A review by brooksie03051
Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

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.  πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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