Category: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Publication List – Jessie Keane

Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose (Cincinnati #4)

517RvO9RqCL._SY346_ Synopsis: Homicide detective Adam Kimble is no stranger to battling demons. But Meredith Fallon is a different kind of weakness: one that could actually be good for him, if only he would let himself depend on her. Meredith has loved Adam for a year, and seeing how hard he’s worked to deal with his PTSD makes her feelings only stronger, but she respects his needs. Her work keeps her busy anyway: she counsels sexually abused women like Mallory Martin to help them reintegrate into the world.

But someone doesn’t want Meredith helping women like Mallory, and Meredith finds herself the target of a very determined killer. Adam would risk anything for Meredith, but they’ll soon find out the killer is just a little too close to home…

My Rating: 5/5 Continue reading “Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose (Cincinnati #4)”

Every Dark Corner by Karen Rose (Cincinnati #3)

51taS1bpDFL._SX325_BO1,204,203,200_ Synopsis: When FBI Special Agent Griffin ‘Decker’ Davenport wakes from a coma, he immediately thinks of two things: first, the ring of human traffickers he’s spent the past three years undercover to bring down was just the tip of the iceberg; second, the brown eyes he sees upon waking belong to a woman he trusts to help him finish the job he started.

FBI Special Agent Kate Coppola’s mission is to stop the growing menace of domestic human trafficking, starting with the customers and suppliers of the now-broken Cincinnati trafficking ring. Decker’s new revelation is her worst nightmare – one of the traffickers’ customers is acquiring teens for the Internet sex trade.

Kate and Decker’s search for this mystery customer becomes more difficult and dangerous with every passing hour as witnesses, suspects, and even members of their own team, are systematically exterminated by a predator who lets nothing stand in his way…

My Rating: 5/5 Continue reading “Every Dark Corner by Karen Rose (Cincinnati #3)”

Alone In the Dark by Karen Rose (Cincinnati #2)

download Synopsis: Former Army Ranger Marcus O’Bannion and homicide cop Scarlett Bishop have met only briefly but when Scarlett receives a phone call in the middle of the night, she immediately recognises the hauntingly smooth voice asking her to meet him in one of Cincinnati’s roughest areas.

On arriving, Scarlett finds the body of a seventeen-year-old Asian girl and Marcus injured. A fierce champion of victims’ rights, Marcus claims the young woman was working for an affluent local family and the last time he saw her she was terrified, abused, and clearly in need of help. Having agreed to meet her, both Marcus and the young woman were targeted for death.

As they investigate, Scarlett and Marcus are pulled into the dangerous world of human trafficking where they soon realise they are going to have to become as ruthless as those they are hunting.

Because if they don’t, how many other girls may end up alone in the dark?

My Rating: 5/5

My Review: I am so glad that I promised myself I would get back into Karen Rose books and I decided to go with the Cincinnati series as I LOVED Deacon Novak in book 1. I now realise by the end of this book that this series features the same characters but each book seems to spotlight one person. Book one was Deacon Novak and book2 (this one) features his partner Scarlett Bishop along with Marcus O’Bannion the owner of a newspaper. The opening of this book is pretty full on as Marcus plans to meet and potentially help a young girl. That young girl ends up dead and Marcus shot.

With the great opening the story just grew in strength as time went on. KR books are always reasonably long and well plotted and this was no exception. There is a lot of information about other characters and their part in the series and this individual story. The story itself is very well paced and you are never short on action. I fell in love with Marcus Brother Stone and his colleague Diesel too.

At over 700 pages this is a hefty but worthwhile read. I got to the end and loved it so much I went straight onto book 3 which picks up a week after this one ends. Another cracking read and one I would recommend

Publication List – Mel Sherratt

Publication List – Karin Slaughter

  1. Blindsighted (2001) Grant County #1
  2. Kisscut (2002) Grant County #2
  3. A Faint Cold Fear (2003) Grant County #3
  4. Indelible (2004) Grant County #4
  5. Faithless (2005) Grant County #5
  6. Triptych (2006) Will Trent #1
  7. Beyond Reach (2007) aka Skin Privilege Grant County #6
  8. Fractured (2008) Will Trent #2
  9. Genesis (2009) aka Undone Grant County #7/Will Trent #3
  10. Broken (2010) Will Trent #4
  11. Fallen (2011) Will Trent #5
  12. Snatched (2012) Will Trent #5.5
  13. Criminal (2012) Will Trent #6
  14. Busted (2013) Will Trent #6.5
  15. Unseen (2013) Will Trent #7
  16. Cop Town (2014)
  17. Pretty Girls (2015)
  18. Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes (2015)
  19. The Kept Woman (2016) Will Trent #8
  20. The Good Daughter (2017) Charlie Quinn 1
  21. Pieces of Her (2018) Andrea Oliver 1
  22. The Last Widow (2019) Will Trent #9
  23. The Silent Wife (2020) Will Trent #10
  24. Girl Forgotten (2022) Andrea Oliver 2
  25. After That Night (2023) Will Trent #11
  26. This is Why We Lied (2024) Will Trent #12
  27. We Are All Guilty Here (2025) North Falls #1
  28. The Secrets We Hide (2026) North Falls #2

Publication List – J B Turner

  1. Miami Requiem (2014) Deborah Jones #1
  2. Dark Waters (2014) Deborah Jones #2
  3. Hard Road (2016) Jon Reznick #1
  4. Hard Kill (2016) Jon Reznick #2
  5. Hard Wired (2016) Jon Reznick #3
  6. Hard Way (2017) Jon Reznick #4
  7. Hard Fall (2018) Jon Reznick #5
  8. Rogue (2018) American Ghost #1
  9. Reckoning (2018) American Ghost #2
  10. Requiem (2018) American Ghost #3
  11. Hard Hit (2019) Jon Reznick #6
  12. Hard Shot (2019) Jon Reznick #7
  13. Hard Target (2020) Jon Reznick #8
  14. Hard Vengeance (2021) Jon Reznick #9
  15. No Way Back (2022) Jack McNeal 1
  16. Hard Fire (2022) Jon Reznick #10
  17. Hard Exit (2023) Jon Reznick #11
  18. Long Way Home (2023) Jack McNeal 2
  19. Hard Power (2024) Jon Reznick #12
  20. Hard Duty (2024) Jon Reznick #13
  21. Hard Lights (2025) Jon Reznick #14
  22. Hard Sun (2025) Jon Reznick #15
  23. Hard Shadows (2026) Jon Reznick #16

Publication List – J A Kerley

  1. The Hundredth Man (2004) Carson Ryder #1
  2. The Death Collectors (2005) Carson Ryder #2
  3. A Garden of Vipers (2006) aka The Broken Souls Carson Ryder #3
  4. Blood Brother (2008) Carson Ryder #4
  5. In the Blood (2009) Carson Ryder #5
  6. Little Girls Lost (2010) Carson Ryder #6
  7. Buried Alive (2010) Carson Ryder #7
  8. Her Last Scream (2011) Carson Ryder #8
  9. The Killing Game (2013) Carson Ryder #9
  10. The Death Box (2013) Carson Ryder #10
  11. The Memory Killer (2014) Carson Ryder #11
  12. The Apostle (2014) Carson Ryder #12
  13. The Death File (2017) Carson Ryder #13