Showing results by author "Karen Rose" in Crime Thrillers

When homicide Detective Kit McKittrick and psychologist Sam Reeves discover a mutilated body in the desert outside San Diego, any number of people could be on their suspect list. The murder victim, local Councillor Brooks Munro, was a hated figure. Following the killer's trail, it becomes clear that those who abducted Brooks - and his prized Ferrari - went to extreme lengths to cover their tracks and wipe out any witnesses. As Kit and her team delve deeper, they uncover a twisted blackmail scheme worth millions of dollars.

Rocky Hebert walks into his death at quarter to midnight one New Orleans night. His son Gabe cannot accept the official verdict of suicide and enlists the help of the Burke Broussard Private Investigation Agency to discover the real cause of death. PI Molly Sutton knows what it's like to lose a father in tragic circumstances and will go to any lengths to crack the investigation, as she tries to fight off her growing feelings for Gabe.

Assistant District Attorney Kaj Cordozo's life is thrown upside down when two masked men attempt to kidnap his son, Elijah. Given the high-profile case Kaj is working on, he's not about to take any more risks. When Val Sorensen of Burke Broussard Private Investigation Agency is assigned as Elijah's bodyguard, she realises she also has a very personal connection to the gang thought to be behind the attempted kidnap - a run in with Sixth Day cost her brother his life.

When Michael Rowland saves his younger brother Joshua from the clutches of his stepfather, he runs for his life with his brother in his arms. From his hiding place he sees the man who has made their lives a misery taken away in the trunk of a stranger's car, never to be seen again. Doctor Dani Novak has been keeping soccer coach Diesel Kennedy at arm's length to protect him from her dark secrets. When they are brought together by the two young brothers who desperately need their help, it seems they might finally be able to leave their damaged pasts behind them.

Mercy Callahan never thought she'd be able to talk about her past. When she arrives in Sacramento to make peace with her brother, Gideon, and to help find the brutal cult that took away her childhood, she is finally ready to talk. But when Ephraim Burton - the man who made her life a living hell - follows her there, she realises she might never be safe. Rafe Sokolov would do anything to have Mercy back in his life and would go to any length to protect her.

mother is dead, and now her killer hunts the child who witnessed the brutal crime.... Private Investigator Clay Maynard locates missing children for clients but has nearly given up hope of finding his own daughter, cruelly stolen from him by his ex-wife 23 years ago. Equine therapist Taylor Dawson has chosen to intern at Daphne Montgomery-Carter's stables so that she can observe the program's security director - her father, Clay Maynard.

Colton Driscoll is a compulsive liar. But there's one thing his psychologist Sam Reeves fears he is telling the truth about: murder. Concerned his patient has committed an awful crime and the life of another girl could be under threat, Sam calls in an anonymous tip to the Police Department. Detective Kit McKittrick works homicide in the hope that one day she will find out what happened to her foster sister. When a tip comes in from an anonymous caller it leads her to the body of a girl whose murder has the hallmarks of a serial killer that has been at large for almost twenty years.

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.

A multimedia designer is hard at work. His latest computer game heralds a new era in state-of-the-art graphics. But there's only one way to ensure that the death scenes are realistic enough. In an isolated field in Philadelphia, Detective Ciccotelli's day begins with one grave, one body and no murder weapon. It ends with sixteen graves, but only nine bodies and the realisation that the killer is going to strike again. When it's discovered that the murder weapons are similar to those used in medieval torture, Ciccotelli knows he's going up against the most dangerous opponent.

Homicide Detective Kit McKittrick finds herself standing over a dead body in the Shady Oaks retirement centre. Frank Flynn has been stabbed and his room ransacked. Though he kept his background quiet at the centre, Kit recognises Frank from the San Diego Police Department. Had the former detective been following a trail that led to his murder? When the head of security is also found dead, it points to a conspiracy right at the heart of Shady Oaks. The one person who might be able to help uncover the truth is just who Kit has been avoiding: Dr Sam Reeves.

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 Agent Tom Hunter has been chasing down leads to find the brutal cult that damaged some of his closest friends. They managed to escape to tell their stories, but Eden's location has always remained a mystery. Liza Barkley is struggling with her feelings for Tom and wonders if their friendship can survive the secrets they've kept from one another. But they may be forced to confront the truth when a chance to help the investigation puts Liza directly in the line of fire.

Psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli has spent her entire career trying to help people, and now, just as her patients are making headway and her practice is thriving, everything is about to come crashing down. Someone is using her patients' deepest, darkest secrets against them, pushing them to commit suicide, and framing Tess in the process.

Ein Serienkiller geht um in Sacramento. Er zwingt seine Opfer, sich bei ihm zu entschuldigen, dann ritzt er ihnen Buchstaben in die nackte Haut und tötet sie. Auch die junge Daisy Dawson verfolgt er, doch sie weiß sich zu wehren, und bevor der Angreifer flüchtet, gelingt es ihr, ihm ein silbernes Medaillon vom Hals zu reißen. Dessen Gravur entspricht haargenau der Tätowierung, die FBI-Agent Gideon Reynolds unfreiwillig auf der Brust trägt. Die Spur führt Daisy und Gideon direkt in die Schusslinie des Serienkillers - und zur geheimnisvollen Church of Second Eden.

Was tust du, wenn dein schlimmster Alptraum kommt, um dich zu holen? Im Thriller "Tränenfluch", dem 2. Band der Sacramento-Reihe von Bestseller-Autorin Karen Rose, muss sich die junge Mercy Callahan ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit bei der brutalen Sekte "The Church of Second Eden" stellen. 13 Jahre lang hat Mercy Callahan geglaubt, sie sei in Sicherheit. Doch seit ihr Bruder, FBI Special Agent Gideon Reynolds, gegen die im Untergrund agierende Sekte "The Church of Second Eden" ermittelt hat, ist nichts mehr wie zuvor.

Perfide Täuschung, kaltblütige Morde und atemberaubende Twists. Im Thriller Böse Herzen von Bestseller-Autorin Karen Rose bringen die Ermittlungen in einer luxuriösen Wohnanlage voller dunkler Geheimnisse die toughe Polizistin Kit McKittrick und den Psychologen Sam Reeves erneut zusammen. Detective Kit McKittrick steht vor der Leiche eines ehemaligen Kollegen: Der Polizist im Ruhestand hat in Shady Oaks gelebt, einer luxuriösen Wohnanlage für Senioren in San Diego. Dort wurde er brutal erstochen, seine Wohnung durchwühlt. War er einem Verbrechen auf der Spur gewesen?

Wenn das Ende naht, ist die Gefahr am größten. Tränenschwur ist der 3. Thriller der Sacramento-Reihe von Bestseller-Autorin Karen Rose und das atemraubende Finale der Geschichte um die mörderische Sekte Church of Second Eden. Zwar konnten die ehemaligen Sekten-Opfer Gideon Reynolds und seine Schwester Mercy einen der Gründer der Church of Second Eden überwältigen – doch mit DJ Belmont ist ihnen ein weiterer Sektenführer auf der Spur, der um jeden Preis ihren Tod will, um seine Geheimnisse zu bewahren.

Staatsanwältin Kristen Mayhew hat einen Verehrer. Er bezeichnet sich selbst als ihren ergebenen Diener - und schickt ihr regelmäßig Fotos seiner grausam zugerichteten Opfer. Es sind alles Verbrecher, gegen die Kristen vor Gericht keine Verurteilung durchsetzen konnte. Als der selbst ernannte Rächer auch den Sohn eines Mafiapaten auf seine Todesliste setzt, ist Kristen in Gefahr. Denn nun hetzt die Mafia ihre Killer auf sie. Detective Abe Reagan, der in der Mordserie ermittelt, schwört, alles daranzusetzen, die schöne Staatsanwältin zu schützen...

Staatsanwältin Kristen Mayhew hat einen Verehrer. Er bezeichnet sich selbst als ihren ergebenen Diener - und schickt ihr regelmäßig Fotos...

Ein durchtriebener Serienkiller und ein Psychologe unter Mordverdacht: "Kaltblütige Lügen" ist der erste Band der San-Diego-Thriller-Reihe der Bestseller-Autorin Karen Rose, in dem die fieberhafte Killer-Suche der toughen Polizistin Kit McKittrick und des sympathischen Psychologen Sam Reeves für knallharten Nervenkitzel sorgt.