Kill it With Fire – Adam Maxwell
They say revenge is a dish best served cold but some like it hot.
Double-crossed and with her reputation as a master criminal compromised,
Violet Winters means to fight fire with fire.
She doesn’t play by other people’s rules, or any rules so hell’s fury is about to rain down.
Furious, fearless and fighting mad she is ready to risk her life to save her name.
Time for a quickie? Of course you do – especially when I want to tell you about the fabulous Kill it With Fire.
Earlier this year I raved wildly about a brilliant heist story I had enjoyed. It was called The Dali Deception and was written by Adam Maxwell. If you click the link on the book title you can see my 5* review. I took to Twitter and proclaimed my love for the brilliant story telling and urged Mr Maxwell not to keep us waiting too long for another adventure for Violet Winter and her motley crew. Happy Days, he answered our pleas and Kill it With Fire is here.
I mentioned this was a quickie – Kill it With Fire is a novella which comes in at around 130 pages. A nice bite size read with loads of fun, action, scrapes and twists crammed into an entertaining evening’s reading.
It’s tricky to do a review of Kill it With Fire (as it was with The Dali Deception) as the enjoyment of the stories comes from not knowing what Violet and her gang have planned. They have a target or, in KIWF’s case, a mission to accomplish. It is hard to see how the different members of Violet’s team all can contribute to the chaos she has planned but with flawless planning and terrible execution this story takes us on a trip into destruction.
How vague was that? Sorry, but I don’t want to spoil too much as I really want you to read the book. All the fun comes from not knowing what is about to happen next or how a seemingly impossible feat can be conned to work to Violet’s advantage.
Adam Maxwell will give you just a glimpse as to what Violet has planned but the best laid plans seem to come unstuck. Can Violet think on her feet fast enough to save her life? Lets hope so as I want more books in this series!
The Dali Deception and Kill it With Fire are “Kilchester” books – they rank highly among the best stories I have read this year. Clever, funny, exciting and brilliantly readable. A crime novel where the bad guys are our good guys and there are badder bad guys to boo. Perfect.
Kill it With Fire is available in digital format and you can order a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KKP33WM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1542320298&sr=1-1