Karen Rose Popular Books

Karen Rose Biography & Facts

Karen Rose (born Karen Rose Hafer in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an internationally bestselling, RITA-award winning romantic suspense author. Rose was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. She met her husband, Martin, on a blind date when they were seventeen and after they both graduated from the University of Maryland (Karen with a degree in chemical engineering), they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Karen worked as a chemical engineer for a large consumer goods company, earning two patents, but as Karen says, “scenes were roiling in my head and I couldn't concentrate on my job so I started writing them down. I started out writing for fun, and soon found I was hooked.” Her debut suspense novel, Don't Tell, was released in July, 2003. Since then, she has published more than fifteen novels and two novellas. Her twenty-fifth novel, Say No More, was released in August 2020. Karen's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, London's Sunday Times, and Germany's Der Spiegel (#1), and the Irish Times, as well as lists in South Africa (#1) and Australia. Her novels, I'm Watching You and Silent Scream, received the Romance Writers of America's RITA award for Best Romantic Suspense for 2005 and 2011. Five of her other books have been RITA finalists. To date, her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Karen's books are set in different US states. The books are connected, and characters from previous novels usually make appearances, even if they are not from those places. A former high school teacher of chemistry and physics, Karen lives in Florida with her husband of more than thirty years and her dog, Loki. Bibliography 2003 – Don't Tell (Chicago Book 1) 2004 – Have You Seen Her? (Raleigh) 2004 – I'm Watching You (Chicago Book 2) 2005 – Nothing to Fear (Chicago Book 3) 2005 – Dirty Secrets (St. Petersburg, Florida novella, previously published in the anthology Hot Pursuit) 2006 – You Can't Hide (Chicago Book 4) 2007 – Count to Ten (Chicago Book 5) 2007 – Die for Me (Philadelphia/Atlanta Book 1) 2009 – Scream for Me (Philadelphia/Atlanta Book 2) 2009 – Kill for Me (Philadelphia/Atlanta Book 3) 2009 – I Can See You (Minneapolis Book 1) 2010 – Silent Scream (Minneapolis Book 2) 2011 – You Belong to Me (Baltimore Book 1) 2012 – No One Left to Tell (Baltimore Book 2) 2012 – Did You Miss Me? (Baltimore Book 3) 2013 – Broken Silence (Baltimore Book 3.5, novella) 2013 – Watch Your Back (Baltimore Book 4) 2014 – Closer Than You Think (Cincinnati Book 1) 2015 – Alone in the Dark (Cincinnati Book 2) 2016 – Every Dark Corner (Cincinnati Book 3) 2017 – Monster in the Closet (Baltimore Book 5) 2018 – Edge of Darkness (Cincinnati Book 4) 2018 – Death Is Not Enough (Baltimore Book 6) 2019 – Say You're Sorry (Sacramento Book 1) 2019 – Into the Dark (Cincinnati Book 5) [Release: Nov 14, 2019 (UK), Nov 26, 2019 (US) ] 2020 – Say No More (Sacramento Book 2) 2021 – Say Goodbye (Sacramento Book 3) 2022 – Quarter to Midnight (New Orleans Book 1) 2023 – Cold Blooded Liar (San Diego Book 1) 2023 – Beneath Dark Waters (New Orleans Book 2) References External links Official homepage On The Murder Trail Again - 2011 Interview in Shotsmag Ezine 2008 Interview in Shotsmag Ezine. Discover the Karen Rose popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Karen Rose books.

Best Seller Karen Rose Books of 2024

  • Edge of Darkness synopsis, comments

    Edge of Darkness

    Karen Rose

    A Cincinnati detective questions everything he knowsand everyone he trustsin the new novel of romantic suspense from New York Times bestseller Karen Rose.Homicide detective Adam Ki...

  • Hard Girls synopsis, comments

    Hard Girls

    Martina Cole

    Preorder LOYALTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2023. DI Kate Burrows could never keep away for long... HARD GIRLS is the third book in the DI Kate Burrows...

  • Denial synopsis, comments

    Denial

    Peter James

    Introducing policeman Glenn Branson...When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son, Thomas, is heartbroken. Something must be wrong with a world in which such a t...

  • Wycliffe and the Beales synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Beales

    W.J. Burley

    A mysterious death ... an eccentric family living on the edge of Dartmoor ... And Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has one of his most complex cases to date.The Cornish Detective seri...

  • Like Mother, Like Daughter synopsis, comments

    Like Mother, Like Daughter

    Elle Croft

    'Utterly absorbing and thoughtprovoking' Caz Frear'What a premise, and packed with suspense' Victoria Selman'A dark, delicious triumph' Niki MackayIf what they said was true, then ...

  • Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street

    W.J. Burley

    A young girl is found dead in a house on Stanley Street... but it's just the start of a complex puzzle which Wycliffe must unravel.A dubious culdesac just off the busy main road in...

  • The Business synopsis, comments

    The Business

    Martina Cole

    In this life, you fight dirty to survive. THE BUSINESS by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel t...

  • Closer Than You Think synopsis, comments

    Closer Than You Think

    Karen Rose

    A woman on the run must confront her dark past at her family’s home in Cincinnati in this thrilling novel of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose.&#x...

  • The Order of Things synopsis, comments

    The Order of Things

    Graham Hurley

    The fourth novel in the Jimmy Suttle series, from 'one of the UK's finest crime novelists' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY), author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRAD'There is noone writing bette...

  • The Hunted synopsis, comments

    The Hunted

    Lisa Childs

    YOU’RE GOING TO PAY  The pressures of fame and an obsessive stalker have driven pop star Olivia Smith to take shelter at Halcyon Hall, an exclusive spa on a remote island off ...

  • Wycliffe and the House of Fear synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the House of Fear

    W.J. Burley

    A troubling disappearance. A puzzling mystery. A new investigation for Detective Wycliffe.Detective Superintendent Wycliffe is holidaying in Cornwall when he meets the intriguing K...

  • Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy

    W.J. Burley

    A case involving a dead woman with a deformed foot and a mysterious past requires all Superintendent Wycliffe's investigative skills.The peace of the village of Kergwyns in Cornwal...

  • Wycliffe and the Four Jacks synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Four Jacks

    W.J. Burley

    A murder committed in the night of dead. It's all a game for Detective Wycliffe to solve in a puzzling case.Writer David Cleeve lived exactly the way a bestselling novelist should ...

  • Broken Silence synopsis, comments

    Broken Silence

    Karen Rose

    From the #1 international bestselling author of the Baltimore series comes a suspenseful novella featuring Assistant State’s Attorney Daphne Montgomery and Special Agent Joseph Car...

  • Broken synopsis, comments

    Broken

    Rebecca Zanetti

    An Amazon Best of the Year Selection Dangerous: Former Navy SEAL Clarence Wolfe’s unit was taken out with a land mine. Injured and devastated, he hasn’t been quite right ...

  • Count to Ten synopsis, comments

    Count to Ten

    Karen Rose

    A fire department lieutenant and a bold, brash detective must team up to investigate a homicide in this tense and romantic thriller."In all his years in the Chicago Fire Department...

  • You Belong to Me synopsis, comments

    You Belong to Me

    Karen Rose

    A Baltimore detective and a medical examiner must work together when the witnesses of a longago crime become the victims of a deranged killer in this gripping romantic suspense nov...

  • Dangerous Lady synopsis, comments

    Dangerous Lady

    Martina Cole

    Preorder LOYALTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2023. In gangland London, Maura Ryan is queen... Martina Cole's extraordinary first novel DANGEROUS LADY in...

  • Truth or Dare synopsis, comments

    Truth or Dare

    M. J. Arlidge

    EVERY CRIME IS CONNECTED.BUT WHO IS PULLING THE STRINGS?THE CHILLING THRILLER FROM THE MIND OF MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLER M. J. ARLIDGEA crimewave sweeps through the city and noone is ...

  • Say Goodbye synopsis, comments

    Say Goodbye

    Karen Rose

    Eden faces a final reckoning when the cult's past victims hunt them down in this explosive, highstakes thriller in the Sacramento series from New York Times bestselling author Kare...

  • Every Dark Corner synopsis, comments

    Every Dark Corner

    Karen Rose

    In this nerveshattering novel in New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose's Cincinnati series, two FBI Special Agents are on the trail of a depraved criminal...When FBI Special...

  • The Scandal synopsis, comments

    The Scandal

    Mari Hannah

    'Brand new series. Same topnotch writing.' Eva DolanWhen a young man is found stabbed to death in a side street in Newcastle city centre in the run up to Christmas, it looks like a...

  • The Handfasted Wife synopsis, comments

    The Handfasted Wife

    Carol McGrath

    'Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel' FAY WELDONThe first instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastings trilogy!'This nov...

  • Watch Your Back synopsis, comments

    Watch Your Back

    Karen Rose

    When a cold case is reopened, a murderer reemerges deadlier than ever in this thriller in New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose’s Baltimore series. Baltimore Homicide D...

  • No Way Back synopsis, comments

    No Way Back

    M. J. Arlidge

    A treat for fans of DI Helen Grace: an ebook short story from Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author M. J. Arlidge.Jodie's arriving at her third children's home. She's only fiftee...

  • Doctor Rose synopsis, comments

    Doctor Rose

    Elvi Rhodes

    Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, this is timely novel of one woman's quest to establish herself in a man's world by multimillion copy seller Elvi Rho...

  • Sins of the Father synopsis, comments

    Sins of the Father

    Graham Hurley

    DS Jimmy Suttle investigates a murder in a house haunted by the past in the latest from 'one of the UK's finest crime novelists' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY), author of LAST FLIGHT TO S...

  • Say No More synopsis, comments

    Say No More

    Karen Rose

    Mercy Callahan thought she'd escaped the cult decades ago, but its long fingers are reaching out for her again in this electrifying novel in the Sacramento series by New York Times...

  • Trust But Verify synopsis, comments

    Trust But Verify

    Karna Small Bodman

    "Bodman's hardwon information and sheer storytelling talent make this a book to remember.” LEE CHILD, #1 worldwide bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series  "Karna B...

  • The First Lie synopsis, comments

    The First Lie

    A. J. Park

    The most gripping psychological thriller you'll read this year perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan, TM Logan and KL Slater...'This is a real page turner....

  • No Lovelier Death synopsis, comments

    No Lovelier Death

    Graham Hurley

    'There is no one writing better police procedurals today.' Daily TelegraphTwo murdered teenagers. Both sides of the law are looking for the killer.But who will get there first?A te...

  • Cat And Mouse synopsis, comments

    Cat And Mouse

    M. J. Arlidge

    IF YOU THINK YOU'RE ALONE:THINK AGAIN A scratching at the window.A tap on the door.What if, this time, someone is out there? A silent killer stalks the city, targeting those home ...

  • All Fall Down synopsis, comments

    All Fall Down

    M. J. Arlidge

    FROM THE MIND OF THE MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLER M.J. ARLIDGE COMES THE BRAND NEW SERIAL KILLER THRILLER STARRING DETECTIVE INSPECTOR HELEN GRACE... "You have one hour to live."Those...

  • Dirty Secrets synopsis, comments

    Dirty Secrets

    Karen Rose

    New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose is at her seductive best in this breathtaking novella where an unexpected reunion between two friends ignites the dangerous impulses in...

  • Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death

    W.J. Burley

    A respectable bookseller is found bludgeoned and strangled and it's up to Chief Superintendent Wycliffe to find out why . . .When Matthew Glynn is murdered, Wycliffe is mystified. ...

  • Murder in an Irish Cottage synopsis, comments

    Murder in an Irish Cottage

    Carlene O'Connor

    In a remoteand superstitiousvillage in County Cork, Ireland, Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan must solve a murder where the prime suspects are fairies . . .   Family is everything to ...

  • Monster in the Closet synopsis, comments

    Monster in the Closet

    Karen Rose

    The New York Times bestselling author of Every Dark Corner returns to Baltimore, where a fatherdaughter reunion puts innocent victims in the sights of a stonecold killer…Baltimore ...

  • The Game Changer synopsis, comments

    The Game Changer

    Louise Phillips

    A suspected suicide in Dublin. A brutal murder in New York. The abduction of a child over two decades earlier. All linked ... but how?Criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson has the ...

  • Alone in the Dark synopsis, comments

    Alone in the Dark

    Karen Rose

    New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose returns with a breathtaking novel of suspense in the Cincinnati seriesone that crosses the line between danger and desire, and jus...

  • The Guilty Wife synopsis, comments

    The Guilty Wife

    Elle Croft

    THE TOP 10 EBOOK BESTSELLER 'A gripping tale of betrayal, deceit, and duplicity. Fabulous.' Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You 'Relentless and intense...I loved the final ...

  • Into the Dark synopsis, comments

    Into the Dark

    Karen Rose

    New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose returns with a new thriller in her chilling Cincinnati series. Michael Rowland is not your typical teenager. Deaf from birth, he’s...

  • The Missing synopsis, comments

    The Missing

    Lisa Childs

    Fans of Lisa Regan and Mary Burton will be riveted by the latest in the awardwinning author’s dark  thriller series. Laden with Gothic atmosphere and brilliantly plotted twist...

  • Wycliffe and How to Kill A Cat synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and How to Kill A Cat

    W.J. Burley

    Another classic crime novel featuring Cornwall's Superintendent Wycliffe.The girl was young, with auburn hair arranged on the pillow. Wycliffe could almost believe she was asleep ...

  • No One Left to Tell synopsis, comments

    No One Left to Tell

    Karen Rose

    New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose returns to the gritty world of Baltimore’s cops and prosecutors with a tale of danger and desire that will leave you breathless… A car...