title: The Last Victim: A Novel (Dr. Charlotte Stone)
author:  Karen Robards 
description: <b>Praise for Karen Robards</b><br /> <b></b><br /> Draw a line between two extremely popular genres, mysteries and romance novels, and in the middle you will find the bestselling Robards. She merges the two worlds like no one else, deftly interlacing plot and passion.Albany <i>Times Union</i><br /> <i></i><br /> Robards has a true flair for characterization and excels at adding large doses of humor to the spicy mix.<i>RT Book Reviews</i><br /> <br /> One of the most popular voices in womens fiction.<i>Newsweek</i><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Robards is one terrific storyteller.<i>Chicago Tribune</i>
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  > > Ballantine Books (2012)
  
  
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  > > Tags: Romance, Suspense, Fiction
  
  
   Electrifying suspense, cutting-edge psychological insight, and an
  unforgettably sensuous love story—these are the trademarks of Karen Robards’s
  sizzling novels. Now the New York Times bestselling author launches a red-hot
  new paranormal romantic thriller series featuring the fascinating Dr.
  Charlotte Stone, a serial killer expert whose extraordinary powers lead her
  from ecstasy to terror.  
    
  THE LAST VICTIM  
    
  Dr. Charlotte Stone sees what others do not.  
    
  A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Charlie regularly sits face-to-
  face with madmen. Obsessed with learning what makes human monsters commit
  terrible crimes, Charlie desires little else from life—no doubt because when
  she was sixteen, she herself survived a serial killer’s bloodbath: A man
  butchered the family of Charlie’s best friend, Holly, then left the girl’s
  body on a seas