Final Exit by Laurie Breton    Books by Laurie Breton · Coming Home · Sleeping With the Enemy · Black Widow                 >> View all
Category:	Romance	Publisher:	Mira Books	ISBN-10:	155166660x	Type:
Pages:	384	Copyright:	Apr 1 2003			Fiction

Ten years ago, tragedy tore them apart. Now, Homicide Lieutenant Conor Rafferty and FBI Special Agent Carolyn Monahan are brought back together to find the serial killer who's terrorizing Boston. When the killer develops a psychotic preoccupation with Carolyn, they must race against time to uncover his identity -- before Caro becomes his next victim. cover art copyright © 2003 by Harlequin Enterprises Limited. ® and ™ are trademarks of the publisher. Buy your copy! Barnes & Noble.com

Review by Harriet Klausner (Reader to Reader Reviews)
The fourth victim is an eighteen-year-old North Dakota resident who has come to Boston to attend school. Her murder leads to the Boston police to set up a task force headed by Lieutenant Conor Rafferty to stop the serial killer rapist before someone else dies. The FBI sends profiler Dr. Carolyn Monahan to help solve the case. Ten years ago, Conor and Caro were engaged until someone murdered her sister while she lingered in bed with her beloved instead of picking up her sibling as previously arranged. Unable to face the guilt, Caro left town and joined the Feds. Though he hates having the FBI involved and more so Caro, Conor realizes her profiling skill helps especially as a tool to eliminate those most likely not to be the killer. As their attraction rekindles, Caro becomes the focus of a clever murderer whose apparent current terror is not his first as he sends unique photos of her sister's murder to prove otherwise.

Though the culprit when revealed by Laurie Breton seems strange, readers will find fascinating this strong serial killer romance that intelligently weaves elements from both genres into a taut thriller. The story line is loaded with action focused on a triangle between Conor and Caro in love and the killer playing cat and mouse with both of them, but mostly Caro. The insight into profiling is superb taking much of the mysticism out of it yet brilliantly used to further the plot. Police procedural and romantic suspense fans will want to read Laurie Breton's enjoyable tale.


Publishers Weekly review
FBI profiler Caroline Monahan, the indomitable heroine of this hard-charging romantic suspense novel, hasn’t returned to her South Boston roots for a number of years. Guilt over her younger sister’s brutal murder has kept her away, and ironically, death brings her back. Eager to put some distance between herself and Richard Armitage, her boss and former lover, Caroline moves to Boston temporarily to help the local police pinpoint a serial killer. Her homecoming gets off to a rocky start, however, when she learns that Conor Rafferty, another former lover of hers, is heading up the murder investigation. Breton (Coming Home) skillfully balances the suspense and romance plot threads, but the story skirts on the edge of melodrama as Caroline struggles with self-recrimination, her still strong attraction to Conor and a killer who may know something about her sister’s death. Readers will identify with the outwardly tough yet emotionally vulnerable Caroline and admire Conor for his fortitude and loyalty. The identity of the killer may not come as a surprise to readers, but Breton’s descriptions of the investigative process and the unsettling crime scenes are compelling.