Catch Her in a Lie by Jess Lourey
Cold case expert Evangeline Reed and forensics legend Harry Steinbeck are on their way from Minneapolis to Costa Rica. They’ve been ordered to keep close watch on a protective mother and her daughter, both of whom have troubling connections to a Minnesota serial killer. Are they on holiday? In hiding? Or on the run?
Krysten’s Review
Catch Her in a Lie by Jess Lourey is the fifth installment in Amazon’s Getaway collection, a series of six short stories featuring exotic vacations that take unimaginable, even sinister, turns.
“They studied each other, two women inside a Costa Rican hotel room staring at each other across space and time, a truth both bright and confusing connecting the two of them.”
Gorgeous cover. The story was well written with some lovely sensory details and a rare happy ending for a mystery. However, I found it to be a bit predictable, even with the supernatural twist. The characters were just okay; at no point did I really feel invested in them or their lives. Overall I found the story to be enjoyable, but I’m not sure I would seek out anything else by this author. Perhaps with more space, the author would be better able to develop both the mystery and the characters, but a skilled writer should be able to do this no matter how short or long the story is.
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3.5Overall Score
Catch Her in a Lie by Jess Lourey
Two agents on the trail of a serial killer. A mother and daughter on the trip of a lifetime. Fates converge in paradise in a chilling short story by an Amazon Charts bestselling author.