Review of Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

I loved the twist, double-twist of my first Cavanagh mystery, and the story's revenge and renegade justice are layered with unexpected circumstances. I was hooked.

In Steve Cavanagh's twisty mystery Kill for Me, Kill for You, two strangers, women bearing the brunt of two different violent tragedies--and struggling with a lack of justice for those responsible--make a Strangers on a Train-type of deal: If you kill the man responsible for my loss, I'll kill the one responsible for yours.

Because the women aren't linked outside of an anonymous grief support group, and because their friendship is unknown to anyone but themselves, they should be safe from detection. But the situation is far more complicated than it seems.

Ruth, a young married woman living elsewhere in the city, is brutally attacked in her own home--and the intruder, who has piercing blue eyes but remains unidentified, is on the loose as Ruth reels from disastrous repercussions and mental illness.

The ruthless trajectories toward revenge are simultaneously disturbing and satisfying, but the circumstances around the efforts to bring the guilty to justice are layered and shocking in their reveals.

The intersection of the novel's victims who are bent on justice is unexpected and fascinating. Characters aren't who they seem, and there's a twist, double twist aspect that I loved.

This is the first mystery I've read by Steve Cavanagh. I don't love the title--although it does indicate the dynamic--but I was hooked on the story.

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