No Rest for the Wicked, Rachel Louise Adams
No Rest for the Wicked, Rachel Louise Adams
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No Rest for the Wicked
A Novel

Author: Rachel Louise Adams

Series: Coldren County Novel #1

Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/16/2025


Synopsis

With an expert hand, Rachel Louise Adams’s debut No Rest for the Wicked reads like an edge of your seat, heart-pounding scary movie.

In one Halloween obsessed Midwestern town, everyone’s on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Little do they know it’s only the beginning.

It’s been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin. The town is famous for its Halloween celebrations, but also its history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. To Dolores, it’s the place she fled, family, bad memories, and all. Until the FBI calls to tell her that her father--the former mayor turned US Senator--is missing under mysterious circumstances.

Some people count to ten to wake up from a nightmare. Dolores always counts the bones of her head instead: sphenoid, frontal, lacrimal. But no matter how many times she counts them, it doesn’t change the fact that her father is missing, that his final words of warning to her were to trust no one, and that now, the rest of her family is giving Dolores a chilling welcome. With Halloween fast approaching, Dolores must face the past she left behind before it’s too late.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

About Rachel Louise Adams

RACHEL LOUISE ADAMS was raised in a small town in Brittany by a French father and a North American mother. After studying literature at university, she wrote her PhD thesis on American fast foods and meat-eating. When she isn’t writing or reading, she can be found advocating for animal rights, spending time with her fiancé, her friends, and her two cats.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra on June 17, 2025

Who says you can never go home again? Dolores Hawthorne is a forensic pathologist who has not stepped foot in her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin in almost twenty years. When she receives a phone call from the FBI informing her father is missing under suspicious circumstances. Correct me if I a......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on April 08, 2025

No Rest For The Wicked is Rachel Louise Adams’s debut novel. One I highly enjoyed! It’s a slow burn thriller that I couldn’t put down. First, can we just take a moment for that cover!!!! I freaking love it!!! I think this book will be flying off the shelves come this Halloween! 😻 It’s been almost twe......more

Goodreads review by Heathers_readss on March 24, 2025

I honestly think a little piece of my soul died at the ending of this book 😓😓 I am stunned that this is a debut, the writing is phenomenal, the plot so well thought out with such character depth / development and completely unexpected twists. I need a book two just so I can see how Delores is doing......more

Goodreads review by Matt on August 04, 2025

Grab yourself a pumpkin spice latte and plug in your plastic jack o’lantern and sit back and enjoy how this mystery (set the week of Halloween) unfolds! I promise you that you won’t predict the big plot twist! 4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! I would have given it 5 Stars if two of the characters didn’t get away w......more

Goodreads review by Laura on July 31, 2025

This book was okay. It took a very long time for threads to come together, and I found myself frustrated at times by not having enough context and feeling confused. The storyline was good however, and it was a fairly easy read. Thank you to Net Galley and Minotaur Books for allowing me to read this A......more


Quotes

Advanced Praise for No Rest for the Wicked

“A dark, twisty mystery with a cascade of blood splatter, Rachel Louise Adams’s debut had me on the edge of my seat until the very end, with twists I never saw coming and characters to die for.” –Kelsey Cox, author of Party of Liars

“An eerie small-town mystery that builds to a pulse-pounding conclusion.” –Olivia Worley, author of So Happy Together