Forest of Stillness (Alexis Forrest FBI Mystery 9) by Kate Gable

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 31, 2026

She trusted her. That was her first mistake.

FBI Agent Alexis Forrest is supposed to be done with killers. Desk duty in Broken Hill, Maine. A baby on the way. A quiet life she’s finally learning to want.

Then her new friend’s husband turns up dead.

The local ME rules it a cardiac event. Natural causes. Nothing to investigate. But Alexis knows what a staged crime scene looks like. She knows what it means when a woman controls her husband’s medication, asks his doctors all the right questions, and somehow knows details about the body that were never made public.

She knows what this is.

What she doesn’t know yet is that this isn’t the first time.

In Connecticut, there was another husband. Another cardiac event. Another grieving widow who walked away with everything.

Now Alexis is running an unauthorized investigation while on desk duty, building a murder case against the only real friend she’s made in years — as the town closes ranks around the woman they believe is a victim, and someone makes clear they’ve been watching Alexis all along.

She has no jurisdiction. No backup. No one who believes her.

Just a dead man, a missing pattern, and an instinct she can’t bury.

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REVIEW: FOREST OF STILLNESS is the ninth instalment in Kate Gable’s contemporary, adult ALEXIS FORREST FBI MYSTERY focusing on forensic psychologist and  FBI Agent Alexis Forrest.

Told from first person perspective (Alexis) FOREST OF STILLNESS focuses on the search for the truth. FBI Agent Alexis Forrest is on desk duty, pregnant with her first child but a woman who refuses to sit back watching the world pass her by. A weekly pottery class, a new friend, and the disappearance of her new friend’s husband finds Alexis investigating a woman she knows little about, an investigation that reveals a similar pattern of death in the wake of the husband’s disappearance.

Meanwhile, Alexis begins to struggle with morning sickness, as her boyfriend Mitch continues to keep a close eye on the woman he loves but Alexis refuses to back down, and places herself in the direct line of fire.

FOREST OF STILLNESS is a story of secrets and lies, murder and obsession, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is fast paced, intriguing and entertaining but saying that, the author’s style of writing felt mechanical, unlike the previous instalments or all of the author’s other series. The obvious change in tone is questionable and concerning, something to think about going forward.

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Reviewed by Sandy