Among the Dead

by Katie Rush

When bodies surface on Lake Erie, their mouths filled with exotic flowers, FBI Agent Cara Ward must return to her home turf and decode the enigmatic clue—and catch a killer before he strikes again.

AMONG THE DEAD (A Cara Ward FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1) is the first novel in a new series by mystery and suspense author Katie Rush.

The Cara Ward series is a compelling and intense thrill ride starring a gifted but tormented female protagonist. This captivating mystery delivers relentless excitement, nail-biting tension, astonishing twists, and a rapid-fire tempo that ensures you'll be turning pages well past bedtime. Fans of Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.

Future books in the series are also available!

Genres: Mystery

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 6, 2024

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Editing, typos and misspellings take away from this book

As far as I can tell, this book was edited using spellcheck. There are actually so many of them that I focused on keeping count of the errors rather than the number of dead bodies in the story.

[Kyle Hartman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Where was the editor? (Spoilers)

I got this for free on Barnes and Noble Nook app.

Countless typos and grammar issues. This plot makes no sense, tons of mistakes on who's doing what. Is Cara an agent or detective? The director of the FBI comes to see cases in Toledo Ohio? Cara calls herself or is mentioned as Cara Ward, Cara Sutton, Cara Evans and Cara Marshall. First writing of killer talks about working in Detroit but lives in Buffalo? First 3-4 victims lived around Toledo and then they get a tip for a missing woman in Buffalo NY (4.5 hours away) and they rush there to solve the case? 3/4 way through book is first mention of females having flowers in hand. Cara arrests Harold literally for no probable cause. Terrible all around. There were plenty of other plot failures I didn't mention.

[Sam C. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was awful.

I've never seen a book so riddled with typos, incorrect punctuation, disjointed plot as if the author didn't remember what she wrote a sentence prior, AND characters with names spelled differently nearly every time they appeared on the page (INCLUDING the main character!).

I'm starting to think the same author is writing all of these short suspense thrillers offered for free on Kindle because the abuse of similes, repetition, and formulaic plot/dialogue just about mirrors others I've had to endure. ("Long shadows," "leather creaking," "stark contrast," "determination," and countless other overused cliches.)

All of it combined to form a 194-page book that was 194 pages too long.

[Jackie Matteson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written

One sentence will say someone walked away but then the dialogue will continue as if they didn't. Someone is a driver and a passenger in a car. The writer will point out how long they have been failing at finding the killer when less than a day has gone by. Long and repetitive sentences.

[Gretchen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical boiler plate mystery. Different locale, same story of female detective and female victims. Disappointed in the number of typographical errors. Wish authors would do a better job of proof reading

[AMH · Rating 1 out of 5]

Spelling and grammatical errors

There are many spelling and grammatical errors, who edited this book.

I also found all the details about Cara’s thoughts boring, skimmed almost the whole book trying to find the real story, not a gripping story although it started very promising

[Nancy · Rating 1 out of 5]

There were a lot of misspelled words, and the author seemed to lose her train of thought. She seemed to ramble a lot, and some of it didn't make sense. I definitely would not recommend this book and will not read any more of her books.
Don't waste your time.

[Susan Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, but really need a good proof reader. Many incorrect words used and phrases repeated. Cara Ward was given at least 3 different last names in the story. Agents went to locations in the same vehicle, but then left in their own vehicles. Too many inconsitencies.

[Sherrie Kinnemore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Critical errors

The author and the editor if there was 1 failed in basic storytelling. There were a lot of obvious Contradictions in the story line. The overall story was okay but the repeated errors was very disappointing.

[Kathy Engle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Terrible!

This book had more mistakes than any book I've ever read! Typos, calling the main character by different last names more than once, and the timeline was all over the place. Whoever proofread this book should be fired!

[Glenda Noble · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the story, but it was a very difficult read due to the number of typos in it. It doesn't appear that there was any proofreading done before it was published. Hopefully the next book will be a little better but I'm not going to even bother.

[C.S. Wilson · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF. There were too many typos/incorrect word usage (waist/waste) instances, and the story wasn't compelling enough for me to overlook them, sadly.

[Nadia O'Reilly]

Audio

[Kevin Cannon (Monty's Book Reviews) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to the free audio version that was available on Kobo. Nothing special with the formulaic characters and plot but I at least avoided the pain of the typos etc that are reported by the Kindle readers.

[Marjorie · Rating 2 out of 5]

She really needs an editor and/or proofreader!

Hard to read in many places because of typos and inconsistencies

[Tammy Felden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

FBI agents , police and a serial killer. Leads you on a chase looking for that leaves a different calling card. Read to find out.

[Michael Bruch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much characterization

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dnf- garbage, just couldn't get through it. Not believable at all.

[Jacquelyn V. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Blooming Suspense

This book was an intriguing and suspenseful read. Once you got to reading it was hard to put down. A definite good read.

[Clive Mccartney · Rating 1 out of 5]

Continuity errors including the name of the principal character, need I say more? Digital narration is poorly edited as well.

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible beginning. Could not read it due to type-os and lame story

[Tonia Craft · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was full of Typos. I feel like the plot kept changing. A whole lot of words but nothing said. I do not recommend this one

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

Enjoyed reading this book. Liked the different angles and twist. Would definitely recommend reading and will be reading more from the author