Killing Kate by Alex Lake, 417 pages, October 6th 2016, HarperCollins Publishers, Genre: Thriller and Suspense/Serial Killers/Crime. Warning: May Contain Spoilers.
Review by Leigh Holland.
Kate and her friends take a trip to Greece on vacation after Kate breaks up with her long time boyfriend, Phil. Phil didn’t take the break up well, not well at all. Phil believed they were ready for marriage, kids, and growing old together. Kate, on the other hand, had never been with anyone but Phil, had never experienced much in life on her own, and decided she needed to do so before she could commit. Phil can’t stop thinking about Kate. He’s obsessed with her. When he decides to date another woman, she not only looks like Kate, but she’s just intended to make Kate jealous. Phil can’t seem to move on.
On her vacation, Kate gets drunk and almost sleeps with a man named Mike she picks up in a bar. Mike, the perfect gentleman, doesn’t take advantage of her and lets her sleep it off in his bedroom. The next day, Kate decides she never wants to see Mike again. Upon her return to England, however, Kate finds Phil is faring no better. Phil texts, calls, and ‘unexpectedly checks in on’ her for a while. As women who look remarkably like Kate and live in the same town get murdered one after another, the tension rises. Kate realizes she could be a serial killer’s next target. Changing her hair and wearing colored contacts makes sense, until the killer switches to killing women who look like Kate after the changes.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. The writing style kept me engaged through to the end. I wasn’t surprised by the time the villain was revealed, but it did keep me guessing for much of the book. I didn’t like Kate very much. I liked the other characters in the novel. Kate is lucky to have such good friends; including, yes, the slightly stalkerish Phil. The climax of the story kept me on the edge of my seat with concern for everyone involved. I’d recommend this book to readers who enjoy suspense and thriller novels.
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Book Description:
From the author of ebook No. 1 bestseller and Sunday Times top ten bestseller AFTER ANNA.
A serial killer is stalking your home town.
He has a type: all his victims look the same.
And they all look like you.
Kate returns from a post break-up holiday with her girlfriends to news of a serial killer in her hometown – and his victims all look like her.
It could, of course, be a simple coincidence.
Or maybe not.
She becomes convinced she is being watched, followed even. Is she next? And could her mild-mannered ex-boyfriend really be a deranged murderer?
Or is the truth something far more sinister?
About the Author:
Alex Lake is a British novelist who was born in the North West of England. After Anna, the author’s first novel written under this pseudonym, was a No.1 bestselling ebook sensation and a top ten Sunday Times bestseller. The author now lives in the North East of the US.
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