Naked Addiction
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Overview
New York Times–bestselling author: A California cop plunges into the gritty secrets of a wealthy enclave in this psychologically complex crime thriller.
Tired of working undercover narcotics, police detective Ken Goode wants a transfer to homicide. After the Camus-reading surfer finds the body of a beautiful woman in an alley, he is assigned to head a team of relief detectives with the hopes of proving he is homicide-worthy.
As Goode explores the underbelly of the affluent coastal enclave of La Jolla, California, and its hipster neighbor, Pacific Beach, he clashes with the patrons and employees of a neighborhood bar: real estate agents and beauty school students who have possible ties to an escort service and a drug ring—and keep turning up dead. The untimely disappearance of Goode’s sister proves a worrisome distraction as he chases suspects and a dogged cub reporter chases him. This intricately layered crime thriller revolves around a cast of characters who use addictions to try to fill the empty spaces within themselves—whether their drug of choice is sex, alcohol, cocaine, cigarettes, or in Goode’s case, caffeine and damaged women.
“Rother is a keen architect of the most important part of storytelling: character." —Michael Connelly
“A strong debut from a perceptive and unflinching writer." —T. Jefferson Parker
“With a journalist’s eye for the telling details of life, Caitlin Rother is a keen architect of the most important part of storytelling: character….The people in her prose grip you tightly with their truth.”– Michael Connelly, NYT bestselling crime novelist. “NAKED ADDICTION is a strong debut from a perceptive and unflinching writer. … Detailed and tightly focused, the story unfolds on the sun-drenched but dangerous streets of San Diego.””–T. Jefferson Parker, NYT best-selling crime novelist. “Caitlin Rother walked the walk as an award-winning journalist, and now she talks the talk in her debut novel NAKED ADDICTION. … Rother’s honed reportorial eye gives us the five W’s of murder set out on turf she knows so well.”–Alan Russell, author of Burning Man. “Caitlin Rother’s first novel is an excellent police procedural.”–Genre Go Round Reviews. “Outcome of this suspense will keep you guessing. “The convolutions in NAKED ADDICTION will keep you uncertain of the end right until the final pages.””–Fresh Fiction. “Rother, a prize-winning journalist, showcases her fiction skills with multi-layered characters, a skillfully conceived mystery and a narrative structure that allows readers to see parts of the action from different points of view. …Best of all, the ending leaves a fine set-up for the next episode.”–Romantic Times.
- Title: Naked Addiction
- Author: Caitlin Rother
- Publisher: WildBlue Press
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 350
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780990557395, 0990557391
- Resource ID: LLS:9780990557395
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-25T00:58:46Z
New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother has written or co-authored ten books. Before writing books full-time, Rother worked for nearly 20 years as an investigative reporter for daily newspapers, covering issues ranging from addiction, suicide, mental illness and murder to politics and corruption at City Hall and in Congress. She now writes books full-time, teaches writing and works as a book doctor, writing coach, publishing/research/promotions consultant, speaker and event planner. Rother, who earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from University of California Berkeley and her master's in journalism from Northwestern University, teaches narrative non-fiction and creative writing, at UCSD Extension and San Diego Writers, Ink.