Book signing with Caitlin Rother for “Staged”

Caitlin Rother, New York Times bestselling author of 17 books, will hold a book signing at Bay Books for her new book Staged, the sequel to her first thriller, Hooked.

Staged picks up where Hooked, the first in Rother’s “Katrina & Goode” thriller series, leaves off. But in short order, the two primary suspects in the recent murder of two biotech execs who were developing a sex drug turn up dead. One of these victims dies from a reportedly self-imposed hanging in his jail cell, followed by his father, who is found dead of an apparent heart attack several hours later. Both deaths seem very suspicious to surfing homicide detective Ken Goode and investigative reporter Katrina Chopin, because the forensic evidence doesn’t pass the smell test. Were one or more of these deaths staged?

As the investigation proceeds, Katrina soon realizes that the cold-case murders of her parents, both federal judges, and the alleged suicide of her twin brother, may be related to the four more recent deaths. Katrina and Goode work under the radar to connect dots between them, which point toward a cover-up by a cabal of wealthy elites that hires hitmen to keep its money and secrets safe.

Amid colorful descriptions of San Diego’s relaxed lifestyle and the beautiful beaches of La Jolla, this book is filled with nonstop investigative action and intrigue. All the while, Katrina and Goode, accused of “canoodling in public,” must navigate ethical boundaries that are constantly tested by an increasingly intense sexual attraction that poses a risk to both of their jobs—and their lives, as a stalker continues to pursue and threaten them.