Count to Ten - Karen Rose

Two young brothers abandoned to the foster-care system end up with a tough life, enduring abuse and heartache. When one of them tragically dies, the other vows to seek revenge on those he deems responsible for his brother's death. Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant, Reed Solliday, is left sickened after finding that a young girl found in the wreckage of an explosion was brutally raped and murdered before the fire ripped through the house caused by the planned explosion. Reed is assigned to join forces with brash detective Mia Mitchell, to find the killer. Mia has only just returned to duty ... more

I came about this book, having read 'I'm watching you', another of Karen Rose's books that I recently picked up in a local charity shop. I enjoyed 'I'm watching you' so much, I went and bought this one almost straight away, it arrived at the beginning of the week and I've just finished another superb book by Karen Rose. ~ ~ A little about the author ~ ~ Karen Rose lives in Florida and she actually has a Chemical Engineering degree and she tends to describe her novels as being Romance, rather than crime based. I would say, Romance is there, but Crime is the mainstay though. She began writing ... more

Author Karen Rose is an internationally best selling author and has to date (July 2010) written eleven books. Her debut novel was released in 2003 and surprisingly the genre of book she writes is considered ‘Romantic Suspense’. Karen Rose was only a discovery for me in April of this year and I have been reading them since and trying to work my way through her other books. Each one I have read I have loved and looked forward to reading another. Many may not like her style of writing as although she is fantastic at the Thriller/Suspense side of it, some do not like romance anywhere in that type ... more

I have just finished reading this book and must say I really enjoyed reading it. It has a bit of everything, a good story with crime, psychological thrills, romance, it all goes to make the book and extremely good read. The story is set in Chicago where there have been a series of fires. The autopsies on the victims of the fires show that they have sustained injuries before the fires have started. The Fire Investigator is Reed Solliday, a man who lost his wife to a fire and is now bringing up his 14 year old daughter Beth with the help of his sister Laura. Reed finds that the fires are started ... more