Forensic photographer Lydia has spent years trying to leave her traumatic past behind and when a camping couple is found slain, her role on the forensics team gives her life purpose again. As the murders continue, Lydia gets more wrapped up with the victims and a mysterious man who seems to be as tortured as she is.

HIDING LIES by Stephanie Rose is definitely a bingeable thriller.

This book clocks in at ~246 pages, featuring short chapters and two points of view, making it a very quick read - almost two quick. I found the story and character arcs to be lacking and felt an overall rushed quality to the writing.

It was hard to feel sympathy for either of our main characters and I honestly felt grimey reading from their POVs and trying to understand their reasoning for why they think and behave the way they do (this maybe could have been resolved if they were sculpted as characters better). I have read and enjoyed reading from sociopathic characters’ POVs before, so I know I’m not fully averse to those qualities!

The dialogue was extremely cringe at time, and there was a decent amount of repetition throughout the story as well.

I also think the story would have been more suspenseful if we didn’t know who the killer was from the jump!

I’m glad to see some readers really enjoying this one, but it ultimately missed the mark for me.

Thanks to Mad Axe Media and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!