A Perfect Cover

by Maureen Tan

The Gotcha Girl

Lacie Reed was the best agent to send to the Big Easy to catch a serial killer. Not just because of her stellar track record, but because the undercover operative looked exactly like the kind of woman this murderer might go for.

Lacie was more than ready to play the mouse, knowing she had a big cat to catch. But once she infiltrated the small New Orleans community, befriending the very people she was trying to protect, the stakes got higher. Lacie began taking risks so big that Detective Anthony Beauprix wondered if he had hired the wrong girl for the gruesome case. Good thing Lacie always got her man. And if the sexy detective didn’t watch himself, she’d get him too…

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Tan is the author of numerous articles, four fiction novels, and several short stories.

She is a consultant specializing in the science/technology and healthcare fields. Before beginning her consulting practice, she worked for the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and also served as a Public Affairs Officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Reviews

[Patricia Solla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this storyline. It's interesting to see how a young adult can go undercover as a teenager. The descriptions of the living conditions in a small cultural community and how it affects people's lives was intriguing. The story moves well and the twist at the end was quite unexpected.

[Leonard · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted some light reading so I picked this book up among the dozens available at work. It's a story of a young girl working as a detective in New Orleans. It was fast reading, and ok, but not very memorable.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

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