Killer Story - Matt Whitten
Release Date: January 17, 2023
As a camp counselor, Petra Kovach mentored young Livvy and treated her like a sister. Petra went on to become a print journalist while Livvy attended Harvard, started an alt right YouTube program and was murdered in her dormitory. Although someone was arrested for the crime, he was acquitted. In the troubled days of the newspaper business, Petra lost two jobs. Her next job offer finds her in the same city where Livvy was killed. About to lose this job, she makes a last ditch effort to save it by pitching a story about finally solving Livvy’s murder as well as hosting a podcast about it. As her career becomes more and more threatened, Petra becomes desperate to succeed. How far will she go, who will she hurt and is she willing to sacrifice her own personal happiness?
True crime podcasts have become a popular device in mysteries/thrillers. This story is riveting and raises many ethical issues as well as what people will do or say for clickbait. I found some of the characters not only unlikable, but difficult to believe. Whenever there was a minor clue or mention of another suspect, Petra jumped right on it and felt that she had solved the crime. Could she really be that naive to be so easily convinced? I also found it appalling that the editor of a supposed respectable paper would act as though it was a tabloid. As annoyed as I was with the characters, the story totally drew me in and I didn’t want to put it down.
Thanks to #netgalley and #oceanviewpublishing for the ARC
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