You Can't Catch Me by Catherine McKenzie

"...anger. It has a way of focusing you that forgiveness can't."

Jessica Williams is angry. While running off to Mexico to escape ridicule and harassment over a plagiarized story she submitted to FeedNews as an investigative reporter, Jessica meets a woman in the airport bar. The funniest thing -- you can't make this up -- the woman's name is also Jessica Williams AND she happens to have the same birth date. What a coincidence? Their happy little exchange of 20 questions is almost forgotten by the time Jessica returns to New York. That's when she finds that her identity has been stolen and her bank account drained. Unable to get satisfaction from reporting the theft to the police and the bank, Jessica decides that she needs to find this other Jessica and get back what she took. Along the way, she discovers that she's not the only Jessica Williams who has been fleeced. A cat and mouse game, a clever set-up, and a spectacular plan go awry. NO SPOILERS.

This was a fun book that I read over the course of a couple of hours. Hard to put down, the characters jumped off the page and I was quite engaged in the story -- especially about Jessica having escaped from a cult when she was nearly 18. I liked the writing style and particularly the way the plot unfolded. Just when you think you have it all figured out, making guesses along the way as to what is going to happen, BAM! I'll definitely look for more books by this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend.

This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Genre - psychological thriller, identity theft, cults