Review: Little lies
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
This 45-page short story spends too much time introducing the main character and continually focusing on her thoughts and motivations. I would be happy if it was a novel, as this would be balanced by the rest of the book, but at such short length we really need to be seeing more action and other people instead a long scene of this woman putting her child to bed.A social worker in Iowa is woken at night by a call to attend a crime scene. A woman has been found dead under a statue in a park and a four-year-old child is with her.  The social worker rushes to pick up this child - it's January, and freezing. However, thirteen years ago, the same scene had occurred. Is this coincidence or a serial killer? The social worker decides to look into the matter herself, researching in libraries and on the net.I thought the child did not come across as much of a personality; not speaking for ages of course doesn't give us much with which to identify, but compared to the brave kids in 'One Breath Away' by this author, the child is a nonentity.I will be interested to try the novel to which this is a prequel to see if I get on better with the character at that length.  I did enjoy One Breath Away which was an excellent piece of writing.