Book Review - Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

Title: Kill For Me, Kill For You
Author: Steve Cavanagh
Genre: Thriller/ Mystery
Published: 2024
 
Description: One dark evening on New York City’s Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realize they have much in common, especially loneliness and an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed theur families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect if you kill for me, I’ll kill for you.
 
In another part of the city, Ruth is home alone when the house she shares with her husband Scott, is invaded. She’s attacked by a man with piercing blue eyes, who disappears into the night. Will she ever be able to feel safe again while the blue-eyed stranger is out there?
 
Review: Jess, Amanda’s infant daughter, was kidnapped and found murdered. Her partner couldn’t deal with it, because she was taken on his watch. He commits suicide and Amanda is left traumatized and is now taking group therapy. During one of these sessions, she meets Wendy, who also had a difficult time. And they both have that one person they passionately hate: the one who destroyed their lives. Together they plot the ideal plan: Amanda will kill for Wendy and Wendy will fill for Amanda.
 
We also get to know Ruth, who lives with her husband Scott. When home alone, Ruth is attacked and stabbed multiple times. He gets away and Ruth has to live in fear for the rest of her life.
 
It’s best to read this book without knowing too much about it. The book has a well-thought-through plot, with several strong twist. Not necessarily shocking, it’s possible to predict them, but none of them are obvious.
 
The chapters are short, how I like them, and told from different perspectives. Not just Amanda or Ruth, but also detective Farrow and some others. Multiple POV’s is something that always intrigues me.
 
“Kill For Me, Kille For You” doesn’t have a ton of characters. They are strongly developed. Not per say likeable, but understandable. You can understand their rhyme and reason and their emotions. They are all interesting characters.
 
I really enjoyed “Kill For Me, Kill For You”, a very strong, solid thriller with interesting characters and some really good plot twists and reveals.
 
Rating: 4,5/ 5