Perhaps this would have "grabbed" me if I'd read Haven #1 prior to picking up Twice Dead. Unfortunately it felt more like opening the book halfway and jumping in; nothing made sense, characters (including the protagonist) were introduced and "related" to each other with little to no background hints at who/what they were, or their relationships. While I'm no fan of info. dumps, Ms. Price went too far in the opposite direction with Twice Dead; thus I had no incentive to care about these characters or their stories.