Cold Blooded Liar

The San Diego Case Files, Book 1

By: Karen Rose

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

The first installment of the new McKittrick & Reeves series from Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Rose.

Colton Driscoll is a compulsive liar. But there's one thing his psychologist Sam Reeves fears he is telling the truth about: murder. Concerned his patient has committed an awful crime and that the life of another girl could be under threat, Sam calls in an anonymous tip to the San Diego Police Department.

Detective Kit McKittrick works homicide in the hope that one day she will find out what happened to her foster sister, Wren. When a tip comes in from an anonymous caller it leads her to the body of a girl whose murder has the hallmarks of a serial killer that has been at large for almost twenty years. It also leads her to the source of the information: Dr Sam Reeves.

Will Kit be able to crack the cold case in time to stop another murder being committed? And is Sam Reeves being a concerned citizen trying to help, or is there another more sinister reason he has so much information?

©2023 Karen Rose (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Good read, different to previous titles

Enjoyed the story. The narrating of Sam Reeves was odd though, I thought it detracted from his character.

Mixed feelings

I really disliked the narrator from the word go and was very disappointed. Sam Reeves' character sounds like a spoiled and whiny teenager playing in a grown-up world, not fitting in and having a tantrum. I seriously doubt if I'll listen to other works of this narrator. I did enjoy the change in Karen Roses' story telling style overall but I'll need to listen again to try and get past Sam's voice. It was a difficult listen.