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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
This is the second lily Kintner/Harry Kimball book.
Harry is hired by Joan investigate her cheating husband. She is a former student from the year he was a high school English teacher. He follows the husband and hornilly follows the mistress to the house they meet at and is outside when he hears gunshots. The husband shot the mistress then himself.
Except actually, in part 2 we learn it was actually Joan’s friend Richard who killed the other two and escaped out the back door. Richard and Joan killed his cousin by pushing him off a pier as teenagers then convinced another boy to shoot a girl at school. Kimball figured out Joan and Richard's past crimes so Richard puts a bomb in kimball’s office. Kimball is hospitalized and Richard dies.
Lily wants revenge so she uses kimball’s notes to piece it all together and hunt down and kill Joan in part 3.
Like the other book, this one relies on Kimball and other characters being in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time. He and Lily also piece together past events extremely quickly and on little evidence. But if that’s taken as a given in these books, then they’re fine. I rated this one lower than the last one because i enjoy lily’s chapters, but i find kimball boring.
mysterious
A decent sequel with smooth storytelling and a fairly solid plot. However, it doesn't manage to surprise the reader as effectively as the first book, and some elements feel a tad too implausible. The sequel also somewhat undermines the ending of the original.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
Peter Swanson has become one of my favorite thriller authors. This sequel to The Kind Worth Killing starts with poor Henry Kimball, the frustrated poet, ex-teacher and ex-cop.
Without a job, Henry starts his own private detective agency. One of his former English students hires him to help prove that her husband is cheating on her.
The novel jumps back and forth between the present and Joan's time as high school student.
I don't want to spoil anything...so I shouldn't say anything else.
But if you liked the previous book, you will love this. I am hoping he does a third one in this series!
Without a job, Henry starts his own private detective agency. One of his former English students hires him to help prove that her husband is cheating on her.
The novel jumps back and forth between the present and Joan's time as high school student.
I don't want to spoil anything...so I shouldn't say anything else.
But if you liked the previous book, you will love this. I am hoping he does a third one in this series!
Great second book for this series. Intriguing and definitely gave me a good jaw drop moment.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the continuation of The Kind Worth Killing and I just loved loved loved it!
I listened to the audio book which was just what I needed. Great narrators, interesting storyline, two different timelines, suspenseful atmosphere, messed up teens and psycho adults. Juicy and right up my alley!
We meet again detective Henry, now a PI, and Lily in a race to catch a killer. This was interestingly done as Henry is hired to investigate the husband of a previous student of him from back when he was a teacher. Loved how the past was told and where the present brought them all.
And Lily... devious Lilly. Won't reveal what she's got to do with all this.
Some think this volume was not necessary but for me it worked perfectly. I needed more after The Kind Worth Killing and I got a perfect sequel. I can only hope for vol. 3.
- I think that romantic love, not family love, is the most destructive force on earth. It’s the only thing that makes otherwise good people hurt one another.
- It doesn’t have to.
- It does, actually. I’m not talking about what people will do for love. I’m talking about what people do to the ones they love. They break each other’s hearts.
I listened to the audio book which was just what I needed. Great narrators, interesting storyline, two different timelines, suspenseful atmosphere, messed up teens and psycho adults. Juicy and right up my alley!
We meet again detective Henry, now a PI, and Lily in a race to catch a killer. This was interestingly done as Henry is hired to investigate the husband of a previous student of him from back when he was a teacher. Loved how the past was told and where the present brought them all.
And Lily... devious Lilly. Won't reveal what she's got to do with all this.
Some think this volume was not necessary but for me it worked perfectly. I needed more after The Kind Worth Killing and I got a perfect sequel. I can only hope for vol. 3.
- I think that romantic love, not family love, is the most destructive force on earth. It’s the only thing that makes otherwise good people hurt one another.
- It doesn’t have to.
- It does, actually. I’m not talking about what people will do for love. I’m talking about what people do to the ones they love. They break each other’s hearts.