29. The Kind Worth Killing
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2
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Author: Peter Swanson
Genre: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
Info: 312 pages, published February 3, 2015
Reading Format: Book
Summary
On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the mysterious Lily Kintner. After a few too many drinks, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. But their game turns dark when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.” The plot twists and turns from there in psychological suspense drama involving sex, deception, and an accidental encounter that leads to murder.
Quotes
“Everyone has a full life, even if it ends soon. All lives are complete experiences.”
“I imagine she acted the way she thought you wanted to see her.”
“I was born with a different kind of morality. The morality of an animal—of a crow or a fox or an owl—and not of a normal human being.”
“any life at all is probably more than any of us deserves.”
“No, the ache in my chest was that I felt alone. That there were no other humans in the world who knew what I knew.”
“Or was she one of those rarities, a human who didn’t need other humans in her life?”
“And to take another life was, in many ways, the greatest expression of what it meant to be alive.”
“The moment of the rose and the moment of that yew tree are of equal duration.”
My Take
The Kind Worth Killing is a modern re-imagining of the classic Strangers on a Train, where two people randomly meet and agree to commit a murder to solve the problem of the other.
I was swept along by a compelling story line sprinkled with twists and turns and could not put this book down. The Kind Worth Killing is a great airplane or vacation read.
