The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty

The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The most exciting new crime voice you’ll read this year!

Fifteen years ago her mother’s killer got away. Has he finally struck again?

MURDER SHOCKS PEACEFUL NEIGHBOURHOOD

A woman in her thirties. Found naked and stabbed on the kitchen floor. Discovered by her twelve-year-old daughter after school.

As top Savannah crime reporter Harper McClain stares at the horrific scene before her, one thought screams through her mind. This murder is identical to another murder she has witnessed. Her mother’s murder…

For fifteen years, Harper has been torn apart by the knowledge that her mother’s killer is walking free. And now, it seems he’s struck again. There are no fingerprints. No footprints. No DNA. Yet still, Harper is determined to discover the truth once and for all.

But that search will come at a cost…and it could be one she isn’t ready to pay.

A slow burning thriller mystery part one of two this sets the scene for the second in the series and ends with unresolved questions that continue in the second book.

A woman is murdered that appears to mirror or echo a murder that happened 20 years ago where the daughter of the murdered woman is now a reporter. Harper is a crime murder reporter and finds herself at the scene of the murder of a woman that appears to echo that of her mothers.

The murderer was never caught and it becomes personal for Harper so she embarks on trying to solve the case herself. As she becomes further involved she risks losing her job and her relationships.

We are introduced to a range of characters some likeable some not so much. Harper is likeable but damaged and as she delves deeper into the criminal mind she risks her own safety to uncover the truth. With the help of a cop boyfriend, her colleague photographer and a few close friends she slowly uncovers some painful truths.

As I said this story is not fully resolved at the end as there is a second book in this series. As a stand alone it is a decent read and gets 4 stars from me.

I would like to thank the publisher for sending this in exchange for an honest review.