{"product_id":"cheater-9780593548899","title":"Cheater","description":"\u003cb\u003eA shocking murder leaves an affluent retirement community reeling in this riveting, high-stakes second installment of the San Diego Case Files, from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Karen Rose.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeath is not an unfamiliar visitor to Shady Oaks Retirement Village, which provides San Diego with premier elderly support from independent retiree housing to full-time hospice care. But when a resident's body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked, it's clear there's someone deadly in their community. Detective Katherine \"Kit\" McKittrick quickly discovers that Shady Oaks is full of skeleton-riddled closets, and most tenants prefer to keep their doors firmly closed to the SDPD. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA longtime volunteer at the retirement facility, Dr. Sam Reeves honors his late grandfather's memory by playing the piano for the residents regularly. So it shouldn't be such a surprise when Kit crosses paths with him during her investigation, after she'd avoided the criminal psychologist--and the emotions he evokes--for the last six months. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSam's rapport within the retirement village proves vital to the case, and the pair find themselves working together once again--much to Kit's dismay. But she is determined to apprehend the shadow of death lurking around Shady Oaks...and equally determined to ignore the feelings she's developing for a certain psychologist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Rose\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning, #1 international bestselling author of more than 25 novels. She has been translated into twenty-three languages, and her books have placed on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), and Germany's \u003ci\u003eder Spiegel \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller lists.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577459839250,"sku":"9780593548899","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c0681713-d543-48ab-9f0c-2c1bad977867.jpg?v=1731996617","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cheater-9780593548899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}