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Kill Me [Abridged] [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Stephen White (Author), Dick Hill (Reader)

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Audio Cassette
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Paperback Audiobooks (Feb 28 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593555725
ISBN-13: 978-1593555726

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Bestseller White (Missing Persons) takes an endlessly debatable question—at what point would a decline in your quality of life cause you to want to end your life?—and leverages it into a clever, absorbing thriller. The anonymous narrator is in his prime, a happily married father of a young girl given to high-risk sports. An assortment of grim fates and a near-escape of his own make him consider the question. A shadowy group called Death Angel Inc. contracts to guarantee that if the life of the "insured" should reach a certain agreed-upon level, they will terminate that life. Fascinated and impressed by the Death Angels' knowledge and reach, he eventually negotiates terms with them. This Faustian bargain doesn't take long to reveal its dark side, and White pays almost equal attention to the philosophical and the physical as his hero has to both approach the conditions that would trigger his contract's death clause yet remain healthy enough to fight back. Some finely scripted action scenes build to a telegraphed ending that weakens the book only slightly. (Mar.)
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It takes an unconventional performer to do justice to this atypical mystery. Dick Hill fits the bill perfectly. After seeing a friend in a coma and watching his brother die of ALS, a millionaire pays big bucks for "death insurance." A mysterious company guarantees to kill the insured quickly and mercifully should he or she contract a disease that will cause suffering. Almost simultaneously, the millionaire learns he has an aneurysm that will soon likely leave him a vegetable; he also learns that he has a son he never knew about-- a reason to stay alive. Hill masters the quirky moments of this thriller with just the right amount of irony and dread. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp and witty, Aug 24 2008

By	5th Sparrow (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kill Me (Paperback)

Kill Me Mr. White found a new way to catch his readers. At first I wasn't sure if I liked this. The usual characters were taking a backseat. But the dialogue was sharp and witty and caught me. I loved the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing Plot, Sep 4 2006

By	Cardinal47 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kill Me (Paperback)

This novel by White is a radical departure in his series involving psychiatrist Alan Gregory. Gregory plays only a minor but important role in this story. The main character is a very wealthy entrepeneur addicted to high risk sports. After he comes close to death in a skiing accident and a friend of his becomes brain-dead after a scuba accident, the narrator opines to a friend that he would not want to live under such conditions. The friend puts him in touch with a shady outfit that the narrator calls the DeathAngels Inc. For a substantial fee they make a pact to kill him should he reach a situation where his quality of life deteriorates below a set of parameters he has established. After a certain trigger point is passed the pact is irrevocable.

The narrator experiences a life-threatening event which puts the pact in play. But he has compelling reasons to postpone the execution. Much of the novel is taken up with his attempt to identify the Death Angels and sever the contract.The ending is poignant.

Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars NARRATOR AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM, Mar 19 2006

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kill Me (Audio CD)

He's back again - the man AudioFile has dubbed a Golden Voice and rightly so because Dick Hill's performances never fail to compel, immediately engaging listeners. Hill has said that when there's a change of scene, such as from day to night, "he makes a subtle shift with his voice to reflect those environmental changes." This narrator is at his best when there's suspense afoot as with "Kill Me."

The question asked in this thought provoking novel by Stephen White is what if you could choose the time you will die? For instance, if you were in extreme pain or permanently disabled and you could determine your time of death, would you do it even if your choice is irrevocable?

The protagonist in Stephen White's novel is in that position. It took a friend's terminal illness and his own brush with the grim reaper for the man to discover those who will kill you upon command - the Death Angels. However, once you have paid for this final service there's no turning back, and positively no addendums to the agreement.

"Kill Me" is the best to date in White's well received Dr. Alan Gregory series. Listen as a man fights to break the unbreakable - a pact with the Death Angels.

- Gail Cooke

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