What is this about?
Matt comes home to find a dead woman in his bed, and his fiance gone, kidnapped. He gets a terrifying phone call, ordering him to kill someone in order to secure her release.
What else is this about?
This is a smart, fast-paced read that is exactly about a kidnapping, and at the same time… not.
Blurb
They took your fiancée.
They framed you for murder.You’re given one chance to save her. To clear your name.
You must kill someone for them.They give you the time and place.
The weapon. The target.You have less than 24 hours.
You only know that no-one can be trusted…and nothing is what it seems
If anyone wants a story about unreliable narrators, then To Kill a Stranger is the book for you. Deception is turned up to 10, and everyone is someone to suspect.
It’s also the kind of book that is extremely frustrating to review because you don’t want to spoil it for anyone; you want people to go into this book and experience the same WHUT moments you did when reading it.
Matt comes home to find Kate, his pregnant fiance, gone and a dead woman in her place. A phone rings and he extracts a phone from the dead woman’s coat, to find a call for him: Kate has been kidnapped, and she’ll be killed if he doesn’t kill someone to ensure her freedom.
From there, Matt begins a headlong dive into a nightmare that just keeps getting worse and worse as he tries to save Kate.
The chapters are told in alternating POVs, with Kate, Matt and the cops on the case. Slowly, Kernick begins to unveil what is really happening in this book, peeling back the onion that is this story.
The pacing is frenetic, helped by the short sharp chapters and that Kernick begins to subvert all expectations you may have of where this story is going and of the characters.
Soon enough, you realise you can’t trust anyone or anything and this is not the story you thought it would be when you started the book.
To Kill a Stranger is thoroughly enjoyable read, that kept me guessing completely, utterly, and totally right to the very end.
I like the sound of this! It sounds unputdownable too, which is a big plus. I can’t imagine being in that situation. Thank you for your great review and recommendation!
It really was nothing like I expected and oh boy the ending!
It’s a very compelling premise! Here’s hoping my library has a copy. 🙂
I hope it does!’ this one was unexpected in so many ways!!
Weirdly enough I love unrealible narrator stories. I don’t know why, I just do. And alternating POVs too!
This one will definitely satisfy your love for these types of stories!!
THIS SOUNDS NUTS! In the best way, of course.
That is pretty much exactly it!!
Okay, I need this. I love that it keeps you guessing and wondering. It’s sounds fascinating, and you know I adore a good mystery. 🙂
-Lauren
I genuinely did not expect the ending. I think you will adore this one!!