“I love Carrie Stuart Parks’s skill in writing characters with hysterical humor, unwitting courage and page-turning mystery. I hope my readers won’t abandon me completely when they learn about her!” —Terri Blackstock, USA TODAY bestselling author of If I Run, If I’m Found, and If I Live
An artist hiding from an escaped killer uncovers one of World War II’s most dangerous secrets—a secret that desperate men will do anything to keep hidden.
After the murder of her twin sister, Murphy Anderson changed her name and appearance and moved to Kodiak, Alaska, to avoid the press and publicity. But when local authorities discover she’s an artist and request her help in drawing a dying man’s memories, she unintentionally ends up in the limelight again—and back in the killer’s crosshairs.
The deathbed confessions of an Alaskan hunter have Murphy drawing the five bodies he discovered on remote Ruuwaq Island ten years ago. But what investigators find has them mystified. Evidence suggests that the bodies were deliberately destroyed, and what they uncover in an abandoned Quonset hut from World War II only brings more questions.
As one by one the investigators who were at the hut die, Murphy knows there is something much darker at stake. What happened on this island during the war? And who is willing to kill to keep its secrets buried?
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Sexual Content - 0/5
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Violence - 3/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
Formula of Deception by Carrie Stuart Parks. This was my first book by Carrie.
The book opens with a scene to capture your attention. Carrie continues to sprinkle in bits and pieces of her history and the mystery to keep you guessing until the end. I did experience a short section that I felt was slow and then it picked right back up and when a bang. I did NOT figure it all out. The author did a great job of surprising me. There is a mystery from the past and the present. Murphy is an artist and she is helping solve a mystery while she is also looking for her sister and her sister’s boyfriend.
The author did a great job of intertwining two intense mysteries together. I don’t want to ruin any of the surprises so I will keep my review relatively short.
I enjoyed how the woman was trying to warn her off of Jonathan by telling Murphy that he has 4 boys. One of my favorite scenes is when the boys are introduced.
Violence - 3. There are several deaths throughout the book both past and present. None of them are described in graphic detail. There is also someone trying to kill her. And she is trying to find her sister or her sister’s body.
Sex - 0
Language
Drinking