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The Last Victim

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Karen Robards

By Karen Robards

By Karen Robards

By Karen Robards

By Karen Robards
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By Karen Robards
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    About The Last Victim

    “[An] exceptional storyteller . . . Leave it to [Karen] Robards to deliver the start of a series that is distinctive and unforgettable!”—RT Book Reviews
     
    A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Dr. Charlotte Stone regularly sits face-to-face with madmen. At the age of sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath. Because of the information she gave police, the Boardwalk Killer went underground, but Charlie kept her postmortem visions of the victims to herself. Years later, to protect her credibility as a psychological expert, she tells no one about these apparitions. Now a teenage girl is missing, her family slaughtered. The Boardwalk Killer—or a sick copycat with his M.O.—is back. This is the one case Charlie knows she shouldn’t go near. But she also knows that she may be the one person in the world who can stop this vicious killer, especially when she receives help from an unexpected source: The fiery spirit of a seductive bad boy who refuses to be ignored.
     
    “Excellent . . . This story is going to haunt you.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
     
    “Thrilling . . . a fun and sexy read.”—Booklist
     
    “Tantalizing.”—Library Journal
     
    Features a preview of the next Charlotte Stone novel, The Last Kiss Goodbye.

    About The Last Victim

    “[An] exceptional storyteller . . . Leave it to [Karen] Robards to deliver the start of a series that is distinctive and unforgettable!”—RT Book Reviews
     
    A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Dr. Charlotte Stone regularly sits face-to-face with madmen. At the age of sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath. Because of the information she gave police, the Boardwalk Killer went underground, but Charlie kept her postmortem visions of the victims to herself. Years later, to protect her credibility as a psychological expert, she tells no one about these apparitions. Now a teenage girl is missing, her family slaughtered. The Boardwalk Killer—or a sick copycat with his M.O.—is back. This is the one case Charlie knows she shouldn’t go near. But she also knows that she may be the one person in the world who can stop this vicious killer, especially when she receives help from an unexpected source: The fiery spirit of a seductive bad boy who refuses to be ignored.
     
    “Excellent . . . This story is going to haunt you.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
     
    “Thrilling . . . a fun and sexy read.”—Booklist
     
    “Tantalizing.”—Library Journal
     
    Features a preview of the next Charlotte Stone novel, The Last Kiss Goodbye.

    About The Last Victim

    Electrifying suspense, cutting-edge psychological insight, and an unforgettably sensuous love story—these are the trademarks of Karen Robards’s sizzling novels. Now the New York Times bestselling author launches a red-hot new paranormal romantic thriller series featuring the fascinating Dr. Charlotte Stone, a serial killer expert whose extraordinary powers lead her from ecstasy to terror.
     
    THE LAST VICTIM
     
    Dr. Charlotte Stone sees what others do not.
     
    A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Charlie regularly sits face-to-face with madmen. Obsessed with learning what makes human monsters commit terrible crimes, Charlie desires little else from life—no doubt because when she was sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath: A man butchered the family of Charlie’s best friend, Holly, then left the girl’s body on a seaside boardwalk one week later.
     
    Because of the information Charlie gave police, the Boardwalk Killer went underground. She kept to herself her eerie postmortem visions of Holly and her mother. And even years later, knowing her contact with ghosts might undermine her credibility as a psychological expert, Charlie tells no one about the visits she gets from the spirit world.
     
    Now all-too-handsome FBI agent Tony Bartoli is telling Charlie that a teenage girl is missing, her family slaughtered. Bartoli suspects that after fifteen years, the Boardwalk Killer—or a sick copycat with his M.O.—is back. Time is running short for an innocent, kidnapped girl, and Bartoli pleads for Charlie’s help.
     
    This is the one case Charlie shouldn’t go near. But she also knows that she may be the one person in the world who can stop this vicious killer. For Charlie—whose good looks disguise a world of hurt, vulnerability, and potent psychic gifts—a frantic hunt for a madman soon becomes a complex test of cunning, passions, and secrets. Aiding Dr. Stone on her quest to catch a madman is a ghostly presence with bad intentions: the fiery spirit of seductive bad boy Michael Garland who refuses to be ignored, though in his cat and mouse game they may both lose their hearts.
     
    Dr. Charlotte Stone sees what others do not. And she sees the Boardwalk Killer coming for her.

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    About Karen Robards

    Karen Robards is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over fifty novels. She is a six-time winner of the Silver Pen Award and has been recognized with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.

    About Karen Robards

    Karen Robards is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over fifty novels. She is a six-time winner of the Silver Pen Award and has been recognized with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.

    About Karen Robards

    Karen Robards is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over fifty novels. She is a six-time winner of the Silver Pen Award and has been recognized with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense Romance | Paranormal Fiction | Paranormal Romance | Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Apr 30, 2013 | 416 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345535818

    Category: Suspense Romance | Paranormal Fiction | Paranormal Romance | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Aug 07, 2012 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780345535443

    Category: Suspense Romance | Paranormal Fiction | Paranormal Romance | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $24.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 07, 2012 | 819 Minutes | ISBN 9780449012246

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    Praise for Karen Robards
     
    “Draw a line between two extremely popular genres, mysteries and romance novels, and in the middle you will find the bestselling Robards. She merges the two worlds like no one else, deftly interlacing plot and passion.”—Albany Times Union
     
    “Robards has a true flair for characterization and excels at adding large doses of humor to the spicy mix.”—RT Book Reviews
     
    “One of the most popular voices in women’s fiction.”—Newsweek
     
    “Robards is one terrific storyteller.”—Chicago Tribune

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