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Alone In the Dark (Romantic Suspense, #17; Cincinnati, #2)

Karen Rose

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: July 31, 2020

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Nov 20, 2015 Mo rated it really liked it

3.75 STARS.

It seemed to drag a bit towards the end. But overall, an enjoyable read. Liked both main characters. Hated his name O'Bannion!! It's the little things for me sometimes.

Homicide Detective Scarlett Bishop has seen enough bad guys slip through the cracks and too many innocent victims go unavenged to know good doesn't always prevail. So far she’s been able to lock away her rage and her vigilante fantasies. That lock is about to break.

Former Army Ranger Marcus O'Bannion

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Jan 04, 2021 Robin rated it really liked it

Shelves: romantic-suspense, 2021

Newspaper Publisher Marcus O'Bannion uses his contacts to help victims of abuse. When a teenage girl in need of his help asks him to meet her in an alley, he immediately contacts Detective Scarlett Bishop and asks her to meet both of them. But when Scarlett arrives, the girl has been shot and an injured Marcus has recorded the whole thing. After tracking the identity of the victim, Scarlett and Marcus believe they are dealing with a human trafficking ring. As the two of them follow the evidence, ...more

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Jul 26, 2017 Anita rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-supense

SLAVERY . Human trafficking is slavery. To call slavery human trafficking is nothing short of putting lipstick on a very dirty pig, and that is insulting the pig. Until people start calling this heinous crime what it is it will continue. I get that slavery is not the politically correct term, but then, I'm not a politically correct person. I'm calling out all authors for this. I love Karen Rose that she at least acknowledged that, unlike like many others. Her story in this book is more about ...more

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Oct 31, 2015 Eve added it

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The Cincinnati Series, Book 2
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 2, 2016

The murder of a young girl lures Homicide Detective Scarlett Bishop and Former Army Ranger Marcus O'Bannion down a dark, dark road—and straight into the crosshairs of a dangerous, powerful underground ring that deals in human trade....

I usually like Karen Rose books because they are gripping and fast-paced. This one seemed to drag on and constantly jumped between different characters. Way too much time was spent on following th ...more

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Aug 16, 2019 Jenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Alone In the Dark is book two in the Cincinnati series by Karen Rose. One night walk with his dog Publisher Marcus O'Bannion came in contact with a young girl in trouble and called Detective Scarlett Bishop for help. However, before Detective Scarlett Bishop got to the scene, the young girl died from a gunshot. The readers of Alone In the Dark will continue to follow the twists and turns in Detective Scarlett Bishop investigation into the death of the young girl.

Alone In the Dark is another fant ...more

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Jul 16, 2020 Cindy (BKind2Books) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-bingo

This is second in the Cincinnati story arc within this larger series. It's a hefty read at over 700 pages and the subject this time is human trafficking...modern day slavery. It is a gruesome topic and the author does not shy away from it. She shines a light on the myriad ways that people around the world are taken advantage of and makes this personal.

This story however is mostly that of Scarlet, a Cincinnati detective, and Marcus, the publisher of the local paper. They have a history with each ...more

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Jul 19, 2017 Charlene rated it it was amazing

Shelves: public-library, crime, rated-not-reviewed, adult-themes, law-enforcement, ptsd, series-by-author, follow-this-series, immigrant, romantic-suspense

I was more engaged with this book than I was with its predecessor, and that's saying something. There are some scenes with violence and gore, but the story is dark enough (human trafficking) to warrant such things when murder and other high crimes are committed.

I liked the character Marcus O'Bannion better in this book than in the first volume, and I felt I got to know several more of the characters from the first (Cincinnati) book, as well as some new people in this story.

The villains are awful ...more

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Feb 16, 2017 Charlene rated it really liked it

Shelves: romantic-suspense, mystery-suspense-thriller

This one took me a while to really get in to, but once I did I really enjoyed it. Rose did a great job of making me feel for these characters - both Marcus and the victims. A little long, but worth the read.

4 ★

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