Killing Kate

By: Alex Lake

Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow

Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's Summary

From the author of ebook number one best seller and Sunday Times top 10 best seller After Anna.

A serial killer is stalking your hometown. He has a type: all his victims look the same. And they all look like you.

Kate returns from a post-break-up holiday with her girlfriends to news of a serial killer in her hometown - and his victims all look like her.

It could, of course, be a simple coincidence. Or maybe not. She becomes convinced she is being watched, followed even. Is she next? And could her mild-mannered ex-boyfriend really be a deranged murderer? Or is the truth something far more sinister?

©2016 Alex Lake (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

Praise for Alex Lake:
"A novel that gripped me from the opening paragraph.... It certainly had me wanting more.... An excellent novel." (TheWelshLibrarian.co.uk)
"A story that will grab your attention from the start.... It will certainly appeal to any fans of psychological thrillers." (ByTheLetterBookReviews.co.uk)

Decent suspense thriller makes the mark

Killing Kate is about a 28 year old lawyer who has just broken up with her boyfriend. The boyfriend is taking pretty hard, but Kate is ready to move on. She meets a man who has the ability to draw her in, and things seem good until a recent string of grisly murders in her own backyard threatens girls her age- who look a lot like Kate. In a race against time, Kate needs to protect herself from danger and doesn't know who she can trust anymore.
This book started out a little trite but gradually hooked me. The storyline became more sophisticated and the characters well drawn out. Kate does not come off as too naive or trusting- you can identify with her situation and see that she makes educated decisions that sometimes just bring her closer to danger. I enjoyed seeing the close friendships between Kate and her long-standing group of friends who have her back. The suspense started to build pretty quick until I was holding my breath at the end to see whether the killer would be caught in time to save Kate! The narration was great and overall, while this book may not be a heavy-hitter, it was well written and enjoyable, and I would recommend it as an easy-to-read page turner!

DISAPPOINTED

It was indeed a struggle to finish. What was probably a strong story outline was lost in character development. Middle school naivete (1950s style) and heroic fantasy broke my interest down completely. I'll avoid this author in fture.

ugh I want my money back an

Stupid air headed protagonist meets the narrator from hell. save your money and your time spend them both on something else

HORRIBLE

This book was unreadable!!! UGH can have my time back. No twists No turns just a bad storyline that was laughable.

Loved it. My kind of book with twists and turns!

I think I’ve found a new favorite author. This is one I didn’t want to turn off

Waaaay too long but good story!

This author drags his novels out way too long. He spends hours and hours boring us to death until finally the story gets good. The thing is that then it’s really good so if you’re willing to wait five or six hours you’ll probably enjoy this book.

Mixed review here

I loved this book until the killer's identity was revealed, with about 2 hours of listening time left. I found the storyline extremely tense, fast-paced, and suspenseful, with nuanced characters. I wish the book had ended there. I suppose that what remained was meant to evolve into a dramatic climax. Unfortunately, I found it formulaic and almost silly. Overall rating: 3.5 stars rounded up.

Good read, little slow and missing parts

The book was narrated beautifully. The book was overall great however I feel as though there were a few missing links at the end. I don’t know if I’m the only one that got the vibe that Beth and Kate were secretly in love and that’s why they both had difficulty with men in general, monsters or flat out boring slash stalker but lovable men. Also the parents of the monster could have been explored more. Maybe hopes for a sequel ?? I hope so. The parts of tension were good but dragged on a bit. All in all I enjoyed and I still love this author.

A must read...

Starts out slow, but then grabs you to the end. I highly recommend this book and the audio too!

THOMAS in FL. Gives this 5 feathers 👍❤️

A tremendous read, incredible mystery/thriller, always kept me on the edge, guessing. And to narrator Genevieve swallow, your Voice is so addictive, I could never stopped listening to you.🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧

So, so predictable

I stuck with this til the end despite having guessed the twist about an hour in. there's a way of introducing themes and characters related to a twist subtly and there there's this! absolutely no need to think about what's going on because all the elements of the twist are introduced so crudely. A lot of the dialogue is cringey (GI Joe and Harry Potter?!) I wouldn't bother with this one, so much better stuff on audible.

Painfully obvious but narrated well

If you like any aspect of a who done it then don't listen to this. The dialogue, characters and narration were good however there is only one suspect and the main character frustratingly misses the obvious for about 8 hours of this production. I would have given the narrator 5 stars (and would listen to her again) however she must have read the book and still agreed to continue with the project. This is the only audio book I've ever struggled to finish and not bothered to rewind when I fell asleep. I should have given up when the killer was revealed (I groaned aloud when I realised there was still 3.5 hours left). I gave 2 stars not 1 as I enjoyed the first couple of hours when there was still some potential. This could have been a good story and I could have tolerated the long winded ending if there was some element of surprise.

Thanks to the Audible pay monthly scheme I can get my credit back.

brilliant book

loved it and thought it was narrated brilliantly being the first book listening too.
excellent

Absolutely brilliant!

Very clever book with unexpected twists. Definitely would recommend to all enjoying this genre, brilliant!

Way Too Obvious

Any additional comments?

This was probably one of the worst stories I have ever read/listened to regarding the plot and who the killer was - it was painfully obvious, almost from the start. In fact I was praying I was actually wrong and that it was a genius story line, with incredible twists, and that what I thought was happening was just one huge red herring.

Without giving anything away, no guess work was required and on introduction to each character, could practically work out the entire story - by half way through I had completely nailed it and tied up any loose ends. Getting to the 'reveal' (there really was no point) I was amazed to see 3 or 4 hours left? I have never skipped chapters before but did so until the long drawn out end.

Nothing surprising in this story at all. I was also sick and tired of hearing 'Kate said' whenever there was dialogue - just listen and see .... super annoying and nothing the narrator could change (sadly). Hugely disappointed to see so many 'brilliant' reviews but at least I can give this book back!

great book shame about the way its read

the reader slows things down to sound like baby talk and makes the characters sound really annoying

Not working.

It may well be a good book but it does not work on my kindle. I am reading the book as well as listening, even though I have paid for this audio, after chapter two, it says do you want to add narration. Very frustrated I even tried to listen to just the audio book, but it still stops at chapter two.