This is my first experience with author Colleen Cross and narrator Petrea Burchard. Katerina Carter is a down-on-her luck forensic accountant trying to find success with her own private investigation firm. It isn't going well and she's about to shut the doors. She's approached about a huge corporate theft and it's the opportunity to get her own finances back in the black. The book starts slowly, bogged down quite a bit by a huge amount of exposition in long monologues used explain certain facts/...

This audiobook had all the bada** elements of a great action movie. There were falsified diamonds, high speed chases, murders, kidnapping, and a ton of other adventures packed into this book. Katerina is a fantastically strong character. When she first takes the case to study the possible fraud at Liberty, she doesn’t think her discovery will land her in such danger. However, once she learns the truth, she refuses to give up, going so far as to risk implicating herself and her Uncle Harry in the...

I have to be honest 2019 is starting off on a bland start for me. I am certified to investigate fraud... in a past life I investigated insurance fraud. So of course I loved the premise of this book. When I finally decided to read it... I felt... not much. There is a lot going on in this book... I mean a lot... mob bosses, diamonds, illegal stuff, more illegal stuff... oh wait a twist more mob boss stuff... I mean like I said the book is fast paced but that is because there is so much going on yo...

Exit Strategy by Colleen Cross and narrated by Peters Burchard is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary. This has suspense, a mob boss and his daughter to deal with, illegal diamonds, kidnapping, murder, and money laundering! I did learn a lot about illegal diamond trading too. This was a fast paced, with constant on the go action and adventure that I had to listen to all in one sitting. Can't wait for more in the series! Great characters and excellent plot. The narration was b...

The writing was okay, although midway through, words were dropped from sentences. The minutia dragged the pace to a crawl. The repetitions made it hard to finish.

An action-packed thriller about dirty money and diamonds! Katerina Carter is hired by Liberty Diamond Mines to find a large amount of money that is missing. Just as she begins breaking the service of what happened, bad things start to happen. Dead bodies begin showing up, someone is trying to kill Kat, and Kat finds herself in a race against time. As Kat begins to get closer to the truth, the more risky it gets. Can she figure out where the money went and who is responsible before they can catch...

It seemed like a good story in the beginning but got more and more unrealistic. I'm surprised at all the praise.

In Exit Strategy, Colleen Cross weaves a gripping tale of international intrigue that links the world of high finance to diamond smuggling. Her story takes us on a wild ride as Kat, her witty and feisty investigator, races against the clock to recover billions of stolen dollars while evading the wrath of organized crime. This well-crafted thriller with nonstop action keeps you flipping the pages to the very end to find out what happens next!

Goodreads Author, Colleen Cross introduces readers to a wonderful new protagonist, Katerina Carter. The forensic account slightly reminds me of Kinsey Millhone. Kat is broke, living in her office, and her ex-boyfriend is in her life more than she wants him to be. She finally has a case. Liberty Diamond Mines’ CFO has disappeared along with $5 Billion dollars. She stumbles on a diamond laundering scheme at one of Liberty’s mines, before a major stock holder is murdered and a former geologist refu...

I had no idea what a forensic accountant was until reading this novel. (Such an accountant tracks down missing money in cases of financial wrong-doing.) I certainly had no idea that a story about a forensic accountant could be exciting, suspenseful, and scary.Forensic accountant Katarina (Kat) Carter is called in when five billion dollars goes missing from a Canadian corporation mining diamonds. She can't figure out why they called her. She's the least important investigator of her kind in town,...