QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT by Karen Rose, read by Lee Osorio - audiobook extract

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 3:24 p.m.

The truth of what happened that night lies with a secret witness.\n\nQuarter to Midnight is the first thrilling novel in a brand-new series by Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Rose, set in New Orleans.\n\nRocky Hebert walks into his death at quarter to midnight one New Orleans night.\n\nHis son Gabe cannot accept the official verdict of suicide and enlists the help of the Burke Broussard Private Investigation Agency to discover the real cause of death.\n\nPI Molly Sutton knows what it's like to lose a father in tragic circumstances and will go to any lengths to crack the investigation, as she tries to fight off her growing feelings for Gabe.\n\nThey soon realise Rocky was working on an investigation of his own; one that threatened to expose the deep corruption going all the way to the top of the police department. And that the key to the puzzle lies with a young witness to a murder that happened years earlier: Xavier Morrow.\n\nJust what did Rocky know? And who might have shut him up?\n\nAs they get closer and closer to the truth, they realise that the killer is not going to stop at Rocky. And that Xavier is in very real danger. Someone will go to any lengths to protect what he witnessed that night coming out....