Don't Tell - Karen Rose

Nothing to Fear - Karen Rose

~ ~ A little about the author ~ ~ Karen Rose lives in Florida and she actually has a Chemical Engineering degree and she tends to describe her novels as being Romance, rather than crime based. I would say, Romance is there, but Crime is the mainstay though. She began writing while bored at work, and it took off from there. She has written 7 titles so far, with her latest, Scream for Me released in late May 2008 and is available in hardback. Karen Rose didn t really have many books out when I first read "I m watching you" which I had picked up before others from a charity shop. In fact, I could only find Count to Ten available in the UK initially (reviewed ...

Die for Me - Karen Rose

After discovering Karen Rose by reading Count to Ten I seem to have been finding her books all over the place, Die For Me is the latest and was found in Tesco when I wasnt meant to have been buying books (although to be fair at the moment I m never meant to be buying them), and this went straight to the top of my to read pile. The first chapter introduces us to Warren, a young man who has aspirations of fame through modelling and acting, sadly for him these plans are never going to come to fruition in his lifetime, his killer remains a mystery, Warren knows him as Ed Munch. Munch hired him to film a documentary so why would he now want to kill him. Detective s ...

Die for Me - Karen Rose

This book breaks down beautifully into short dated sections making it a great novel for those who want to read but can't really find the time to get engrossed for more than a few pages at a time. I'm not really a fan of the crime genre but having received this for Christmas from I daughter I owed it her to give the book a shot. The murders are gruesome, certainly not something to read if you're of a sensitive disposition. Victims die by a variety of medieval torture means, including a particularly nasty spiked chair and live burning death. I didn't find the crimes believable at all and the plot was very thin throughout. I was eager to follow the twist concerning the killers ...