Cold-Blooded Liar

Bestseller Rose (Quarter to Midnight) thrills in the first installment of her San Diego Case Files series. After Katherine Matthews’s foster sister, Wren, is discovered murdered in a dumpster, 15-year-old Katherine is determined to catch her killer. Sixteen years later, Katherine has become Kit McKittrick, a San Diego homicide detective partnered with Baz Constantine, the original detective on the still unsolved murder—and they finally get a break in the case. Psychologist Sam Reeves treats court-ordered patients, and one of his creepier clients, Colton Driscoll, seems to know more than he should about several cold-case murders of blonde teenage girls. Not wanting the blood of innocents on his hands, Sam phones in a tip to Kit—and immediately gets caught up in a whirlwind of investigation, death, and unexpected romance with Kit. Rose strews her twisty, believable plot with red herrings on the way to a shocking final twist. The result is an un-put-downable romantic thriller. (Mar.)