I was able to guess what was going on quite early in story but that did not stop me from enjoying watching the story unfold. I loved reading on as the characters figured out what was happening, who the killer was, and why they were doing it. ( )

I felt that although this book was entertaining, it was a little unorganized. The title makes it sound like the book is about the quest to kill Kate, and while that is mostly true, I feel that there is a deeper plot that was highly ignored. The main idea of the book was very good, and I enjoyed the read. ( )

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I won this book via goodreads giveaways.

Killing Kate from Alex Lake is a well-written serial killer thriller that does a great job of tying up loose ends at the end.

First, a pet peeve of mine in reviews: nobody cares if you claim to have known who the killer was as soon as you opened the book. We don't believe you, not in the "oh she/he must be so smart" way you wish. A good novel provides various possible suspects and, at various points throughout the book, a reader will lean toward one of those possibilities. But to claim one "knew" definitively is bunk and says more about that readers insecurities than it does about the book and actually shows the opposite of the intended impression concerning that reader's intelligence. Not to mention if the only reason you read such a book is to "figure out" who did it then you are missing out on the best parts of fiction in general and thrillers/mysteries in particular. Okay, so...

Lake does a wonderful job of providing several plausible suspects and enough information to keep you wondering even when you have made you guess about who you think did it. The fun in this book in particular was seeing how everything would be brought together and tied up. I will agree with some readers who felt some sections dragged a bit from exposition but I also think it was done within a reasonable frame of the personality type and the desire to brag, so it did not bother me too much.

I was happy with the way the novel ended as well, enough of each character's future still hanging but each also seemingly coping and moving in the right directions.

I would recommend this to readers of thrillers and mysteries, especially those who like to know what is going on in the main characters' minds. Stress and anxiety can make us ponder every conceivable possibility and this book lets us in on some of those thoughts for the main two characters.

Reviewed from a copy made available (finally, with a lot of unprofessionalism) from some amateur through Goodreads' First Reads. ( )

Quite a good thriller this one. Kept me reading although the perpetrator is quite easy to guess the lengths he will go to are not! Reccomended ( )