Did You Miss Me? (Romantic Suspense, #14) by Karen RoseMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Time taken to read - 9 days
Publisher - Headline
Pages - 630
Blurb from Goodreads
Best be nimble, best be quick, I'm right here and you're my pick...
The last thing Ford Elkhart remembers is walking his girlfriend back to her university dormitory. Now he's lying tied and gagged on a cold, dark floor, with only one chance to escape before he ends up like the bones surrounding him...
Assistant State's Attorney Daphne Montgomery is devastated by her son's disappearance, and is immediately convinced that his kidnapping is connected to the white supremacist she's just had jailed for murder.
FBI Special Agent Joseph Carter isn't so sure - especially when he learns that Ford's girlfriend is also missing. Is Ford's abduction payback for Daphne's courtroom victory? Or is he a pawn in an even more dangerous game?
My Review
Daphne Montgomery is facing one of the biggest days in her career, trying to convict a member of a white supremacist family. When the verdict is read out, all hell breaks loose and Daphne is threatened. Soon the threat becomes real as Daphne's son is kidnapped, Daphne thinks it is linked to the case but soon discovers this is a lot deeper and everything Daphne has tried to protect, including her life, is at risk.
I remembered small snippets from the previous book and wish I had re read it to be more familiar but it doesn't take away from the actual story. It is fairly fast paced and kicks off at the start of the book, your drawn in quickly. There is quite a bit of graphic violence and murder throughout and also some racy sex scenes so if your easily offended or upset, this one isn't for you. If your already familiar with Karen Rose's work she is true to form and won't disappoint with this tale.
Secrets are laced throughout the book going back to Daphne's childhood, it takes us a while to get there but there is so much going on your never bored. Fast paced, chilling, gruesome, murder and some romance the book has just about everything covered. A really enjoyable read, secrets, chapters are fairly big however there are small short sub chapters throughout so you can dip in and out as you need/ 4/5 for me this time and of course I will continue to keep reading this author and catch up on the back catalogue.
630 Pages! I usually stick to books with not over 400 pages, and mostly between 250 and 300 pages. I wondered why it took you 9 days to read it. I think the biggest book I've ever read was "Gone With The Wind." I think it is close to 950-1000 pages, I really can't remember, but loved the book. I think it took me parts of three weeks to read it. I had borrowed it from the library.
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I am not sure why but I find stories about White supremacist criminals disturbing but fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI thought that I was the only one who does not remember details about previous books in series. I hate when that happens!
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ReplyDeleteI've never read this author Lainy, thanks for introducing me to her. I do like a fast paced read at times and this sounds a good one.
ReplyDeleteAnother of my sister's favourite authors but not one who I am familiar with. Great review, I'll have to see about reading one of my sisters books though I'm not sure if she has this particular one.
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