Karen Rose

Karen Rose oats (* 1964 in Washington, DC ) is an American thriller - writer .

life and work

Karen Rose graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in chemical engineering. After graduating, she moved to Cincinnati , Ohio with her husband . There she worked as a food technician.

Karen Rose wrote her first stories to distract herself from her everyday life, later she made writing her profession. In the US, her thriller Your Killer Smile became a USA Today bestseller.

In 2010, the book Death Games was the end of the trilogy about the Vartanian family.

Karen Rose lives in Florida, USA with her husband and two daughters.

Works

Novels

Chicago series

• Tenderness is ice cold (“Don't Tell” 2003). Droemer Knaur, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-426-62860-7 .
• Your killer's smile ("Have You Seen Her" 2004). Knaur, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-426-62861-4 .
• Death's dearest prey (“I'm Watching You” 2004). Knaur, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-426-63337-3 .
• The revenge sweet sound ("Nothing to Fear" 2005). Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-63464-6 .
• You will never escape ("You Can't Hide" 2006). Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-63530-8 .
• My hate glows hot (“Count to Ten” 2007). Knaur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-63816-3 .

Philadelphia / Atlanta series

The Daniel Vartanian trilogy with Special Agent Daniel Vartanian, his sister prosecutor Susannah Vartanian and his best friend Special Agent Luke Papadopoulos.

• Death Scream ("Die For Me" 2007). German by Kerstin Winter, Knaur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-66310-3 .
• Brides of Death ("Scream For Me" 2008). German by Kerstin Winter, Knaur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-426-66353-0 .
• Death Games ("Kill For Me" 2009). German by Kerstin Winter, Knaur, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-66356-1 .

Minneapolis series

• Death blow ("I Can See You" 2009). Knaur, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-66357-8 . ( 1st place on the Spiegel bestseller list from May 16-22, 2011 )
• Fire ("Silent Scream" 2010). Knaur, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-50301-0 .

Baltimore series

• Heart of Death ("You Belong to Me" 2011). Knaur, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-65278-7 .
• Death dress ("No One Left to Tell" 2012). Knaur, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-65279-4 .
• Child of Death ("Did You Miss Me" 2012). Knaur, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-426-65337-1 .
• Fatal Shot ("Watch Your Back" 2013). Knaur, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-42327-1 .

Cincinnati series

• Thorn Girl ("Closer than you think" 2015). German by Kerstin Winter, Knaur, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-426-51707-9 .
• Thorn dress ("Alone in the dark" 2016). German by Kerstin Winter, Knaur, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-426-65361-6 .
• Dornenspiel ("Every Dark Corner" 2016). German by Andrea Brandl, Knaur, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-426-65362-3 .
• Thorn Heart ("Edge of Darkness" 2017). German by Andrea Brandl, Knaur, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-426-22678-0 .

Others

• Broken Silence . Headline Publishing Group, London 2013. ISBN 978-1-4722-1268-9 E-book only.
• Dirty Secrets . Headline Publishing Group, London 2013. ISBN 978-1-4722-1400-3 E-book only.
• Sch! A winter thriller . Knaur eBook, Munich 2013. ISBN 978-3-4264-3139-9 Only as an e-book

Audio books

• Tenderness is ice cold . Lagato-Verlag, Berg 2008, ISBN 978-3-938956-44-1 (6 CDs, read by Julia Fischer).
• Your killer's smile . Lagato-Verlag, Berg 2008, ISBN 978-3-938956-45-8 (6 CDs, read by Julia Fischer).
• The vengeance sweet sound . Audio Media, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-86804-569-7 (6 CDs, read by Julia Fischer).
• You will never escape . Abridged reading. Weltbild, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8289-9299-3 (6 CDs, read by Christina Kühnreich).
• My hatred glows hot . Abridged reading. Weltbild, Augsburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8289-9172-9 (6 CDs, read by Julia Fischer).
• Death scream . Weltbild, Augsburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8289-9377-8 (6 CDs, read by Julia Fischer).
• Brides of death . Lübbe Audio, Bergisch Gladbach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-4251-8 (5 CDs, read by Nicole Engeln).
• Death games . Lübbe Audio, Bergisch Gladbach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-4347-8 (5 CDs, read by Nicole Engeln).
• Fatal blow . Lübbe Audio, Bergisch Gladbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4483-3 (6 CDs, read by Sabina Godec).
• Fire . Weltbild, Augsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86800-721-3 (6 CDs, read by Julia Fischer).
• Heart of death . Lübbe Audio, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-7857-4659-2 (6 CDs, read by Sabina Godec).
• Death dress . Lübbe Audio, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-7857-4746-9 (6 CDs, read by Sabina Godec).
• Death child. Lübbe Audio, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8387-7273-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Karen Rose in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage Karen Rose (English)
• Reviews and book presentations of the Krimicouch
• Author information from the publisher and reading samples
• Interview on kultur-base.de from November 3, 2012