Detective Stevie Mazzetti has been going though hell for the last eight years. Her life is getting worse everyday. Eight years ago, she lost her husband Paul and her son Paulie during a robbery at a corner store. At the time of the murder, Stevie was pregnant with her second child. Stevie got though this with the help from her partner Silas.

Sam is a young cop who receives a package in the mail eight years to the day of the murders. Inside are his father's wedding ring and a hat that Sam had as a child. Also, is a match book which puts Sam in a tizzy. He knows that he was at this strip club, but why would someone send him this now? Sam's father had left his mother and him when Sam was a young child. Sam's father John was a drug addict and would beat his wife when she wouldn't give him the money for drugs.

Clay Maynard runs a security company. Clay was there when Stevie was shot on the court house steps. Clay stayed with her in the hospital until Stevie told him she couldn't be what he wanted. Clay was very disappointed as he had become close with Stevie and her daughter Cordy. Now eight years after the murder of Paul and Paulie, someone is out to kill Stevie Clay tells Stevie he will stay and help her though this until they found out why.

Robinette is a psychopath who blames everyone but himself for the wrongs that have gone on in his life. The main person that he blames is Stevie. When his second wife is found dead, he claims he had nothing to do with it. Stevie doesn't trust him and does everything she can to pin this on him. Robinette, tried to focus the attention onto his son who is a drug addict. Stevie chases him down to try and help him, but he pulls a gun, and Stevie has no choice but to take him out.

How do all of these incidents and characters fit together? WATCH YOUR BACK because you never know who or what will happen.

Karen Rose writes a great suspension novel. I feel she is right up there with the likes of James Patterson or James Sheehan. Karen Rose had me all over the place trying to figure out what would happen next. I have to say, I didn't figure this one out until almost the end. This tells me what a great writer Karen Rose is. If I can figure out a book way before the ending, I lose interest. But not in WATCH YOUR BACK