The Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series: Book 1-3

I love this series. Eva Rae is a single-parent with a child neglecting ex-husband. In his defense, when Eva Rae was a profiler in the FBI he stayed home with the kids. Now that Eva Rae has retired and settled down to write books and raise her kids, he is off with his new girl.

During these three books, Eva Rae's emotionally distant vegan mother moves in with her. Eva Rae gets back together with her high-school boyfriend who is now on the local police force. During the time frame in this part of the series, Sydney, Eva Rae's kidnapped sister, is “found” and is getting to know Eva Rae. I know right?! Complicated.

I have not even gotten started on who kidnapped Sydney. How Eva Rae's relationship with her step-father has changed...oh and the kidnapping of her own daughter. Let's not also forget that the people around her have suffered because of people who know Eva Rae. Crazy.

Complicated. Crazy. Thrilling. Rollercoast of emotions is what the Eva Rae Thomas mysteries are and I have not even touched on the great mysteries in each book. I did mention the running and opening of doors right? Holy sugar, Eva Rae cannot leave the house. Smh

Rose writes mysteries that you become addicted to. This is probably because these three stories were triggered by real-life events that Rose was intrigued by.

Don't Lie to Me was birthed by Rose watching a friend go through a horrible divorce. Rose watched as the husband talked bad about the wife to the kids. Fear is predominant in the relationship. Rose started researching and many couples go through this...hence Don't Lie To Me was born.

What You Did came about by an event that happened in 1956. Peter Weinberger's baby had been kidnapped and was found just like the one in this one is found. If you want a spoiler go here.

There was a case in Florida recently about a fake health inspector and Never Ever is born. If you want to learn more read TC Palm's story or the Boston Herald story. Rose was also inspired by a story in Rolling Stone magazine about cults run by billionaires. The gas attack in the beginning of Never Ever might sound familiar because there were attacks in Japan in 1995. Read about them here.

Maybe this is why Rose's mysteries are so damn good - they have kind of happened. Rose of course goes off the rails with the fictionalized account, but this is a mystery fiction series and Rose's off-the-rails is really good. I am addicted to Eva Rae Thomas and even though she still goes out running and opens her front door and I yell “Nooooooo!”. I'm glued to the page and frantically hoping that the bad guy is right outside the door...sometimes he is.