Scream for Me

by Karen Rose

Book Overview

For her exciting debut in hardcover, New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose delivers a heart-stopping suspense novel that picks up where Die For Me left off, with a detective determined to track down a brutal murderer.

Special Agent Daniel Vartanian has sworn to find the perpetrator of multiple killings that mimic a 13-year-old murder linked to a collection of photographs that belonged to his brother, Simon, the...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446616923
• ISBN13: 9780446616928
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Vision
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

SCREAM FOR ME

SCREAM FOR ME is Karen Rose's finest book to date. From the start, she grabs the reader and takes her on a ride of lies, coverups and amazing love with more twists and turns than a maze. Special Agent Daniel Vartanian, a man who's sworn to bring justice to the victims, is a man the reader immediately can identify with. After coming to grips with lies from his judge father, Daniel had to bring his serial killer brother to justice. Given his family history, trust is the farthest thing from his mind. When a woman is found dead in his hometown, he returns to face his demons. His search leads him to Alex Fallon, a woman who looks like a woman murdered thirteen years before. As more bodies are discovered, Alex has to rely on Daniel's tender love to help her remember what happen all those years ago, before the out-of-control criminal takes her life.

Marvelous book!

A taut, well written thriller with characters so vivid and enthralling that you'll want to keep reading beyond the end of the book! Rose has done a masterful job with a complex and spine-tingling plot that shows terrific insight into the workings of the human psyche. . . especially post-trauma. If I'm heavy on the superlatives, it's because this book is such a cut above the ordinary serial killer story. Its realism and humanity are things you take away with you after the reading is done. And that's a rare and precious thing in this popular fiction market. Kudos, Karen Rose! Your talent shines!

Scream for Me-A Joyfully Recommended Title!!!

Alex Fallon came back to her hometown in Dutton, Georgia, after she received a call from Social Services telling her that her stepsister Bailey was missing. Bailey's traumatized four-year-old daughter Hope was left alone. Alex had a troubled childhood. She barely survived after her twin sister Alicia and her mother were killed. Putting her painful past behind her has been very difficult, but Alex has done pretty well, until she arrives in Dutton to care for Hope. Special Agent Daniel Vartanian of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is originally from Dutton as well and he has his own demons to slay. Two weeks ago, his mentally unstable brother murdered seventeen people, including Daniel's parents. After taking a leave of absence for two weeks, Daniel is back on the job investigating the rape and murder of a young woman from Arcadia, Georgia. His search for the killer leads him to Dutton where he discovers that a similar crime was committed thirteen years ago. The similarities between Alicia's murder and the woman found in Arcadia are striking. Alex and Daniel both search for answers. Alex is trying desperately to find Bailey, and Daniel needs to find a murderer. They begin to unravel secrets that some would kill to keep hidden. As Alex is drawn unknowingly into the killer's web, Daniel is right by her side, trying to keep her safe while trying to solve the crime. Dutton is a town filled with deadly and disturbing secrets. As more women are killed, will Alex and Daniel be able to uncover the truth and stop the killers before Alex becomes the next victim? Scream For Me is a dark and gripping story with phenomenal characterization. Whether they are villainous or heroic, each character is flawlessly written. Every day Alex fights to keep her demons at bay. She is amazingly strong. Daniel is Alex's rock and her protector. He is a magnificent hero. Bailey's plight broke my heart, and the villains are sadistic and show no remorse. Scream For Me is a graphic novel of romantic suspense. Alex and Daniel's romance grows alongside the story's macabre events as they unfold. The pages of Scream For Me are filled with disturbing images of brutal crimes. I was on the edge of my seat, captivated by the gruesome storyline and the loving relationship between Alex and Daniel. Scream For Me is my first Karen Rose novel but definitely not my last. I love the way she writes! Nannette Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

exhilarating serial killer thriller

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Daniel Vartanian remains in shock and grief as he still reels from discovering his late brother Simon was a serial killer who before his demise murdered their parents, whom the cop just buried (see DIE FOR ME). Still though some at GBI thinks Daniel should take leave, he feels he would be better off working a case instead of brooding. His superior assigns him to investigate a recent murder that copy cats the unsolved cold case homicide of Alicia Tremaine thirteen years ago. Daniel meets Alice's twin sister Alex Fallon, who left their hometown of Dutton just after the murder of her sibling. She is home because her stepsister Bailey Creighton vanished leaving her four year old daughter Hope behind and distressed over mommy. As more people are murdered with the same M.O. of thirteen years ago, Daniel wonders who the serial killer is ultimately targeting as he also fears completion of the circle with Alex as the victim; he vows to keep the woman he is falling in love with safe, but from whom. This exhilarating serial killer thriller grips readers from the onset and never slows down; whether the events occurred thirteen years ago or in the present. Even the well written supportive romance enhances the tale by personalizing the murders in the mind of the hero who is reminded that he "failed" to protect his parents; guilt even if it is unwarranted can rip out one's gut. Karen Rose proves her publisher was right going hardcover with what is sure to be another bestseller. Harriet Klausner

Another Rose Masterpiece of Suspense

After a string of brutal murders takes Special Agent Daniel Vartanian to Philadelphia, dark secrets from the past bring him back to Dillon, GA. There he meets Alex Fallon, whose own tortured past has forced her to return to the last place she ever wanted to go. Compelled to search for a missing person from her painful past, Alex becomes entangled in the investigation of a copy cat murderer. The original murder is what sent her away from Dillon years ago. In a town where nobody is who they seem, years of secrets and lies erupt in a series of murders. And when Daniel discovers that Alex is a target of the killer, he races to discover the truth and protect the woman he finds himself falling in love with. Roses' eighth novel and hardcover debut, SCREAM FOR ME is her best yet. It is the second in Roses' FOR ME trilogy but is outstanding as a stand alone novel. Readers will appreciate Roses' trademark bone-chilling suspense, diabolical plot twists and secondary characters who all cry out for a sequel of their own. And they are sure to appreciate this sturdy hardcover, because it will go on their keeper shelf to be read again and again.