I Am Here To Kill You is a very well-crafted and compelling psychological thriller that I polished off in a few days. My great enjoyment of this book was probably enhanced by a measure of ignorance on my part. I will explain.

Every so often Whispering Stories send me a list of titles and I suggest which books I would like to read. They download a batch to my Kindle and it may be a few weeks before I read them. When I get to a particular book I tend to just read it and only afterwards will I check the details.

Consequently, I read I Am Here To Kill You with an open mind and with no idea of what was to come. I also failed to recognise Chris Westlake’s name for which I must apologise, having given 30 Days in June a four star review just twelve months ago. Indeed, I even wondered if Chris was female, so empathic was the writing from the viewpoint of the female characters.

The book is written in the first person from the viewpoint of several varied characters so I had the feeling that I knew them all well. (Actually, at the denouement I realised that I didn’t know all of them but that’s another story). As the narrators change neatly with each chapter, there were only a couple of occasions when I had to check back to see who was talking.

Westlake ensures that the action keeps moving. The prologue gives a hint of what is to come but otherwise the story builds around fairly mundane small town life but the strength of the characters and their relationships locks you in and builds the intrigue.

As the story climaxes the plot becomes darker, at which point the author brings in all manner of twists and turns that will explain and surprise you at the same time.

I Am Here To Kill You provided me with excellent entertainment. It deserves nothing less than five stars.