This was certainly a unique story. It was presented from several perspectives that made it read almost like a whole bunch of individual stories. The aspect that was most unusual was that there wasn’t a single perspective where the character was a ‘good’ person. It took me a minute to sink into the tale, as I usually like to make a character connection, but these were some despicable souls. Eventually I became invested in figuring out who the imposter (the antihero/vigilante) was. I really appreciated that at the end there were extra cues given and another chance to guess before the imposter was exposed in the epilogue.

If you are looking for a crime thriller with a different voice and style, this is a great read that will keep you guessing  - 5 Star Review Amazon

This one was interesting.

A book with distinct chapters written by the dead with one not what they seem. I am not really sure why I enjoyed it so much as I normally like to guess the plot and the ending but I had no chance with this one.

Maybe that's why I liked it, the uniqueness of the story and writing was amazing. - 4 star review Amazon

Writing this review isn’t going to be easy—this is such an unusual book! As the description says, it’s written from the first person POV of thirteen victims of a secretive killer and thief who is out to dismantle an Australian criminal empire operated by a young genius named Julian Lime. Each victim’s story starts with chapter one, as if they are all separate books, but taken together they tell the complete story.

The author does an amazing job of creating characters with an incredible number of layers—not one of them is cardboard. They are all despicable people who steal, hurt, and kill for a living, and several even have sick perversions, but at the same time, they all have—well, most of them—their good points as well. They are among the worst examples of humanity, but they ARE human.

I lost track of the body count, since besides the assassin’s kills, there is also a gang war going on between Julian Lime’s organization and another criminal gang, so plenty of action. And trying to figure out WHO the assassin is—well, good luck with that! I made an educated guess, but I was only partially right. Everything else was a major surprise!

Can you tell I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book? One final thing—it could stand a copyedit. That usually kills my enjoyment of a book, but it didn’t put a dent in it with this one, and in spite of the errors, I have to give it a 4.5, rounded up, of course, to a 5. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery thriller - 5 Star Review on Amazon

What an interesting novel! It has 13 sections (plus the epilogue). Each section has between 2 and 8 chapters and is "written" by one of the characters. They talk to you (the reader) directly and tell you their story. Most of the characters are telling the story of how they died. It took a little while to get used to this style of writing. It was almost like a confessional type of thing but once I got the hang of it, it was thoroughly enjoyable.

All of the characters are involved (in one way or another) in a huge criminal organization run by a man named Julian Lime. The story takes place over the period of a few days. Maybe a week...I didn't keep track that closely. It involves some sort of masked vigilante sabotaging Julian's organization. Each character's section advances the story as they tell the next events through their point of view.

The characters are incredibly well developed and interesting. Most of the them are "bad guys" who have done very bad things. Not caricatures of "bad guys" like many stories portray but real people with real and logical motivations for the things they do. It's a pet peeve of mine when bad guys in stories are just bad for the joy of being bad. That's not real. People are the way they are for a reason. They weren't born that way. So I enjoyed seeing a mixture of relatable/normal behavior and likes/dislikes mixed in with the less relatable "bad guy" stuff.

Now, there were some pretty awful things that happen in this book, especially early on. Things that had me squirming but most of those parts were over quickly and were decently vague. Be prepared to stomach some atrocities though. They are necessary to make you glad that this sucker is going to die!

Speaking of death, there is a lot of it in this book. It played out like a great mob movie. Full of action and mystery. I was trying to guess who the saboteur was the whole time and had some ideas but was surprised when the answer was revealed in the end. All in all a great read! - 5 Star Amazon Review

This book presents a very unique writing style and story line. Every chapter is a different criminal telling his/her story. None of the characters are truly likable, but this is one of those books that is hard to stop reading because it’s so different, and very well written with a clever ending. - 5 Star Review