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2000s: A choice to be made – do you kill or die?
Kill Or Die
What you need to know before your trail
A vicious burglary goes horribly wrong when an elderly victim is killed and one of the burglars is injured.
In the detached house next door, Julia is preparing to leave her husband. He has let her down for the last time and her bags are packed. Taking their eight-year-old daughter, Lucy, from her bed they set off in the fog.
But on this cold, dark night, fate steps in and these strangers collide.
When Vincent and Nash abduct the mother and daughter, and take them to a derelict house, the situation takes a grave turn.
Travel Guide
Warwickshire
The Warwickshire village where this is set – Old Church – is fictional (thank goodness)
“The fog came down before midnight. Like A clammy grey blanket, it silently descended over the Warwickshire Village of Old Church smothering the elegant black and white timber-framed houses lining Sucamore Drive. And with the fog, came an oppressive dankness and a freezing damp.”
Kill or Die is a dark story at times. None of the violence is described in any particularly graphic way, and given the nature of what occurs, I am actually grateful for that. However, the reader is never left in any doubt as to what has happened. With a burglary in which the violence takes a very brutal and catastrophic turn, and the resultant abduction, it is clear that this is never going to be a cosy mystery waiting to be solved. The bad guys, Vincent and Nash, are brutal, although despite outward appearances, it is Vincent who has the coldest and hardest heart. The mental and physical torture he subjects Julia to would easily be stomach churning had it been fully described as opposed to being left with the sense of Julia’s pain and fear after ward. By avoiding creating a role of voyeur for the reader, the author makes this a much more palatable journey to go on.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Kill Or Die
Author/Guide: Ann Evans Destination: Warwickshire Departure Time: 2000s
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