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Kill For Me Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

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asourceoffiction's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was intrigued by this book, as it was my first Cavanagh not centred on Eddie Flynn. I thought I might miss those wonderful characters in a standalone story, but actually this had me just as gripped. Eddie Flynn or not, Steve Cavanagh is definitely an auto buy author for me. I'm also going to hope for a crossover between Flynn and Farrow since they're pleasingly set in the same world!

As well as the characters, the real draw with Cavanagh's books is the plotting. It's twisty without being frustrating, tense and violent without going over the top, and so intricate but without being overly confusing. There were so many times during this book that I worked out what was happening, and I'd either be proven wrong or be so completely thrown off course that I changed my mind before realising I was right all along. Guessing what's coming next is slightly pointless but so much fun.

I was a bit frustrated by the end, there was a mini cliffhanger (that I'm sure was thrown in on purpose) when I was expecting a neater ending. But perhaps we're not done with this story. Either way it was very cleverly finished.

More Farrow in future books please!

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danielleglover's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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niftyreads's review against another edition

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Some of my friends who I trust for reviews enjoyed this book, which made me excited. I also liked that it was compared to a Hitchcock mystery. I enjoyed the writing. Steven Cavanagh has a good prose. But ultimately I ended up DNFing because there is so much focus on child death (not a spoiler, starts at the top of page two). I did what I got to know of the detectives on the case, they gave me Stabler and Benson vibes.

This wasn’t for me, but I can see a lot of people enjoying it.

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shawniejo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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aposternak's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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brooksie03051's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

A mysterious adult psychological and suspense-filled crime thriller about two ordinary women with a tragic past who agree to help each other take revenge for crimes that haunt them daily and have pushed them to the brink of despair.

Two women meet by chance at an anonymous support group for people who have been or are closely affected by a brutal attack. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy find that their past is similar and begin a friendship bonding over their pain and loneliness since their lives were forever altered by an evil heartless killer. They both have an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families and in turn broke them as well. One night, when Amanda realizes that Wendy has the same desire to take justice into her own hands as Amanda was plotting to do, they come up with the perfect if you kill for me, I’ll kill for you.

In a different area of NYC, Ruth is home alone in the brownstone she shares with her husband, Scott, who is out for the night. She hears a breaking sound thinking her husband dropped something when she discovers that her home is being invaded. She’s brutally attacked by a stranger and left for dead. A man with piercing blue eyes, who disappears into the night, and his face is forever etched in her mind. Knowing that the blue-eyed stranger is still out there, she cannot return to her home in fear that he will return and finish the job, and she refuses to leave the hotel room she and her husband are staying at too scared that he will come for her.

How are these 3 women's stories linked in this nail-biting thriller of psychotic men still lurking in the world living their lives like they have never killed anyone? This story will keep your heart racing until the very end when things all start to become clear and the killers come out of hiding to try and finish what they started.

This was chosen as a thriller book club pick this month on Instagram hosted by Aimee @readalongwithaimee and was a HUGE hit with the group.

There isn't any spice in this story, but it talks about kidnapping and murder of children, suicide, brutal attacks on women, mental health, stalking, and psychological trauma. This was a fantastic book and enjoyed it immensely. 👏👏👏

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