This was not the story I was expecting. The synopsis made me think this was a completely different story.
This is a low end 3 star.
While I was intrigued throughout to see where this story would go. I was also a little lost and confused at times.
The story seemed to bounce around at times.

Federico Axat is an author that I found on NetGalley. There is a twist in every novel and it's always shocking. I can't wait to read every single one of his books,

Ted has terminal cancer. If he kills two people, one of them a criminal and the second also dying of a brain tumour, Ted will be killed. Interesting premise, well-written and i thoroughly enjoyed it!

This book's synopsis was way better than the book. I don't know if it was the translation but I didn't get very far in this book. i decided to pass on this one. Thank you for the opportunity to read this one.

Sorry I was not able to read you book but it went to archive before I could get to it. Sorry once again.

When there's nothing to live for, what have you got to lose? Ted has nothing to lose and everything to gain by the plans the stranger at the door has for him, and would put his family at ease better than him killing himself due to his terminal illness. A gripping thriller from start to finish.

Clever idea, a bit too reminiscent of Breaking Bad, perhaps, and manages somehow to muddle the suspense, to be unnecessarily repetitive, and to spoil what could have been better structured.

Ted was the main character, he has a brain tumour and decides he has to kill himself. A man comes to his door and says if he kills two people, a bad person and a man who also wants to die, he will become a target himself as its better for his family.

This was an intriguing plot. I found the idea mind boggling. it played with my mind. One minute I thought yeah I understand what's happening and the next I'm thrown a curveball and I'm confused again. I thought I had sussed out who was who but I couldn't of been more wrong. I did spend a lot of the book confused but in this case it wasn't a bad thing.

When I was reading this I kept talking to my fiancé about it and he isn't a reader and even he was intrigued. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.

Thanks goes to net galley and the publishers for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Hi there, I didn't end up completing this read. Thank you for the chance to read it.

Ted McKay had it all, a beautiful wife, two lovely daughters and a high paid job. He has just been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.

A stranger makes him a proposition. Kill two deserving people before you die. The first target will be a criminal, the second will also have terminal cancer. After Ted has killed his two targets, Ted will then become the next persons target.

I loved this book. With its well written and thought out plot that has a different style to most. This is another storyline I got hooked into very quickly.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Text Publishing and the author Federico Axat for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a rather strange book, it starts off very simple and then we learn that maybe all is not as it first seems. We start with Ted. He is on the verge of killing himself when he is interrupted by the door. The man standing on his threshold offers him a deal. As he is already set to kill himself, why not also kill someone who deserves it and then kill someone who also wants to die. Then, his death will be added to the chain and he will be killed instead of committing suicide which would be better off for his family! Hmmm. Kinda like a suicide ponzi scheme...
So, off he goes on his mission and, this is where it all gets very strange. Ted's grasp on reality starts to crumble, fragment even. Or, if you look at it another way, things start to clear but in a muddy sort of way. And it was at this point that I started just reading the words, I found it pointless trying to make sense as I was going and had to put my trust in the author that he would make it all right in the end. And he does, mostly... there are a few things left open to reader interpretation and that's perfectly OK for this kind of book. As with real life, things are never all wrapped up neatly in a silver bow. Anyway, reading a book is a partnership between author and reader. The author writes the words but the reader interprets then in their own way. Hopefully that makes sense.
I can't really say much about the characters here due to their nature. But, within the narrative, I found them to be well drawn and believable (to a point). The plot was weird but followable and on the whole credible and the pacing was good throughout.
The way that this book cycles around itself, changing direction on a knife edge will probably lead it to being a bit of a marmite book. Me, I loved it but then I am interested in the subject matter and found the explanations given relatively easy to understand and accept. But I can understand that maybe others will not feel similar. If you like your psychological thrillers heavy on the psychological side, you may well be with me!

My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Kill the Next One is an intriguing, mind-bending story. Getting into the main character's head is like experiencing a fever induced nightmare. Part of the time, you think you're dreaming and part of the time, everything appears to be real. This book is filled with intentional contradictions and impossibilities, twists and turns which keep the reader guessing right to the end. This book is a little reminiscent of Denis Lehane's Shutter Island with a touch of Groundhog Day. Thanks to Text Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC.

Kill The Next One is a psychological thriller where nothing is as it seems. Ted McKay has a brain tumour. He finds himself with a gun to his temple and is about to pull the trigger when the doorbell rings and a stranger makes him a proposition.

I spent most of this book wondering what was reality and what was fantasy but this book is really well written and it all leads to a good ending.

I enjoyed this book and would happily give it four stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Mulholland Books and the author for the chance to review.

This story took me on a whirlwind roller coaster. Normally the "bouncing" feeling in a story drives me crazy, but I found the layout of the storyline to progress perfectly and loved the psychological plot twists. The final paragraph, however, has left me wondering... what does it mean? Was it put as a lead-in to a secondary story? I reviewed this story thanks to NetGalley!