Review: Good short read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2013
Karen Rose is an amazingly gifted writer. Her previous books have all been best sellers and she has maintained her high standards with this novella.This tale follows on from Did You Miss Me ? And is intended to bring closure to a story that Ms. Rose clearly hadn't finished with. I don't feel it's essential to have read the previous offering but some readers might find it beneficial.This story is about a young girl who is left injured and traumatised following the murder of her parents . Locked in a world of silence and too frightened to speak the 6 year old is nicknamed Angel by the police as they try to find out what exactly happened. Angel needs protection as her life is still in danger but police and social workers struggle to form a connection with her.FBI Special Agent Joseph Carter thinks he knows just the person to help the frightened child and introduces Assistant State Attorne Daphne Montgomery to her. Daphne has been to hell and back herself as a child and is still reeling from a recent homicide case but she sees something in Angel that calls to her.Determined to help Joseph and Daphne try to connect with Angel but no ones life is safe as the killers know just where Angel is being held.This is in the usual dark vein that Ms. Roses work travels down. It's an horrific insight into just how evil human beings can be. Forget horror movies as this author constantly shows the evil that man can do. Although this is short it encapsulates everything that her readers have come to expect from her. The romance that often features in this authors books is kept on the back burner but the interaction between characters is still as vivid as ever.Well worth a read and looking forward to her next book Watch Your Back