You Are Never Safe... When You Are Alone In The Dark

My last post before my guest poster begins: 

Alone in The Dark - Karen Rose - Book - 2015

Alone in the dark is the second book in the Cincinnati series by Karen Rose. This one focuses on Scarlett Bishop and the reporter Marcus O'Bannion. As with her previous books Rose ties this in with her previous books you have the familiar characters of Faith, Deacon and Dani. This story also pulls some in from her previous book Closer Than You Think.

Scarlett Bishop is a cop with a soft heart. She struggles on a day to day basis with her cases pulling on her heart strings.

Marcus O'Bannion, still struggling to get over his brother's death, along with his team at the Ledger, go out and try to fight all of the abusers in the world. Through any means necessary. What they don't realise is their 'activities' lead them to the darkest depths of human trafficking without them realising what kind men they are dealing with.

Tala, tries to get away from her captors. She wants to save her family and risks her life in the cross hairs. 

As always, with Karen Rose, Marcus and Scarlett have an attraction that they try to fight, but, it is inevitable. 

I enjoy Karen Rose, for her stories and characters, and she has not disappointed with this new one. She uses strong female characters which I like, the women aren't always the damsel in distress. 

Her story was just as complex and gut twisting as her previous books. One thing that I would prefer to see more of the case itself, Karin Slaughter for instance goes into a bit more technical details surrounding the evidence and the killing itself. But Karen Rose tends to stick to quite a mild description of the murders and the case. 

The story ties in really well with her other books and makes me want to read Closer To You again! 

If you enjoy crime this may not be the book for you. She is taking the suspense, out of the 'romance,suspense' books. I think is a shame as I am going back to her first books and actually they are more interesting from a crime point of view. 

If you don't mind the romance and enjoy it then her later books are definitely worth a read. 

8/10 

I think it could've been better in terms of story for me, too much of the nitty gritty romance fluff and not enough of the crime itself.