The Cheater-Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

The Cheater
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Forge, Jun 9 2009, $24.95
ISBN: 9780765319029

Lily Forester has come a long way from when she killed her daughter’s rapist (see Mitigating Circumstances) as she is now a Ventura County judge. She even survived killing the wrong man at that time and her daughter killing the right male (see Buried Evidence).

Recently Lily and lawyer Anne Bradley have become friends. However, Anne has accused Lily’s husband Bryce Donnelly of rape in Vegas. Meanwhile FBI profiler Mary Stevens has begun finding a pattern of a female serial killer murdering cheating spouses. She is unaware who even as Alibi Connection inadvertently helps Anne locate cheaters in order to kill them.

THE CHEATER is a fascinating cat and mouse serial killer investigation. The story line is fast-paced and gripping though the readers know who the killer is early on and that man-eater is a zillion kilometers over the top of the Sierras as a psychopath. Mary is a terrific support character as she struggles to profile a female predator while Lily remains tormented and remorseful though she does not prevent her internal demons from doing her job. Fans will enjoy her return and want more profiling from Mary.

Harriet Klausner