Another who dunnit from Karen Rose (I'm Watching You - Karen Rose)

Member Name: Tracy_1127

Product:	I'm Watching You - Karen Rose
Date:	16/09/09 (46 review reads)
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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 feelings for Kristen Mayhew too.

Anyone who has read my previous reviews about the other Karen Rose books I've read will know I'm not a fan of the lead characters getting it on in such a predictable way, someone commented previously that Karen Rose is a romance thriller writer but as far as I can find out she's not, she's just an author of thrillers. But as long as you expect this to happen in every book she writes you can overlook that aspect.

On this occasion Rose actually did well with the relationship between Abe and Kristen, although cliched and nothing fresh or original it happened more naturally than some of the others she's written into storylines. It actually complimented the main storyline so it didn't bother me this time that yet again the lead characters fell for each other.

As for the main storyline, I liked the concept and it all slotted together neatly at the end. There was no contrived feeling about it and the investigation went pretty much how an investigation would. Unfortunately Karen Rose seems to have this knack of giving away "who dunnit" to me! There's a particular way she writes the character who's guilty of the crime and I usually know who it is as soon as they're introduced. This book was no exception and I knew who was committing the murders right from early on but it didn't spoil it for me because I didn't know why and wanted to watch it unravel.

As is normal for Karen Rose she has alot of characters in the book and on the odd occasion I find I have to flick back to check who someone is. I think the characters had quite a real feel in this book though, especially the main characters who all had lots of personality. Naturally everyone had a murky past and secrets started to come out at a rate of knots but that's typical for a thriller.

Overall I really enjoyed this book, even though I knew who the murderer was I still found I wanted to know why and read how they figured it out. The characters are pretty strong in this one and if you can forgive the romance between the leads it's a very good story. It won't have you gasping with shock but it does provide plenty of action, secrets and mystery.

Currently available from Amazon for £5.49 new or Amazon Marketplace for £1.79 used. I recommend this to thriller fans.

Summary: Recommended