Lex Lander

I hadn't previously read the first book in the series, End as an Assassin, and I don't think it was necessary to do so as I enjoyed I Kill without knowing anything about André Warner.

From the opening pages, we are launched straight into the world of an assassin as André relives his real-life nightmare of shooting an innocent girl and is haunted by her face and final words. When a job comes up in Morocco, André hopes to take his mind off the dead Italian girl by focusing on a new bad guy. He adopts a new persona, that of Alan Melville, and meets an American widow, Clair Power, whilst staying at the hotel in Tangier. He is struck by how much Clair's daughter, Lizzy, resembles the dead Italian girl - he really can't escape his nightmares.

'Alan Melville' isn't the only man showing an interest in Clair Power, creepy Dutchman Rik de Bruin seems to be everywhere she turns. So when Clair goes missing, André knows he had something to do with it and as he delves a bit deeper he thinks that Clair perhaps wasn't the intended target after all. Then de Bruin turns up in Andorra and it is clear that he does not intend to leave without his prize, even if he has to go through André to get it.

I Kill is such a fast-paced book that I could barely draw breath between chapters. As André follows the trail from Tangier, past his doorstep in Andorra, through Paris and onto Amsterdam, the dark and twisted underbelly of the pornography business is revealed. I felt my heart racing as André in his Porsche chased de Bruin in his tacky red Rolls-Royce through the snowy streets of Amsterdam. It was certainly a car chase that James Bond would have been proud of.

I'll definitely be picking up the first book in the series, End as an Assassin, to read about more adventures of André Warner. The writing is so vivid and descriptive that I felt as if I was watching a film as opposed to actually reading a book. I Kill is a superb thriller.

I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.… (mehr)