The violent drug-related murders of two prominent attorneys have the homicide division of the Chicago Police Department scrambling for answers, but without clues, a motive, or a suspect, not even the FBI can track down the killer.
With the media demanding an arrest and at their wits’ end, the Chicago Police Department makes an urgent call to the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office in hopes of bringing in Kate Pierce, a psychic detective, on the case. A reluctant Kate agrees only when word comes that Jesse McCord, a new friend and top-notch Chicago homicide detective, has gone missing.
Partnered with Detective Henry Johnson of Chicago’s homicide division, Kate goes on the hunt for the killer, armed with clues from her revealing dreams—and her dogged determination. As they inch closer to locating Jesse and learning the identity of the suspect, they realize the killer may be much closer than they think.
All books are standalone stories but since characters carry over, they are best read in chronological order.
Start at the beginning of the Monroe Sisters' world with Maniacal. Find all of the books leading up to the Kate Pierce Crime Thriller Series listed in order below.
The Detective Jade Monroe Crime Thriller Series #1 Maniacal #2 Captive #3 Fallacy #4 Premonition #5 Exposed
Note: The Jade Monroe FBI Thriller books follow on the heels of the conclusion of Exposed, Book 5, in the Detective Jade Monroe Crime Thriller Series.
The Agent Jade Monroe FBI Thriller Series #1 Snapped #2 Justified #3 Donors #4 Leverage #5 Malice
Note: The Amber Monroe Crime Thriller books follow on the heels of the conclusion of Malice, Book 5, in the Agent Jade Monroe FBI Thriller Series.
The Amber Monroe Crime Thriller Series #1 Greed #2 Avenged #3 Vendetta #4 Atrocity #5 Travesty
Note: The Psychic Detective Kate Pierce Crime Thriller Series follows on the heels of the conclusion of Travesty, Book 5, in the Amber Monroe Crime Thriller Series.
The Psychic Detective Kate Pierce Crime Thriller Series #1 Retribution #2 Imperious
C.M. Sutter was born in San Jose, California and split time between the sunny California coast and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a senior in high school, she chose Wisconsin as her permanent address. After many years in the Badger State, she decided on a warmer year-round climate to call home and moved south. Years of progression took her from working in large companies, to twelve years as a massage therapist, and finally, owning a corporation. She has been self-employed for over twenty years. Ms. Sutter has been writing and self-publishing since 2014 with eleven titles published in a different genre. Because of her deep interest in crime and thriller novels, she took up writing in the police procedural/crime thriller genre in 2016.
A ludicrous plot is not aided by the turgidity of the 'storytelling' and frequently cringe-inducing dialogue that lacks authenticity. I am really unclear who the readership is for a book of this nature. It lacks the convincing narrative 'grittiness' it demands to feel real. Too many unlikely occurrences and dialogue passages that are facile and just don't ring true. A frequent weakness exhibited by many self-publishing authors is evident in the tendency to incorporate unnecessary minutiae whilst failing to develop sufficient tension in general. Although evidently prolific this writer really needs some effective and brutal feedback from a good editor. Sorry I can't be more positive about this unconvincing effort that I (unusually) gave up on a third of the way through when I realized for certain it was only getting worse, not better!
Not quite 4 stars although I am not sure why. I really enjoyed the story but felt like it was a bit too easy for Kate to connect the dots. What an awful villain. What he did to Jesse was pure evil. He did not seem to feel any sense of responsibility for how his own actions caused his problems, just blamed everyone else. It was a quick, intense read. Not amazing, but pretty good. I will read more by this author.
Unfortunately this book was not for me. I didn't like the psychic angle. It wasn't enough for me. Is this probably more realistic than the Dream Man type of psychic mystery but I like those kind more. And no I am not an addict but can it really happen that fast? Like two days and he sounds like a junkie? That may be right but it didn't feel right to me in the book. The bad guy was truly truly awful. And I hated how she walked into his trap at least two times. Just not my favorite. I'll still read this author for sure.
This is dragged out and boring. Dragged out meaning why was there several pages detailing what they bought out of the vending machine, seriously shat did that have to do with the storyline?
I enjoyed the story but thought it had a lot more to offer. It contained dark plot points and would like to have seen it written a little darker than it was. I found some dialog to be almost false in the way people spoke and there seemed to be too much extraneous detail that didn't really connect to the story. I would have preferred to read more showing rather than telling throughout the course of the story. I so wanted to rate this book higher, but couldn't. That being said, I would read another of the Kate Pierce books as I enjoy most fiction related to psychic detectives.
I have always enjoyed crime novels, and this one was interesting and had action. I found the writing to be a bit off-putting. Too much detail for things that didn't need to be described. I couldn't really connect with the characters - maybe I missed some other books? And the dialogue was unrealistic at times. I wanted to like this book, but I wasn't for me.
The book started out with promise. A psychic detective from just across the Wisconsin border (southeastern) investigating a double homicide of opposing attorneys in Chicago, complicated by a CPD detective`s abduction. Could've been great, but instead took the predictable route. I gave an extra .5 stars just for the local settings, would have given a full star but certain vernacular was not accurate at all. I see this is a small part of a bigger series, not sure if I'd read another. This took a while to finish.
Didn’t really enjoy this one. Not sure the psychic abilities helped, they could have just solved it using normal police methods. Also what’s with all the J named characters: Jesse, Jack, John, Jim, Jeff, Jade & Henry Johnson. Glad this was a free one from Kindle.
the story is preposterous Kate Pierce is a detective with psychic abilities. Her psychic impressions seem to come in dreams. frankly, it would be quicker to solve the case using tried and true methods than waiting for her to remember and figure out her cryptic dream messages. In this case, she heads to Chicago to help with the perplexing deaths of two attorneys and the disappearance of a police detective. while the motive is dumb the means of death are fairly creative. The dialogue is awful and amateurish. But most laughable of all is that law enforcement officers in a major metropolitan area with an abysmally high crime rate would hide their house keys under doormats. Unbelievable. Picks up pace towards the end but just a silly, implausible story. Pass.
Great book as I thought it would be. Of course there would be some close minded people in this book but thankfully they are not completely closed. People who are completely closed off doesn't deserve to remain as a cop because they see all type of people & should be able to accept/understand them, no matter the circumstance. Completely close minded people are the worse kind of people kind of like men who think women are beneath them, as well as killers & hard-core criminals. This book is as good as Jade Monroe series especially when the cops discover John has kidnapped Kate as well & have to find her & Jesse before it's too late.
Sometimes you can overload on detail. That was what spoiled the pace of this one for me. I'm a fan of police procedurals, but some of the frame by frame CCTV analysis, although part and parcel of a cop's daily grind only needs to be alluded to, not dragged out over page after page. This was only one example, I'm afraid there were too many for me to truly enjoy this story. Because of that I started to pick holes in the story & the dialogue. If the pace had been relentless - I wouldn't have had time.
This book is all plot and no development. One a whole it is the outline of a story. None of the characters are developed. There is no scene description or setting the stage. It may be a mystery, but it does not involve the reader in trying to solve it. I had no emotional attachment to a single character, good or bad. It is a quick read that could keep your mind occupied on a flight across the country and then quickly be forgotten once arriving at your destination.
This was a very quick read and enjoyable from beginning to end. Not crazy believable, but it is fiction after all and the story was great. This is the first book I have read of C.M. Sutter's and I really loved the writing and story telling. I will definitely be reading more.
Storyline was exciting but characters were unevenly developed,. Attention to minute details undermined the flow of ideas. Interpersonal relationships were very shallow
The novel started off on an interesting note. Jesse was an interesting character, and I immediately liked him. The novel had too many characters and too many points of view.
I could not finish this book because I lost interest! Too drawn out for me. The characters were not very interesting. She wasn't very psychic, practically had to draw her a picture. I wasn't interested enough to even find out if they ever found Jesse.
The storyline is somewhat interesting, but the writing is terrible. No cops talk so politely, no one wants so many dull details. Seems like it was written by a computer program.
Kate Pierce is a detective for the.Washburn County.Sheriff's Department. She loves her job and her coworkers .
One morning her boss gets a call from Sergeant Bob Luntz of the Chicago PD. He has a case that.his detectives and the FBI can't get a handle on but his second-in-command, Detective Jesse McCord has suggested asking Kate Pierce's help. (Jesse met Kate when he was looking for his sister) Jack tells.Kate about the call but she doesn't want to go. She has had too many people make fun.of her "special gift/curse". Jack tells her that Jesse will call her the next morning to talk to her. But Jesse doesn't call!! When Jesse's boss finally calls, he says that Jesse is missing.
Kate decides to go, BUT to find her friend, Jesse. It is just like she knew it would be! Some of the cops think she is a quack. Her first day there, she is attacked and beaten up. The next day she is assigned a partner. Kate's psychic powers show themselves through dreams and. she keeps a record of them.À
The more she dreams, the closer she get to finding the person who has Jesse and has committed the murders that the detectives have not been able to solve.
I found myself getting more and more antsy waiting to see what the next page would being.
The problem with psychic detectives is that, if they're good enough, every case would be solved immediately. "Retribution", first in the 'Psychic Detective Kate Pierce Crime Thriller' gets around that by making her 'visions' oddly non-specific. The strange thing is that even her pretty generic contribution would have helped solved these particular crimes much quicker if the author hadn't thrown in a McGuffin to slow things down. Things are also made slightly more complicated in that this series follows on from the 10-book Jade Monroe series and the 5-book Amber Monroe series. Particularly at the start I was baffled by the interaction between characters. Two DAs have been murdered and the detective leading the case in Chicago, Jesse McCord, is missing, presumed abducted. Kate Pierce is drafted in from the Washburn County Sheriff's Office, to help find him. For a long time the killer seems untouchable, always several steps ahead and, seemingly, able to predict that will happen next. In the end, though, it is a combination of Kate's abilities and diligent detective work that provides the necessary break in the case. Maybe it is my background but I did wonder several times why no local newspaper archives were consulted. 3 Stars.
Really enjoyed this one, as I love to read about psychics, especially if they are a detective helping to solve a murder!
This is the first book in the series..Kate Pierce is a Detective and has made a name for herself as to solving cases using her psychic abilities..When The Chicago Police Department has some unsolved murders, they reach out to Kate's boss to ask for her help. Kat is reluctant to go, but since she knows the Detective she is going to be working with, Jessie McCord, she agrees.
On arriving in Chicago, she finds out that Jessie is missing and they think that the cases might be related. Now Kate is trying to solve who abducted her friend and will Jessie be the next victim. Kate does have a dream and knows the killer names starts with an "M", and other then the clue in her dreams that it is drug related that is all she knows. But, when she is partnered with Detective Henry Johnson, he and Kate go looking for the killer and to try to find out where Jessie is. But, in trying to find Jessie, Kat gets kidnapped by the killer.
I really enjoyed this one and will look forward to reading more about her!
This is the first crime novel I've read from author C.M. Sutter. This crime story is an average story with little creativity, little imagination, and little character development.
Psychic detective is not new into the crime story world. This one is even weaker as the detective is psychic only when she dreams during her sleep at night.
Readers follow psychic detective Kate Pierce from small town in Wisconsin giving help to Chicago Police department in a crime case involving drugs and targeting law enforcement agents. It reminded me a little in the beginning of the movie "Law Abiding Citizen" with Gerald Butler, but soon I was disappointed with lacks of creativity. The author mixed together several things about crime stories and wrote this one.
The entire novel is only about the case. There is no story behind the story. There is no personal story for the detective. Being the first of a series, this book seems written to introduce Kate Pierce as a credible psychic and detective having helped solve numerous cases and big city police department. However, there is a lack of character development to make readers interested in this detective and not another one.
Wisconsin detective Kate Pierce is recruited by the Chicago Police Department to help find one of their own and solve the murders of two attorneys. Kate’s unique psychic ability, through visions and dreams, is needed as there are no other leads and time’s running out for missing detective, Jesse McCord. Kate knows Jesse, so she really wants to help, but she’s not exactly welcomed by some of the officers.
I like that the author shows us the challenge Kate has in interpreting her dreams, and how it can mislead her. Kate’s ability is far from perfect, nor is she a particularly astute detective, given that she’s ambushed by the killer more than once.
What I didn’t like, and this is a problem with many mysteries for me, is that the killer’s POV becomes an irritation rather than a ramping up of suspense. This villain is typically over-confident, delighted to be outsmarting the cops and hurting people, and has no redeeming qualities. Maybe other readers won’t mind, and it can be argued that Kate and other characters more than make up for the two-dimensional villain. The plot and setting also made this an enjoyable read.
This is a very good thriller that features Psychic Detective Kate Pierce. Kate is a deputy for a sheriff’s department in Wisconsin who happens to also be a psychic. She has helped solve many cases with her psychic abilities. She is now being summonsed to assist the Chicago PD with high profile murders of two local attorneys. When she arrives in Chicago she quickly learns that it goes much deeper than that and she is soon consumed by the case.
I really enjoyed reading this book. The writing was well done and the storyline was interesting. I had trouble walking away from the book, always anxious to see what happened next. I would not recommend this book for a young reader as the book has moderately heavy use of curse words, but no vulgar words. It also has a high amount of violence as one would expect from a thriller, but it is not overly graphic. The plot centers around meth, and it is talked about and used throughout the book. As a positive, there are no sex scenes in the story. I would recommend this book to the adult reader who can tolerate cursing, drug usage and violence.
Very poorly written. There are detailed descriptions of getting food from a vending machine at the same time she’s bonding with cops who hate her within 2 sentences. The dialogue is incredibly cheesy and hard to read. Her psychic abilities were pretty much useless since the killer told her his real name which is ridiculous. There are so many random characters that are from other series but you need to have read those books to care as they aren’t introduced. She suspected the killer was a cop and had been threatened by him where she was staying but still trusted any cop she saw. She was given two shots of meth that seemed to do nothing but give her a small hit of adrenaline. Eye witness statements where they saw nothing of value so why are we reading about them?? Just recap it that an officer interviewed them and said they didn’t see much. Henry did more to solve the case then she did. The killer is a cop and doesn’t have the radio on to know they’re all coming for him?? And we wrap it up with everyone cheering as she comes into the squad room. Cheese overload.
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