Buried Too Deep
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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another explosive novel in the New Orleans series, where some secrets are worth dying for—or killing to keep.
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Employed as the nighttime security guard of Broussard Investigations, Phineas Bishop has been working through overwhelming PTSD episodes from his army service while still utilizing his military skills. But when a violent break-in occurs at the office, the accusatory eyes of the NOPD are on Phin, and he resolves to track down the intruder and clear his name.
Phin’s only lead is Cora Winslow, a spirited librarian who also needs answers. The body of her father, murdered twenty-three years ago, has just been discovered under a recently demolished building. So who has been sending her handwritten letters—written and signed by her father—every year since she was five? Someone wants to keep Cora in the dark. And now, they’re coming for her.
As Cora’s self-appointed bodyguard, Phin is surprised by his growing fondness for the woman and her fierce determination and research prowess. But New Orleans’s Garden District holds secrets as old as the streets themselves. With help from the entire Broussard P.I. team, Phin and Cora enter a labyrinth of fraud and homicide that threatens to bury them all.
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Is this the single definitive Karen Rose book? Nah. If you haven't read her work, I recommend starting at the start of a city. That's Quarter to Midnight here, or Say You're Sorry, or Closer than You Think, among others. (Warning that most of them have children victimized somewhere, though not directly depicted. The real world is dark and she doesn't shy away from that).
But even a less standout Karen Rose book is really well crafted, with believably broken characters who heal over the course of the book. She's a master of her craft, and my personal favorite author. Minus a little main character plot armor, every lengthy mystery is incredibly believable and full of characters it's hard not to like (or hate). As an avid reader of nonfiction psychology, all of her motivations of all of her characters hold up really well to me.
This book specifically is fine standalone, but Phin's history with his family as a result of his PTSD is something you see start in Alone in the Dark, and there's been a level of suspense seeing him as a side character in the New Orleans series, waiting for his turn. The resolution of his relationships are emotional and reasonably well done.
Series
30 primary books33 released booksRomantic Suspense is a 33-book series with 30 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Karen Rose. The next book is scheduled for release on 3/4/2025.
Series
3 primary booksNew Orleans (Karen Rose) is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Karen Rose. The next book is scheduled for release on 8/12/2025.
