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AMAZING! Karen Rose keeps getting better and better..., April 4, 2006
Detective Aidan Reagen is first on scene of what seems to be a suicide. Dr. Tess Ciccotelli receives a phone call in the middle of the night telling her that her patient is about to jump off her balcony. She arrives too late, not knowing that her patient was already dead when she got the call.
Aidan feels contempt, if not hatred for Tess's roll in the trial of a child/police killer. As the person that discovered the body of the 3rd child found, Aidan wanted to see justice for the families of the victims. Instead, Tess declared the defendant incompetent, which sealed her fate as far as the Police Department was concerned. That she seems so cool and unaffected while standing over her dead patient doesn't surprise Aidan in the least.
When another, then yet another patient dies, all the evidence points to Tess as the one who is pushing them to commit suicide. Tess adamantly declares her innocence and is willing to work along side a detective that obviously loathes her.
As Aidan and Tess work together to uncover who hates Tess enough to plan something so heinous, they both realize how wrong they are about each other. Aidan realizes that the calm Tess projects is a facade. He also learns that she is extremely loyal to her patients, even thought she knowingly treats criminals. Tess sees that there is more to Aidan than meets the eye. It is Aidan's belief in her that helps her deal with everything she knows is to come.
The secondary characters make this book even better. A lot of the characters are ones we've met in previous books. Although the book is over 500 pages, it never drags. This is a definite Rose winner. Don't miss it!
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Chilling!, April 29, 2006
Doctor Tess Ciccotelli is a psychiatrist and when her troubled patients begin to die in suspect ways the police think she may be the killer. When detective Aidan Reagan and his partner Todd Murphy catch her case Aidan is quick to judge the one woman he feels allowed a monster to escape his punishment. Tess knows she's going to have to cooperate with the police she only wishes she didn't see Aidan as a man, a man who makes her want a the security of his arms.
Aidan Reagan is prepared to hate Tess for her role in allowing a murdering monster to escape standing trial. He is convinced she is the enemy. But, when the murders of her patients begin to climb and she is ruined and her friends an family are in danger he realizes that he is wrong about Tess. She cares and despite his best effort he finds out so does he. He now needs to find a killer who wants Tess dead before he looses the one person he'll ever love.
Ms. Rose has done it again. She is one talented writer who can draw out a suspense read to the final spine chilling end. It was fun to re-visit with Abe, Kristen, and the rest of the Reagan family. Aidan and Tess are compelling characters and the nightmare Ms. Rose creates for them is top drawer. This is one author I highly recommend.
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Karen Rose Never Fails To Please, February 27, 2006
As always, Rose delivers a masterful, story of suspense. In this story, we see a return of Aidan Reagan, who was first introduced to us as younger brother of Abe Reagan, hero of I'M WATCHING YOU.
Aidan, a recently promoted detective, is called on to investigate the apparent open-and-shut suicide of Cynthia Adams. Adams, it turns out, was a patient of psychiatrist Dr. Tess Ciccotelli, not a favorite of the Chicago PD. Tess, in her role as court psychiatrist, argued for the mental instability of a psychotic murderer, sending him to a state hospital instead of prison, and she's been persona non grata with the police ever since.
Reagan soon learns there was nothing simple about Adams suicide, and that instead it came as a result of an elaborately planned scheme. Seems the murderer has access to Tess' private files and knows exactly how to push the victim's buttons, causing them to end their own lives. It doesn't take long for nearly every person Tess knows to become a victim. Even casual acquaintances aren't safe, as the murderer turns from elaborately planned mental torture, to a more immediate form of death, old fashioned homicide.
As Tess becomes accused of everything from murder to violating doctor patient confidentiality, Aiden becomes more and more convinced that she's guilty of nothing. Needless to say he's also having a hard time battling his attraction to Tess.
This story is also filled with numerous secondary characters, many of which who don't make it to the end of the story, but many who also do survive. From Reagan's family to Tess' family, to her immediate Friends-like set of pals there are many characters wandering around this story.
Rose does a good job of keeping her characters well-defined and not letting them control the story. Her particular strength in YOU CAN'T HIDE, though, is painting a great picture of Tess' increasing isolation, as many of the people she knows are murdered. Even with the built in support of her surviving peers, Tess becomes more and more rattled to be integral in the loss of so many.
As always, this is an enjoyable work by Karen Rose, one of the rising stars in the world of romantic suspense. Even at nearly 500 pages, the story is a fast read and doesn't ever veer off course.
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