Formula of Deception was the first book I read by Carrie Stuart Parks, and I was not disappointed. It tells the story of Murphy Anderson, who after the murder of her twin sister, goes undercover and tries to disappear in Kodiak, Alaska.
When she begins working as a forensic artist, local authorities take interest and hire her to draw the memories of a dying man. The assignment takes her to a hut where five bodies were found, and the questions start piling up. Murphy's soon back in the spotlight. As the investigators who were with her at the hut slowly start turning up dead, Murphy finds herself once again tangled up in a murderous plot, and needs to work to get questions answered and solve the mystery before it's too late.
Parks is a wonderful and skillful writer. This was very much a page-turning, can't-put-it-down mystery. Her characters are fleshed out and likeable, the dialogue was believable, and the story itself was fresh and snappy. A fun zippy who-done-it that will keep you up late at night to finish it.
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