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Karma, Inc. #5
Killer
The final book in the Karma Inc. Series is here! Cassandra Mercier's last Karma case...or is it?
Case # 5 of the Karma Incorporated Series.
Karma never forgets.
Working for Karma Incorporated has taken its toll on Cassandra Mercier. She might have died to get this job, but being a worker bee in the bowels of Afterlife Corporation have proven to be more than she can handle.
Her latest case feels a little too personal as Cassandra finds herself playing psychic at her old stomping grounds, the precinct where she used to work before she died. Her job on the case is to expose a dirty cop while using her cover as a psychic to help solve cases. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems. The cop she's meant to expose was a good friend of hers, pre-death, and someone she can't imagine being dirty. To make matters more complicated, she's asked her to help solve her own murder.
Is it too good to be true? Can Cassandra out a dirty cop, no matter how squeaky clean he looks, all while finding her own killer? Or will the Powers That Be put an end to her selfish investigations and end her career with Karma Incorporated completely?
Case # 5 of the Karma Incorporated Series.
Karma never forgets.
Working for Karma Incorporated has taken its toll on Cassandra Mercier. She might have died to get this job, but being a worker bee in the bowels of Afterlife Corporation have proven to be more than she can handle.
Her latest case feels a little too personal as Cassandra finds herself playing psychic at her old stomping grounds, the precinct where she used to work before she died. Her job on the case is to expose a dirty cop while using her cover as a psychic to help solve cases. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems. The cop she's meant to expose was a good friend of hers, pre-death, and someone she can't imagine being dirty. To make matters more complicated, she's asked her to help solve her own murder.
Is it too good to be true? Can Cassandra out a dirty cop, no matter how squeaky clean he looks, all while finding her own killer? Or will the Powers That Be put an end to her selfish investigations and end her career with Karma Incorporated completely?
- GenresUrban Fantasy
141 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 26, 2018
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5 people want to read
About the author
Gillian Zane
29 books181 followersGillian Zane is an Amazon bestselling author that specializes in dark genre fiction for adults. Gillian defines herself by the city she was raised in, New Orleans. She’s tried moving away a few times but always comes back. At the age of ten, she decided she would be a writer and has been determined ever since. Between that decision and when she actually finished a book that she believed was good enough to publish, she’s served in the military, worked as a bartender, became a cog in the corporate marketing wheel as a person “that makes things pretty” and has since been laid off too many times to count. She currently writes full-time, but still, continues to “make things pretty” by designing book covers and websites for her fellow authors and bloggers. Gillian lives in New Orleans with her husband, her daughter, and a fat cat named Sushi. A prepper at heart, she also recently added chickens to the mix in her efforts to progress toward self-sufficiency.
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April 19, 2018
KILLER is the fifth and final book in the Karma Inc. series, a series that I believe was originally going to be a six-part serial. CROOK was meant to be the title of the fifth book, so I’m not sure if that story was pulled or if the name was simply changed.
Since the very first book, the story has been focused on Cassandra’s death; how did she die and who killed her? So it was disappointing that when she finally learnt the truth, she was quickly whisked back to Afterlife where the focus of the story changed immediately. Instead of seeing her killer get what they deserved, we got a hard-to-follow explanation on the different classes of gods and other beings, and the identities of her biological parents were revealed.
Don’t get me wrong, her identity explained a few things, but up until that point, figuring out who her parents were had barely been a blip on the radar in the previous books, so it felt like it came out of nowhere. But her identity didn’t explain everything, like why she couldn’t remember her past life or why she was held in limbo for a year after her death before being sent to Karma Inc. As far as I can tell, those questions remain unanswered.
There are also some inconsistencies that started popping up in the third book that carried over into this book and were a little too big for me to ignore.
As a whole, I have enjoyed this series and have given all the previous books a rating of 4❤. The mystery surrounding Cassandra’s life, disappearance and death, as well as trying to figure out who and what Drake was, kept me turning the pages and coming back for more. So it pains me to say that I felt as though KILLER did not do this series justice. Though I am disappointed with how this series was wrapped up, I would read from this author again.
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Since the very first book, the story has been focused on Cassandra’s death; how did she die and who killed her? So it was disappointing that when she finally learnt the truth, she was quickly whisked back to Afterlife where the focus of the story changed immediately. Instead of seeing her killer get what they deserved, we got a hard-to-follow explanation on the different classes of gods and other beings, and the identities of her biological parents were revealed.
Don’t get me wrong, her identity explained a few things, but up until that point, figuring out who her parents were had barely been a blip on the radar in the previous books, so it felt like it came out of nowhere. But her identity didn’t explain everything, like why she couldn’t remember her past life or why she was held in limbo for a year after her death before being sent to Karma Inc. As far as I can tell, those questions remain unanswered.
There are also some inconsistencies that started popping up in the third book that carried over into this book and were a little too big for me to ignore.
As a whole, I have enjoyed this series and have given all the previous books a rating of 4❤. The mystery surrounding Cassandra’s life, disappearance and death, as well as trying to figure out who and what Drake was, kept me turning the pages and coming back for more. So it pains me to say that I felt as though KILLER did not do this series justice. Though I am disappointed with how this series was wrapped up, I would read from this author again.
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August 13, 2023
3⭐️’s on the nose.
I’m greatful to have the answers and resolution. But it was so abrupt, so slap happy fast and done..
This was somewhat of a flat climax.
Five episodes, I mean books.. to reach a conclusion that fills a bit over one chapter.. 😟
It was…unsatisfying.
In the beginning,the karma was creative, cheeky, fun.
Then it became a little more obvious, a little less unique, a little less fun.
Then, it WAS obvious, was boring and sooo fast and questionably easy [they made it so illogically complicated].
Every answer was drrraaaagged out, again and again.
But the final solution…boom, slap you and done…time to move on. 😳😲
The villain of the first four books…forgotten…swept aside. We don’t even find out what happens to them, never mind worrying about showing v’s telling.
The added mystery that was hinted at, brief clues having been dropped throughout, suddenly took centre place, but then was also resolved so quickly and easily.
Again with the answers slooowwwly, and painfully revealed. 🙄😮💨 [I really hate that device when used so often, and so blatantly. {But that could be listed as personal peeve.}]
I still love the story, the plot, the characters. But this felt very rushed.
Even our beautiful MMC started to sound just like the FMC in places. He was no longer ‘him’. It didn’t feel like evolution, it felt like rushed merging..😅
This book was not the same quality sadly.
I wonder if the author was simply ready to start a new project, but first needed to conclude this one?
Regardless, the authors talent and creativity is evident, even within this hot mess, and worth continuing with.
Plan to check out her signature, claim to fame series…Zombies..🤔
I’m greatful to have the answers and resolution. But it was so abrupt, so slap happy fast and done..
This was somewhat of a flat climax.
Five episodes, I mean books.. to reach a conclusion that fills a bit over one chapter.. 😟
It was…unsatisfying.
In the beginning,the karma was creative, cheeky, fun.
Then it became a little more obvious, a little less unique, a little less fun.
Then, it WAS obvious, was boring and sooo fast and questionably easy [they made it so illogically complicated].
Every answer was drrraaaagged out, again and again.
But the final solution…boom, slap you and done…time to move on. 😳😲
The villain of the first four books…forgotten…swept aside. We don’t even find out what happens to them, never mind worrying about showing v’s telling.
The added mystery that was hinted at, brief clues having been dropped throughout, suddenly took centre place, but then was also resolved so quickly and easily.
Again with the answers slooowwwly, and painfully revealed. 🙄😮💨 [I really hate that device when used so often, and so blatantly. {But that could be listed as personal peeve.}]
I still love the story, the plot, the characters. But this felt very rushed.
Even our beautiful MMC started to sound just like the FMC in places. He was no longer ‘him’. It didn’t feel like evolution, it felt like rushed merging..😅
This book was not the same quality sadly.
I wonder if the author was simply ready to start a new project, but first needed to conclude this one?
Regardless, the authors talent and creativity is evident, even within this hot mess, and worth continuing with.
Plan to check out her signature, claim to fame series…Zombies..🤔
February 27, 2018
Killer by Gillian Zane is book 5 and the final installment in the Karma Inc. Case Series.
Killer is can be read as a standalone - for better understanding I strongly recommend to read the books in order. The previous books are Cheat; Shark; Liar and Creep.
Working for Karma Incorporated took it´s toll on Cassie. She´s so so tired, you can feel her fatigue in the words. And now her latest case brings her to her former workplace. Her former good friend and colleaque Troy is now on her agenda. Cassie is torn. He isn´t a bad guy, but had done some bad things. Should she destroy his career over this ? She was set up to fail from the Powers To Be, and fail she did - in the best way.
Reading Killer was bittersweet and I have mixed feelings about Killer. Finally Cassie gets the answers to her questions. And oh boy, of that twist I never had dreamt of. She gets her so very well deserved and hard earned HEA. But and yes there´s a but - there´ll be no more new cases.
I greatly enjoyed reading Killer, the writing is excellent and I immediatedly connected with the characters. I recommend the book and the series and give 5 stars.
Killer is can be read as a standalone - for better understanding I strongly recommend to read the books in order. The previous books are Cheat; Shark; Liar and Creep.
Working for Karma Incorporated took it´s toll on Cassie. She´s so so tired, you can feel her fatigue in the words. And now her latest case brings her to her former workplace. Her former good friend and colleaque Troy is now on her agenda. Cassie is torn. He isn´t a bad guy, but had done some bad things. Should she destroy his career over this ? She was set up to fail from the Powers To Be, and fail she did - in the best way.
Reading Killer was bittersweet and I have mixed feelings about Killer. Finally Cassie gets the answers to her questions. And oh boy, of that twist I never had dreamt of. She gets her so very well deserved and hard earned HEA. But and yes there´s a but - there´ll be no more new cases.
I greatly enjoyed reading Killer, the writing is excellent and I immediatedly connected with the characters. I recommend the book and the series and give 5 stars.
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June 3, 2021Fantastic Series
What a great series! Highly recommend and would enjoy reading again. Books are very affordable and love that I can read on my kindle.
What a great series! Highly recommend and would enjoy reading again. Books are very affordable and love that I can read on my kindle.
February 2, 2022
Great series!
I read this after her NOLA Zombie series. Both fun reads, this series was an entertaining twist on mythology. I look forward to her new works!
I read this after her NOLA Zombie series. Both fun reads, this series was an entertaining twist on mythology. I look forward to her new works!
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