I really enjoyed reading "Kill Me Twice" by Simon Booker, it was a tense and well plotted crime novel that kept my attention from the first few pages.
Karl Savage is dead. Or is he? His ex girlfriend Angelica is in prison for murdering him after multiple experts testified to finding his charred remains. So when Angelica begs investigative journalist Morgan Vine to prove her innocence it seems an impossible task, everyone knows he's dead - right? But then he's turns up outside Morgan's window......
This is a very character driven story in my opinion, with well portrayed and varied characters. I'm not sure I actually liked Morgan or her daughter Lissa. Morgan has a deep distrust of men after several failed relationships but to be honest, I felt she did tend to treat the men in the story quite unfairly. Lissa is a bit of a spoilt brat that doesn't really do anything to make her endearing or likeable. I did like Joe Cassidy and hope maybe in a future story, he and Morgan may build on their tentative friendship. I also had some sympathy for Karl Savage even though he's the 'baddie' in the story and I think considering the way he was treated as a kid his emotions and actions were quite understandable although obviously not condonable.
I have no idea how I would deal with the information that Morgan found out regarding Kiki's murder - the twist regarding the revelation of the murderer is quite a shock and unexpected but suits the story perfectly and looking back now can see how everything fitted together.
The story ratchets up the tension in the last quarter of the book with an excellent storyline that keeps you guessing throughout and with a shocking twist there's nothing not to like about this book.
I haven't read the first in the Morgan Vine series "Without Trace" but I would happily read more by this author and hope that there is another book in the pipeline to follow.
5 stars!
Karl Savage is dead. Or is he? His ex girlfriend Angelica is in prison for murdering him after multiple experts testified to finding his charred remains. So when Angelica begs investigative journalist Morgan Vine to prove her innocence it seems an impossible task, everyone knows he's dead - right? But then he's turns up outside Morgan's window......
This is a very character driven story in my opinion, with well portrayed and varied characters. I'm not sure I actually liked Morgan or her daughter Lissa. Morgan has a deep distrust of men after several failed relationships but to be honest, I felt she did tend to treat the men in the story quite unfairly. Lissa is a bit of a spoilt brat that doesn't really do anything to make her endearing or likeable. I did like Joe Cassidy and hope maybe in a future story, he and Morgan may build on their tentative friendship. I also had some sympathy for Karl Savage even though he's the 'baddie' in the story and I think considering the way he was treated as a kid his emotions and actions were quite understandable although obviously not condonable.
I have no idea how I would deal with the information that Morgan found out regarding Kiki's murder - the twist regarding the revelation of the murderer is quite a shock and unexpected but suits the story perfectly and looking back now can see how everything fitted together.
The story ratchets up the tension in the last quarter of the book with an excellent storyline that keeps you guessing throughout and with a shocking twist there's nothing not to like about this book.
I haven't read the first in the Morgan Vine series "Without Trace" but I would happily read more by this author and hope that there is another book in the pipeline to follow.
5 stars!