I'm Watching You - Karen Rose

I've recently discovered Karen Rose and have a friend who is lending me some of her books. The most recent one I borrowed was I'm Watching You. Kristen Mayhew is a prosecutor who cares about her clients but someone has become obsessed with her. In fact a murderer has become obsessed with Kristen and is killing some of the criminals who she couldn't secure a conviction against and leaving photos of the bodies for Kristen to find along with letters that have a very personal P.S at the bottom, proof the killer is keeping a close eye on her. Abe Reagan is assigned the case along with his partner Mia and as the body count keeps rising Abe develops ...  Read the complete review

This is the first book I have read by Karen Rose, and to be honest if it had not been a gift I would never have even picked it up. With a tag line on the cover that reads "I spy with my little eye something ending in ... DEATH" I have to admit I would have put this book straight down again at the book shop. Then there are the ingredients to the plot: * Handsome cop (with a past) - check * Cop has a feisty female partner (with a past) - check * Pretty lawyer (with a past) who cares about the victims she represents- check * Unknown vigilante (erm, with a past)- check * Fight against time to stop body count piling up - check * Latino ...  Read the complete review

I'm Watching You. Karen Rose. I do like reading and generally have at least two books on the go. The first will always be a 'learning book', maybe related to therapy, or even saxophones, it does not matter as long as I glean something. The second is always fiction, and I love horror, thrillers and crime quite a lot. So not having heard of this author, when I saw the book in Waterstones I thought I would give it a go. This is not a quick read. At 660 pages it aint gonna be over in a day or two, and that's okay because it takes a little digesting. It isn't exactly slow, but I have found I like to read 30 or 40 pages then stop. The plot is ...  Read the complete review