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BOOK INFO
Title: Cheater
Author: Karen Rose
Publisher: Berkley
Publish Date: March 26, 2024
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Series: Romantic Suspense #29, San Diego #2
My Rating: 3/5
BOOK BLURB
Death is not an unfamiliar visitor to Shady Oaks Retirement Village, which provides San Diego with premier elderly support from independent retiree housing to full-time hospice care. But when a resident’s body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked, it’s clear there’s someone deadly in their community. Detective Katherine “Kit” McKittrick quickly discovers that Shady Oaks is full of skeleton-riddled closets, and most tenants prefer to keep their doors firmly closed to the SDPD.
A longtime volunteer at the retirement facility, Dr. Sam Reeves honors his late grandfather’s memory by playing the piano for the residents regularly. So it shouldn’t be such a surprise when Kit crosses paths with him during her investigation, after she’d avoided the criminal psychologist—and the emotions he evokes—for the last six months.
Sam’s rapport within the retirement village proves vital to the case, and the pair find themselves working together once again—much to Kit’s dismay. But she is determined to apprehend the shadow of death lurking around Shady Oaks…and equally determined to ignore the feelings she’s developing for a certain psychologist.
MY REVIEW
Murder in a retirement community. Kit and Sam are back, and still need one another to solve a case. Kit is the detective investigating the case. Sam is a volunteer at the retirement community, and a criminal psychologist.
Cheater is the 29th book in the Romantic Suspense series by Karen Rose. It is the second book in the San Diego case files series. Kit and Sam were introduced in the first book, Cold Blooded Liar. While Cheater can be read as a standalone, I recommend reading Cold Blooded Liar first.
Well-developed characters in a fast paced and intriguing story. Cheater is a suspenseful and entertaining thriller.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Books by Karen Rose:
- Don’t Tell (Chicago #1)
- Have You Seen Her?
- I’m Watching You (Chicago #2)
- Nothing to Fear (Chicago #3)
- You Can’t Hide (Chicago #4)
- Count to Ten (Chicago #5)
- Die for Me (Daniel Vartanian #1)
- Scream for Me (Daniel Vartanian #2)
- Kill for Me (Daniel Vartanian #3)
- I Can See You (Minneapolis #1)
- Silent Scream (Minneapolis #2)
- You Belong to Me (Baltimore #1)
- No One Left to Tell (Baltimore #2)
- Did You Miss Me? (Baltimore #3)
- Watch Your Back (Baltimore #4)
- Closer Than You Think (Cincinnati #1)
- Alone in the Dark (Cincinnati #2)
- Every Dark Corner (Cincinnati #3)
- Monster in the Closet (Baltimore #5)
- Edge of Darkness (Cincinnati #4)
- Death Is Not Enough (Baltimore #6)
- Say You’re Sorry (Sacramento #1)
- Into the Dark (Cincinnati #5)
- Say No More (Sacramento #2)
- Say Goodbye (Sacramento #3)
- Quarter to Midnight (New Orleans #1)
- Cold Blooded Liar (San Diego #1)
- Beneath Dark Waters (New Orleans #2)
- Cheater (San Diego #2)
- Buried Too Deep (New Orleans #3)
