I was so excited to read this book when I saw Wendy Heard was the author & I was not disappointed!
I read Wendy Heard's book Hunting Annabelle via NetGalley about a year ago and it was so deliciously twisted and suspenseful, I was eager to read more of her work. The Kill Club is even more twisty and suspenseful than Hunting Annabelle. Heard created an intricate underground vigilante murder web and it was intriguing and scary. The stand-out feature of The Kill Club are the multiple narrators - the primary narrator is Jazz, who is cast prominently in a way that the reader can deeply care about and relate to her. Woven in with Jazz's story are various narrators who are victims or perpetrators of the Kill Club which really intensifies the suspense and excitement of the tangled vigilante system.

The Kill Club kills it! Wendy Heard sure knows how to craft a story. I was hooked on Jazz and Joaquin's story right from their first setup. Sophia is a fabulous character: Very sympathetic and relateable. She's the perfect example of that completely put together person whose life is pure hell behind closed doors. I was drawn into this plot in that delicious way that all readers hope to be drawn in to a great book. A kill club that has the hitters knock off each other's biggest headaches? It's like Strangers on a Train. I love it!

Jazz is definitely one of my favorite characters I've come across in a while. A smart-mouthed, independent spirit who's paying for her sins day after day, struggling to do better, be better, achieve better, Jazz is everywoman. She takes no shit, but she also lives and breathes for those she cares about. Sometimes her lines are a little cheesy, like when she says "first rule of murder club, you don't talk about murder club" not once but three times. It doesn't seem to fit with her character. But I love her all the same.

I love the Carol/Joaquin storyline. As someone who really disagrees with "praying on" a serious illness in lieu of seeking legitimate treatment, I latched on to this storyline right away and understood Jazz's motivations.

And the murder mystery? The "kill club"? Yes. Just yes.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review

The author’s note describes this book as a love letter to working class Los Angeles and I can’t think of a better way to describe it. The characters are so warm and real you can’t help that root for them even when they are making obviously bad decisions. I was sad for the book to end but I was satisfied with the way it ended. A roller coaster of a thriller. I can’t wait to see what this author does next

I flew through reading this intense thriller focused on finding out what was ultimately going to happen to Jazz and her friend Sophia and their brother and daughter, respectively. The main character Jazz, is a very layered character-she seemed much more alive to me then anyone of the others. Unfortunately, behind all the action(I mean this book is action-packed), I did not feel the resolution of the plot was justified. The premise of the story is fantastic. Who would not want your mortal enemy, a scum bag, your abuser, the serial rapist, vaporized by some anonymous person? The problem is once you agree to belong to the "murder club" you are expected to do your part and kill someone's nemesis and if you fail-woe to you. The villain twist is not explored as much as it could have been. I don't quite understand the villain's motivation and that caused me to drop my rating. I still would recommend but for me, this book was not as good as Wendy Heard's first one.

Thank you to Net Galley and publisher for a chance to read and review.

Exciting and fast-paced, this suspenseful read will have all engaged!

Jazz and Joaquin are at the heart of this story. Both living in LA's poverty-stricken area, they are happy to be together when they can. Carol, however, was Jazz's foster mother (Jazz is now 28) and Joaquin's (now 13) adoptive mother. Joaquin also has Type 1 diabetes and is insulin-dependent. And a heck of a person that Carol is - especially with the insulin.

After a music concert in which she played the drums, Jazz gets into a scuffle with a guy and acquires his flip-phone. This phone becomes both a lifeline and a detriment to Jazz's well-being.

An edge of your seat thriller in which NO ONE can be trusted. A plot so different that this story cannot miss the top ten!

Many Thanks to Harlequin - MIRA and NetGalley for a really great read!!!

“Pay it forward” takes on a new meaning as characters take the law into their own hands when they feel they’ve been let down by those in power.. A great idea, but the story seemed to slow down after a promising start.

I finished this book last night, and I raced to the end to see what happened. I was shocked at the ending, which is always a tell of a fantastic book. This one is a five star book and if you like suspense novels, I suggest you seek this book out.

Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fail to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time.

Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her—people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers,” each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another. They’re taking back their power and leaving a trail of bodies throughout Los Angeles—dubbed the Blackbird Killings. If Jazz joins them, they’ll take care of Carol for good.

All she has to do is kill a stranger.

The book was good. It just seemed the ending didn't jump out. It could have been more. I didn't connect with Jazz.
Thank you, NetGalley for the advance copy for review.

I was so excited to be approved for this title after I'd read Hunting Annabelle and loving it. If you've seen a picture of Wendy Heard she just looks like this incredibly beautiful woman, and then when you read her books you wonder, "where did that crazy imagination come from?" Not that beautiful people can't have imagination, but her serial killers are so delightfully wicked and intense! This novel follows Jazz and her attempts to free her brother from adoptive mother, Carol who refuses to give him his insulin, believing instead that God will cure him. But soon Jazz is drawn into what she labels "The Murder Club" and that's all the detail I'll give as you need to go into this one blind! I will say it has shades of Hitchcock so maybe Heard is the new Mistress of Suspense...it was THAT good! So buckle up my friends as you are in for a wild ride; I literally got nothing done today as I was tied to my chair and determined to finish this in one sitting. Can't wait for the next one!

3.5/5 ... While I enjoyed this novel, when I finished it, I felt like something was missing. I've thought about it for a few days now and can't quite put my finger on what was missing ... I liked the premise of the book. I think it had the potential to be a really awesome thriller but that "wow" factor was missing for me. It was almost a let down at the end. As a new writer, I'm not giving up on Wendy Heard. I've read both books now and am interested to see what she comes up with next.

Thank you #netgalley and #HARLEQUIN - MIRA (U.S. and Canada) for the eARC.

A fast-paced, creep thriller that will have you rooting for each character, even though they have all hired assassins to exterminate their enemies.

Jazz had been a victim of the foster care problem early in her life, but now she’s a more or less responsible adult. She’s worried about Joaquin though, a young boy now living with Jazz’s former foster mother, Carol. Carol was always unbalanced, but things have gotten worse. When the system fails to help Joaquin, Jazz gets an anonymous phone call that offers to help Joaquin, all Jazz has to do is kill another child abuser. With state child protective services understaffed throughout the US, this story hi lights some very real problems