her shoulder for Travis.

Perfect Storm is the 6th book in the Alaska Wild Series. I have read all of the series from the first book, Thin Ice. Beth Rivers is the main character who came to Benedict, Alaska to escape Travis Walker who kidnapped her and held her captive for three days in a white van. he was caught and put in prison. Detective Majors was the detective on her case informed Beth that Travis has escaped from prison and has threatened to find her and kill her. She is living at the Benedict House run by Viola. Benedict is a small village out in the wilderness. She is debating leaving but the people who know why she is there tell her that they will protect her. it is decided that her boyfriend Tex will take her camping and to an isolated cabin where she will be safe. She and Tex leave.

While on their journey they run into a woman named Jin who is taking her dead husband. Brill, to Gril, the police chief of Benedict, as she thinks her husband had been murdered. Tex recognizes her and tells her that she should go back to the murder scene so that they can get more information. When back at the Blue Mine camp where a small group of people live. Two men are sitting around a campfire guarding the camp. One of the men, Lonnie, tells Tex that four people have been killed and they think it is "The Beast" who is doing it. The beast is half human and half animal. Big Foot? Tex and Beth believe it someone in the camp is dressing up in a costume. While there two trappers, Bruce and Francis come through and recognize Beth. They are on thier way to Mason Ridge to check on their traps. The other person who is at the camp on and off is a man named Peter.

Tex, Beth and Jin go back to Benedict with the body on the horse. They stayed in a clearing where Tex and Beth originally stayed on their way up. Tex went to check on Jin during the night and found that Jin had already left with the horse. While waiting for Tex Beth thought she saw The Beast outside her tent. Tex and Beth left the next morning as it had been raining hard out the day before so Tex didn't want to follow after Jin. Getting to town they found Jin there but without the body of Brick who had been lost in the river as Jin was crossing it.

Tex, Beth and Jin go back to Benedict taking the body with them. They camp where Tex and Beth did on their way up. During the night Tex goes to check up on Jin and finds that she has already left with the horse and body. They leave the next day to go back to Benedict where t hey find Jin already there but without the body. It had been washed away when she was crossing the river. When mentioning Peter's name both Gril and Donner look at each other. Peter Murray lives in Benedict and has been missing from his cabin for about 9 weeks. Beth is surprised to find both of her parents there. They haven't seen each other since her father, Eddie, had left her mother, Mill and Beth when she was young.

Gril tells Jin that she is to stay in town and that he will go back to Blue Mine but Jin again leaves Benedict. Gril decides he will check on Peter's cabin and sends Eddie and Donner back to the camp to check on what is happening. Tex would stay at Benedict House to protect Beth. Later Gril comes and tells them that a body had been found and they need to go and get it. After getting the body Beth slipped and hit Tex and they fell into the river. Tex was able to get out but Beth went further down and was pulled out by a man in dark clothes and ski mask. She feared that it was Travis but later it was Stellen, the police chief from the St. Louis area. He was looking for Travis.

The body is taken to the doctor's house and upon opening the material that surrounded the body found it was not Brick but Peter Murray. They realized that Jin was on the run. They all went back to Benedict House to make another plan.

There is too much going on to put on paper so I will leave it to the reader to enjoy to the exciting ending.

Thank you NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this ARC.

Alaska, PTSD, thriller, suspense, family-dynamics, family-drama, pursued, friendship, camping, series, murders, pet-dog, small-town, small-business, writers, amateur-sleuth, investigations, secrets, lies, rural, family-history, famous-author, local-law-enforcement, riveting, WitSec, bigfoot, kidnapped, US Marshals, relationships, relatives, relationship-issues*****

Yes, I am addicted to this series with its suspense, crazy plot twists, and ingenious red herrings.
Beth is an author who has been hiding out in a remote area of Alaska from the man who kidnapped/traumatized/brain injured/stress disordered her in her hometown of St Louis but although he was sentenced, he has recently escaped prison and is after her again. The fear in her has escalated and now there is another threat in the area that has implications for all of her friends and more.
I requested and received a free temporary EARC from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you! Pub Date Dec 03, 2024 #AlaskaWildBk6

3.5 stars
I've fallen yet again to my own greediness for ARCs into not realizing the book I'm requesting is part of a series. It's clearly indicated, but I guess my brain just overlooks that part. That being said, there were no issues following what was going on. While I think reading the 5 books that preceded this may have enhanced the experience, nothing was taken away in not doing so. The writing is great and all the characters are so enjoyable (with the exception of Travis of course). Our main character Beth's mother is a hoot and a half...and there's even a Sasquatch mixed in amongst them. I want to talk myself into giving this a 4 star rating, and a probably should. I guess maybe I'm just not a big fan of outdoor wildnerness adventures/misadventures, but if you love a good mystery, a few twists along the way, and strong characters, you would do well to pick this one up!!!

Beth Rivers needs to disappear from Benedict when her one-time kidnapper Travis escapes from jail and is on his way
to find and kill her. Unfortunately, Blue Mine, the place she intends to hide with her boyfriend Tex has had some mysterious deaths/murders. They return to Benedict with one of the Blue Moon residents so Police Chief Grif can investigate. Do the deaths/murders have anything to do with Travis? The danger level stays high for Beth and those protecting her.
Sixth book in the series - best read in order.
#Perfect Storm #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBook #NetGalley

Perfect Storm is the sixth book in the Alaska Wild series featuring Beth Rivers who has escaped to Benedict, Alaska after being kidnapped and held and terrorized before escaping. Beth learns her kidnapper has escaped prison. The town of Benedict rallies around her to protect her. I enjoyed the return of all the familiar town residents introduced in the previous books. The setting of Alaska continues to play a pivotal role in the story. Adding mystery is the death of a villager and members of a mining community. I enjoyed this book and recommend it to fans of Paige Shelton and for new readers to her series. I am looking forward to the next in this series.

I like this one a lot it was engaging and had a good plot and setting . It was a fast paced quick read
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review the look

I enjoyed Perfect Storm, especially the beginning of a tentative relationship between Beth and Tex, but the story would have been improved with a bit more backstory as to the kidnapping of Beth by Travis Walters. The haziness of the crime along with the sketchy descriptions of her parents led me to believe from the start of their being complicit in some way. The uneasiness of their relationships did create in me a similar feeling to that Beth had for them. I received an ARC from NetGalley, and the opinions expressed are my own.

Oh this book was just absolutely incredible. It kept me on the edge of my seat from the start to end. The setting was perfect. And I fell in loved with the characters. Highly recommend!