Blog Tour: Kill and Run by Lauren Carr

Book Details:

Book Title:  Kill and Run, A Thorny Rose Mystery by Lauren Carr
Category:  Adult fiction, 350 pages
Genre:  Mystery, Suspense
Publisher:  Acorn Book Services
Release date:  September 2015
Available for review in:  Print, ebook, mobi (for Kindle), ePub, PDF & other
Will send books:  USA
Tour dates: Aug 31 to Oct 9
Content Rating: PG 

Five women with seemingly nothing in common are found brutally murdered in a townhome outside Washington, DC. Among the many questions surrounding the massacre is what had brought these apparent strangers together only to be killed.

Taking on his first official murder case, Lieutenant Murphy Thornton, USN, believes that if he can uncover the thread connecting the victims, then he can find their murderer.

Before long, the case takes an unexpected turn when Murphy discovers that one of the victims has a connection to his stepmother, Homicide Detective Cameron Gates. One wintry night, over a dozen years before, her first husband, a Pennsylvania State trooper, had been run down while working a night shift on the turnpike.

In this first installment of the Thorny Rose Mysteries, the Lovers in Crime join newlyweds Lieutenant Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday to shift through the a web of lies and cover-ups. Before long, they uncover a decades’ long conspiracy to protect one of Washington’s rising stars.

Together, can the detectives of the Thorny Rose uncover the truth without falling victim to a ruthlessly ambitious killer? 


 

Meet the author:  
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday Mysteries, which takes place in Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. Open Season for Murder is the tenth installment in the Mac Faraday Mystery series.

In addition to her series set on Deep Creek Lake, Lauren Carr has also written the Lovers in Crime Mysteries, which features prosecutor Joshua Thornton with homicide detective Cameron Gates, who were introduced in Shades of Murder, the third book in the Mac Faraday Mysteries. They also make an appearance in The Lady Who Cried Murder.

Three Days to Forever introduced Lauren Carr’s latest series detectives, Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday in the Thorny Rose Mysteries. Look for Kill and Run, the first installment in this series, to be released September 1, 2015.

The owner of Acorn Book Services, Lauren is also a publishing manager, consultant, editor, cover and layout designer, and marketing agent for independent authors. Visit Acorn Book Services’ website for more information.

Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She also passes on what she has learned in her years of writing and publishing by conducting workshops and teaching in community education classes.

She lives with her husband, son, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with the author:   Website  ~  Twitter  ~   Facebook


My review:  Kill and Run by Lauren Carr

4 STARS

Kill and Run is the first book in the new series A Thorny Rose Mystery but it is a spin-off of two series Lovers in Crime Mysteries and Mac Faraday Mysteries.  If your a fan of either one of these series you will recognize a  lot of characters.

In Three days to Forever Murphy and Jessica meet for the first time.  My review of it can be found here  http://readalot-rhonda1111.blogspot.com/2014/12/three-days-to-forever-by-lauren-carr.html  4 STARS

Kill and Run can stand alone fine by its self.  In the front of the book it tells a blurb about the characters you. meet.

There is a lot of murders, but not blood and gory.  There is a bunch of animals and I could deal with them except Monique.  No to her in my house.

Homicide Detective Cameron Gates gets told that her first husband's death was no accident but a hit. She wants to figure who would want him dead enough to hire a hitman.  She goes to Washington D.C. to talk to the assassin.  She stays with her step-son  Lieutenant Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday his wife of four months.

Murphy is a Lieutenant in the Navy working with NCIS and he is in a Black Op group that is secret.  His boss does not like him and sends him out on the death of 5 women who were murdered and one of them is in the Navy.  He brings the whole case back.

Jessica is Murphy's wife of four months.  They met four months ago.  Her father is Mac Faraday a retired homicide cop who inherited millions.  Jessica also at that time received  10 million dollars. 

I guessed at a few of the twists in the book but not all of them. The mysteries all make sense and work.  There is a lot of humor in the book too.  There are characters that you like and some you are meant to be disgusted with. Others you want to hug and comfort them.

I would read more of this series in the future.

I was given this ebook to read by the author and agreed to give a honest review in return and be part of Kill and Run blog tour.

 Tour Schedule:

Aug 31 - Book Stop Corner - review of Three Days to Forever/author interview /giveaway
Aug 31 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Aug 31 - The Travelogue of a Book Addict - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Aug 31 - The Booksnake Etc. - review of Three Days to Forever
Aug 31 - Coffee, Books & Art - book spotlight / giveaway
Aug 31 - Manic Mommy of Two - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Aug 31 - readalot - review of Kill and Run
Sept 1 -  Book Stop Corner - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 1 - Bound 4 Escape - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Sept 1 - My Love for Reading Keeps Growing - review of Three Days to Forever
Sept 2 - Bound 4 Escape - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 2 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - review of Three Days to Forever
Sept 3 - Bound 2 Escape - books spotlighted / giveaway
Sept 3 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Sept 3 - Library of Clean Reads - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Sept 4 - Griperang's Bookmarks - review of Three Days to Forever/ guest post / giveaway
Sept 4 - Manic Mommy of Two - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Sept 7 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - guest post
Sept 7 - 3 Partners in Shopping - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 8 - My Love for Reading Keeps Growing - review of Kill and Run
Sept 8 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Three Days to Forever/interview/ giveaway
Sept 9 - T's Stuff - review of Three Days to Forever / guest post / giveaway
Sept 9 - Vic's Media Room - review of Three Days to Forever
Sept 10 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 10 - fundinmental - review of Three Days to Forever / author interview / giveaway
Sept 11 -Vic's Media Room - review of Kill and Run / author interview / giveaway
Sept 11 - Cassidy Salem Reads and Writes - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 13 - Writers and Authors - book spotlight / giveaway
Sept 14 - The Autistic Gamer - review of Three Days to Forever
Sept 14 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review of Kill and Run
Sept 15 - The Booksnake Etc. - review of Kill and Run
Sept 15 - Life as Leels - review of Three Days to Forever
Sept 16 - Readers' Muse - review of Three Days to Forever
Sept 16 - T's Stuff - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 17 - fundinmental - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 17 - Library of Clean Reads - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 18 - Cheryl's Book Nook - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 21 - The Autistic Gamer - review of Kill and Run
Sept 21 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 22 - Celestial Reviews - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Sept 22 - Griperang's Bookmarks - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 23 - fuonlyknew - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Sept 23 - Deal Sharing Aunt - review of Kill and Run
Sept 24 - fuonlyknew - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 24 - Readers' Muse - review of Kill and Run
Sept 25 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - guest post
Sept 28 - Celestial Reviews - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 28 - Christa Reads and Writes - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Sept 29 - A Blue Million Books - book spotlight / author interview
Sept 29 - Life as Leels - review of Kill and Run
Sept 30 - Olio by Marilyn - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Oct 1 - The Travelogue of a Book Addict - review of Kill and Run / giveaway
Oct 1 - Writers and Authors - guest post
Oct 2 - Book and Ink - review of Kill and Run / guest post / giveaway
Oct 5 - A Mama's Corner of the World - review of Kill and Run
Oct 6 - Jessica Cassidy - review of Three Days to Forever / giveaway
Oct 7 - Room with Books - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Oct 7 - Pause for Tales - review of Kill and Run
Oct 8 - Olio by Marilyn - review of Kill and Run / author interview / giveaway
Oct 9 - Jessica Cassidy - review of Kill and Run / author interview / giveaway
Oct 9 - Book and Ink - book spotlight for Three Days to Forever / giveaway