A Fatal Delivery
Delivery driver Lenora Sforza lives for predictability, but her safe routine shatters when a regular customer is brutally bludgeoned to death. With the police totally stumped by the shocking crime, the observant Lenora realizes she holds the key to unraveling the mystery—because the calculating killer has gone to terrifying lengths to make her an unwilling accomplice to murder.
- Anne - Murder victim
- Harry - Anne’s nephew
- Lenora - Delivery driver
- Rourke - Detective investigating Anne’s murder
- Lenora finds Anne’s dead body in her house and Harry walks in to see her standing over Anne’s body.
- Lenora gets scared, grabs a package marked for return and heads back out on her route.
- Harry tells the police that Anne must be the murderer, and Anne accuses Harry in return.
- Anne’s skull was caved in, but after a week, the police still cannot find the murder weapon.
- Rourke realizes the murder weapon was in a package delivered to Anne’s house a few days earlier and left on the porch to be returned the day she was killed.
- Someone at the Fleet return center receives a package containing dumbbells and bloody clothes.
- She sends the dumbbells to be sterilized and discards the clothes.
A Fatal Delivery by Lauren Oliver struggles to build momentum. The narrative starts off quite slow, taking too long to hook the reader. While it did deliver a good, unique twist, the rest of the execution is rather boring. There simply isn't enough of interest going on to keep you fully engaged, even within such a brief page count. Ultimately, it’s a memorable twist buried in an otherwise forgettable story.
- Murder
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
ASIN: B0FY7KC9NV
Publication Date: April 1, 2026
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