Synopses & Reviews
New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen's relentless, inventive novels take readers on pulse-racing thrill rides that are as satisfying as they are heart-stopping. Now, in this edge-of-your-seat suspense novel, a mysteriously isolated town stands abandoned as a silent watcher waits.
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they're stranded with no help in sight.
As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the blizzard in the remote village of Kingdom Come, where twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched on tables, cars are still parked in garages. The town's previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but footprints in the snow betray the presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness--someone who is watching Maura and her friends.
Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura's charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to light, Jane closes in on an enemy both powerful and merciless--and the chilling truth about Maura's fate.
Published in the UK as THE KILLING PLACE.
From the Hardcover edition.
Review
“THE QUEEN OF ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.” —Crime and Publishing
Praise for the novels of Karen Rose:
“Takes off like a house afire.”—Tess Gerritsen
“Complex and unforgettable.”—James Patterson
“A high-octane thrill ride.”—Lisa Jackson
Synopsis
A cold case reopened. A murderer re-emerging more deadly than ever before
Baltimore Homicide Detective Stevie Mazzetti has suffered losses no woman should have to endure. And, despite it all, shes still a fighter. When she learns that her ex-partner might have miscarried justice, shes determined to put the past to rights, even when she becomes a target.
Its former Marine Clay Maynards job to see the risk in every situation, but he doesnt have to look hard to find the danger surrounding Stevie. Since the minute he first saw her, Clay has wanted to protect the wounded officer, and he started loving her not long after that. So when Stevie attracts the attention of a vicious psychopath, Clay will do whatever it takes to keep her alive. That is, if he can stay ahead of a killer with everything to loseand something terrifying to hide...
About the Author
Award-winning, #1 international bestselling author
Karen Rose earned her degree in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland. For a number of years, she worked in the engineering field, earning two patents, but she began writing novels when scenes started to fill her mind and her characters would not be silenced. Since her debut suspense novel,
Dont Tell, was released in July 2003, she has written more than a dozen novels and been translated into twenty-three languages. Her books have placed on the
New York Times, the
Sunday Times (UK), and Germanys
der Spiegel bestseller lists. A former chemical engineer and high school teacher, Karen lives in Florida with her family, her cat, and her dogs, Loki and Thor.