Kill For Me is the book I finished 2022 with and I couldn’t have picked a classier action thriller with fascinating insights into the human psyche from the point of view of a peculiar and pragmatic assassin who can’t be considered a hero in any form, and that’s where Tom Wood excels.
Victor is hired by a woman embroiled in a tug of war with her sister for control of their father’s cartel. With no end to the war in sight, one sister decides to think outside the box and hire Victor to take out her competition. Can Victor trust the sister to honor their contract?
Kill for Me continues the trend of unique thrillers penned by Tom Wood in an exotic and creative storytelling style with sharp dialogue and witty report that doesn’t just help drive the story forward but also shines a limelight on the dangerous apathetic world of killers without glorifying it. The sophisticated twists and turns elevate the excellence of the reading experience. As for Victor, he continues to be an eloquent assassin with a formidable calm that unnerves his opposition enough to give him the opening to employ his lethal craft.
Speaking of lethality, the action sequences are phenomenal. Victor’s tactical movements are precise without flair. His ability to use any and all situations to his advantage would make all action aficionados salivate. Instead of going for dragged-out conflicts, Victor dispatches his adversaries with dirty and aggressive punches, kicks, grapples, and utilizes a variety of firearms that accentuate the coolness of tactical combat written by someone scarily well-versed in the art of killing.
If there’s one thing that a reader can bet on, it’s that Tom Wood doesn’t go for clichés. His out-of-the-box thought-out stories, such as the one in Kill for Me, break the mold of conventional villains, outdated narratives and stereotypes, which is why they are perfect in cleansing your palate and reminding you while action thrillers are so awesome to begin with. Kill for Me is a beautifully grim and violent thriller that will blow your minds. I wish we would get a cinematic interpretation, but it would be quite difficult to capture the brilliance of Tom Wood’s style unless he were at the helm of the project.
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