Countdown City

Henry Palace, former policeman, along with the rest of the world has like 77 days until an asteroid slams into Earth ending life as they know it.

There being a shortage of food, no monetary economy and not much to do except wait for the end of civilization, Palace agrees to take on a case finding the husband of someone he knows.

It's way more shit happens on the way to the apocalypse than detective fiction, where The Last Policeman was a good combination. A good the apocalypse is on us story, though there's a few too many characters to keep straight, and the plot is more complex than it should have been.

Intriguing, challenging follow-up to the first book in the series. When I finished the first, I didn't know where a sequel would go – and this did a great job of continuing the story in a new and different way. Unlike the first, it clearly telegraphs where the next book will focus – but that doesn't take away from the overall story.

There were times I wished Winters would share more as it played out... when Hank figures something out but won't explain it, it left me frustrated that I'd have to keep reading to learn whatever it was. It didn't detract from the story so much as it distracted me from it – I still enjoyed reading the story, and am looking forward to the third entry in the series. Just wanted the author to trust us with the revelations as they happened.

I continue to enjoy the mix of detective novel w/sci-fi apocalypse – I've never read anything quite like this.