Keep You Close Paperback – 1 February 2020

'Keep you Close' by Karen Cleveland is my first ever read of her works. After completing this I can say one thing for sure, I shall definitely look out for more of her books.The cover is beautiful and the blurb explains enough to spark curiosity.The story is about Stephanie who works in the Internal affairs division of the FBI. She is a single mother and has worked her way up the bureau ladder with her hardwork and perseverance. Her 17 year old son Zachary is a handful and she starts experiencing distance from him due to her job. Amidst her job she realises that Zachary has got involved in some supposedly terrorist activities. So the story is about her discovery of the details of this and also her effort to get close to her son.The story dies move fast but the jump from one event to another and from past to present seems abrupt in quite a few places. This made me flip the pages to see what I had missed. For most part the story is narrated in first person POV of Steph but in places it's the third person POV of an unknown character. It took me some time to get to the flow.The plot is good and the author has tried to tie most of the loose ends. Despite this, the ending seemed a bit flat. Steph came across as a very strong character in the end although initially I mistook her to have some issues in her thinking style. Zachary is a teenager and the behaviour and communication between them was apt. Steph relationship with her mother could have been explored more.All in all I liked the story as a one time read, especially as I could not put the book down mainly to assuage my curiosity as to how the story would end.If you love to read thrillers involving FBI agents and that too a female agent, you will enjoy this one. If you love to read stories with twists and complete the story in the last few pages then you will love this.I received a copy of this book via Netgalley. I thank the author and the publisher for the same.