Difficult to Believe

The main stumbling block for me was the stupidity of the main character. She is an intelligent woman who has already been mercilessly stalked by Webster, had her life ruined by him and yet….. She turns to him for help. I never quite got to grips with it after that. I am surprised it has been made into a TV series.

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Toooo looong

It’s a reasonable story. And I do like Emily Barber as the narrator. It was rather confusing at times so many names I needed to read the names.
But on the whole it’s an ok read.

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Great Plot. Long winded delivery

The concept of this story is great but, the way that the author has delivered it is somewhat long winded and tedious. In my mind, At times the author delves too deeply into the minutiae of courtroom dialogue and tedious email conversations.
To be fair, these probably would not be so noticeable when reading the written word but, listening to it in audio, is a bit much.
These comments are aimed at the author. The performance by the reader is excellent.

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A Thriller!

Written from the perspective of a barrister, I found this book demanded that you try to work out the trips often leading you in the wrong direction. Just when I thought it had ended- several times- along came some more, after a false lead.
A great story!

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Good book

An enjoyable read - the narrator was good and the story line easy to follow with some surprises.

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Long winded and boring

This was a DNF with 7 hours to go. Unlikeable MFC and I just couldn't get my head around the whole stalker thing.

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One of my favourite reads this year

Jane Casey is one of my favourite authors and I have devoured every single instalment of her Maeve Kerrigan series. I was absolutely stoked to find out that she had a new standalone thriller out and read it as soon as it became available. You might gather from the five stars in my galaxy that I adored this book as much as all her others!

Casey knows how to write a riveting, clever, multi-layered psychological thriller that has as many twists and blind alleys as trying to navigate the streets of Venice at night, blindfolded – there is a good chance that you are going to fall into a canal and drown. I had so many theories that got blasted out of the court one by one, in gob-smacking twists that met me around blind corners whenever I thought I was on track.

Ingrid Lewis is a young barrister whose life has been ruined by the unwanted attentions of one of her former clients, conman John Webster, who has been stalking her mercilessly for years. Being cunning and clever, he has been able to evade law enforcement all this time. When one of Ingrid’s colleagues dies tragically in suspicious circumstances, she is afraid that Webster is behind it, and that she had been the intended target. The stakes have just become a lot higher ...

Casey paints a grim picture of being stalked by a sociopath, and the clever ways in which Webster torments Ingrid without enough evidence to ever pin a charge on him. It was scary imagine the powerlessness Ingrid would feel, relentlessly haunted by this awful man. Once people started dying, the undercurrent of menace and danger rose to new levels, and I absolutely couldn’t put the book down! Then came Casey’s first major twist, blazing across the horizon and bam! All my theories were out the window again. This proved to be an ongoing theme in this clever book, and I loved being proven wrong as the twists kept coming.

THE KILLING KIND is exactly the kind of multi-layered thriller I love. It contained everything a book needs to be unputdownable: an enigmatic lead (who may or may not be just a tiny little bit dishonest in her telling of events), a villain in relentless pursuit, some side characters who will all have a few surprises in store (boy oh boy, didn’t they ever!) and a mounting body count. This was such an adrenaline fuelled read, even in the scenes where Ingrid just goes about her daily life. I will not say any more about the plot, because you’re best to go into this blind and let the story sweep you along.

All in all, THE KILLING KIND is a stalker suspense story of the highest order. Multi-layered, clever and original, it shows Casey as a master of the genre and will keep you guessing to the end. One of my favourite reads this year (no surprises here) and one I very highly recommend!

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Absolutely brilliant

Well, I wasn’t expecting THAT!
I shan’t elaborate as I don’t wish to spoil it, but it’s cleverly written and very addictive. Well done Jane, another brilliant read (listen)

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Loved it

Great story and narration! Am a fan of all Jane Casey books. Can’t wait for the next.

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Entertaining

Fantastic narration with the characters well established. A great story, an entertaining listen. Kept me engaged.

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