Monster in the Closet (The Baltimore Series, Book 5) by Karen Rose
New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose returns to
Baltimore with a suspense-filled story where long-buried secrets, fractured
family ties, and relentless evil collide.
Private investigator Clay Maynard has built his career on
finding missing children—but the one case he could never solve was his own. His
daughter was taken years ago by his ex-wife and vanished without a trace…until
she suddenly reappears where he least expects her.
Taylor Dawson grew up believing her father was a monster, a
lie carefully crafted by her mother. Now an adult, Taylor is given the chance
to discover the truth for herself while working as an equine therapist, helping
two traumatized girls whose mother was brutally murdered. As she begins to form
real connections—with her father, her work, and Ford Elkhart, her boss’s
brooding and haunted son—Taylor finally starts to feel hope.
But danger is never far behind.
As Taylor’s life starts to open up to family, purpose, and
love, a stone-cold killer lurks in the shadows, ready to tear it all apart and
reveal the true face of evil.
My Thoughts:
I’ve now read two books by this author, and while both had strong concepts and
solid plot foundations, they were ultimately undermined by an extremely unrealistic
death toll. Ridiculously so. It felt as though every new character introduced
was destined to be killed off almost immediately.
That’s a shame, because the outline and character groundwork
were genuinely good. Instead of allowing tension and development to build
naturally, the story seemed padded with shock-value deaths, turning what could
have been a gripping thriller into something that felt excessive and filled
with filler. The body count was so high it became distracting rather than
suspenseful.
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