Kill for Me

By: Karen Rose

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Five teenage girls have been murdered. One survived, and only she can reveal the secrets of a disturbing ring of people who kidnap and sell teenage girls on the black market. But those responsible for the crimes will do whatever it takes to maintain her silence.

Susannah Vartanian and Luke Papadopoulos have both sworn to stop the murderers for their own reasons. Susannah suffers from a mysterious past that is connected to the sinister black market. Luke is an investigative agent and a computer expert who refuses to let another child predator get away.

Susannah and Luke are instantly attracted to each other, but their troubled pasts prevent them from immediately acting upon their feelings. The case will lead them to the shady realm of Internet chat rooms, where anyone can mask their identity. As Susannah and Luke draw closer to the criminals, they discover a chain of deception so intricate they don't know who to trust. Susannah and Luke find comfort in one another's arms, but the killers are ruthless and determined, and will take extreme measures to insure their anonymity and keep their business intact.

©2008 Karen Rose Hafer (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Best-seller Rose concludes her thriller trilogy that began with Scream for Me and Die for Me with a bang....Rose juggles a large cast, a huge body count and a complex plot with terrifying ease. The sweet romance between Luke and Susannah provides welcome relief from the many scenes of brutality." ( Publishers Weekly)

GREAT BOOK!!!!

The story catches you right from the start. Hard to put down because there are so many twists that you just don't see coming. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend this book. I can't say enough about this book.

I couldn't be happier about a story

such a good story. I love the characters and how Karen rose weaves their stories and pasts together so you completely understand their motives. The l
story of the the two main characters was so touching I found myself crying at times, laughing at others. I THROUGHLY enjoyed this book.

Truly awful narration!

I couldn't listen to another thing narrated by Tavia Gilbert but, good news, she's not narrating the next one.

No, Just Kill Me Instead

I only finished this book because I purchased it in a 3 books for 2 credits promotion, and since this was the third book I chose, I wanted my $ worth, and well.... I hate to be a quitter.
We all know, you often get what you pay for.
As others have mentioned, this reader is beyond horrible, her male voices are so funny sounding that it is difficult to focus on the poorly developed story line.
The "sexy, strong, romantic" leading man sounds just like Granny Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies. This is something I just could not get used to.
In addition, this storyline was weak like the characters, which were far too many in number to bother tracking.
This book was beyond horrible! Wait.... can I give it a 0 star rating instead?

Kill fo Me

I read the first two books in this series and wished that I had read this one instead of listening to it. There were too many characters to keep up with on tape,especially since the reader did such a poor job with the voices. Her Southern dialect was horrible.

The Voice Killed It

Albeit a character heavy storyline that relied HEAVILY on the previous book in the series, I give the story 3.5 stars. What really destroyed this story for me was the awful narration. The female voices were interpreted wonderfully, but the male voices were atrocious. I'm a native southerner and I cannot understand why the male roles were so high pitched, tinny, poorly accented, and whinny. What possesed the narrator? How could she have listened to this and thought "job well done". I'll never purchase a book read by this narrator again.

Narrator made a bad book even worse.

I seriously struggled to finish this series. It was so convoluted and narrator was terrible!

Worst of Karen Rose… skip this series

The narrator definitely made these books worse than they already were. I’m surprised just how bad Tavia Gilbert’s performance (especially of Luke) could be. The story was all over the place for all 3 books. Messy. Not compelling. Over the top. She is an infinitely better writer now than when she wrote these. If you’re a fan, either read these with your eyes or skip. If you’ve never read KR, don’t start here. You’ll never read another book by her if you do. Start with the Sacramento series. Those books are flawless.

Narration is lacking...

The story itself is entertaining, though sometimes predictible. I found myself struggling to get involved with the characters because of the narration. I couldn't tell the male charactors apart - and they sounded like little old ladies with a poor southern accent. Why the narrator didn't make an attempt to add some baritone to the effort is puzzling. It took effort to finish the book, but I needed to know the end.