Kitty Collins is a social media darling who lives her extra life online - she has a small circle of real friends and thousands (millions) of people who experience her life vicariously through her posts #KittyCollins - what's not to envy right? Reality and online are two different things, and while her life looks extra with plenty of exotic holidays and fancy clubs and restaurants the 'real' Kitty would prefer a quieter world, one where she doesn't have her very own stalker who wants to make her squirm. Having a stalker may come with being a celebrity, but the timing couldn't be worse because Kitty has just discovered she has a talent (and taste) for killing men.
It starts with an accident, but soon escalates as Kitty realises that murdering men who do her, and other women, wrong is actually quite an amazing feeling. When the second kill is just as easy as the first, it makes sense that the third will be just as easy, and maybe even a fourth and a fifth. It's a heady experience, even if she has to keep a careful eye out for her stalker - not to mention her social media followers or circle of friends. When the stakes are raised Kitty will have to make the decision about how far she will go to protect herself and keep on killing - or if she can go cold turkey and stop killing again.
Despite the rather grim title, How to kill men and get away with it is actually a rather humourous murderous romp with a rather unlikely (anti)heroine. It seems so implausible that someone who is living their live in the spotlight could get away with murder, let alone more than one, but that is exactly what happens. I have to confess it is also rather challenging not to cheer as Kitty takes action and deals with life's dramas in a rather direct fashion. The one thing I disliked about How to kill men and get away with it is how hard it is to review well without giving away the little twists and tidbits that make it such a great read! Highly recommended, and highly recommend that you read it in one session.
If you like this book then try:
- Eeny meeny by M.J. Arlidge
- Truly darkly deeply by Victoria Selman
- The puppet show by M.W. Craven
- Sticks and stones by Katherine Firkin
- A killer's mind by Mike Omer
- Look what you made me do by Elaine Murphy
- Good me bad me by Ali Land
- Every last fear by Alex Finlay
- A flicker in the dark by Stacy Willingham
- The surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
- One step too far by Tina Seskis
- The basement by Stephen Leather
- Vodka doesn't freeze by Leah Giarratano
- Darkly dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
- Kill switch by Neal Baer & Jonathan Greene
- The edge of normal by Carla Norton
Reviewed by Brilla
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