Book Review: Ladykiller by Katherine Wood

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I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

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When I go into reading a thriller, there are always a few aspects of a story that I am kind of expecting. One of those things is that when the “AHA” moment(s) happens at the end, there is some form of realization as to why the person who did certain things, did them in the first place. In this book, I felt a little out of sorts with how much misdirection was in the story and then also with the ending.

Firstly, I was sucked right into the story. It’s filled with intrigue, mystery, danger and a whole lot of “what in the world is happening” moments. I especially was interested in Gia’s manuscript perspective which was a past tense retelling of her own events leading up to her disappearance. But once the dual timelines came together and the truths were spilling out the sides, I felt slightly left wanting and filled with a whole lot of questions.

There are times when I want to be left with open ended conclusions in the story, much like this one was, but this book left me with a feeling of not really being sure of what actually did happen and what was fabricated. Maybe that’s a good thing because I spent many hours after I finished it, going back through all the pieces in my head trying to better understand what actually did happen.

Which is why I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars; it left me with a psychological imprint and was continuously running through my head. Even though I was disappointed not to have all the pieces laid out for me with a full conclusion of “this person did that” and here is your moment of truth, the story certainly stuck with me. It’s a well written thriller filled with most of the pieces I want in a good book, but I was left without a clear cut finality.

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Everyone has a story. But not everyone’s story is true.

When a young woman vanishes from her remote Greek island estate, her best friend races to find her, using clues found in the explosive manuscript she left behind.

“Full of sun, sex, money, and greed, not since Gone Girl have unreliable narrators been this fun.”—Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

Gia and Abby have been friends since childhood, forever bonded by the tragedy that unfolded in Greece when they were eighteen. Now thirty, heiress Gia is back in Greece with her shiny new husband, entertaining glamorous guests with champagne under the hot Mediterranean sun, while bookish Abby is working fourteen-hour days as an attorney. When Gia invites Abby on an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden to celebrate her birthday, Abby’s thrilled to reconnect.

But on the day of her flight, Abby receives an ominous email that threatens to unearth the skeletons of her past, and when she and Gia’s brother, Benny, arrive in Sweden, Gia isn’t there. Worried, Abby and Benny fly to Greece, where they find Gia’s beachfront estate eerily deserted, the sole clue to her whereabouts the manuscript she penned, detailing the events leading up to her disappearance. Gia’s narrative reveals the dark truth about her provocative new marriage and the dirty secrets of their seductive guests, a story almost too scandalous to be believed. But the pages end abruptly, leaving more questions than answers.

How much of Gia’s story is true? Where is she now? And will Abby find her before it’s too late?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Katherine Wood

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QUICK FACTS:

Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi

University: University of Southern California

Current city: Atlanta, Georgia

Lived the longest in: Los Angeles, CA

Favorite city: Barcelona, Spain

Favorite food: dark chocolate

Favorite drink: Aperol spritz

Favorite holiday: Halloween

Loves: yoga, hiking, travel, words, house music, sunshine, red lipstick, modern art, fireworks, laughter

Family: husband, two daughters, a naughty pug, a ferocious kitty

Previous jobs: actress, screenwriter, director, producer, photographer, singer-songwriter, legal assistant, real estate agent, yoga instructor, bartender, travel coordinator

Previous pen name: Katherine St. John 

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