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November 8, 2025
This here ebook Dead By Monday by C.R. Foster about made my head spin. I'm not lying. That girl Kathryn Benton came home one day and found out her folks got killed, and right then you know this story isn't going to end pretty. She went and looked at the porch camera videos and found out who did it, and she isn't going to sit around and cry about it. She goes after them boys herself and lays them out right quick. She got so mad she forgot all about staying out of trouble, and now she is looking at the death chair or something close to it.
Then here comes this slick politician. He saw her in jail and figured he can use her for his own mess. He talks her into killing a man, saying it will get her free, but turns out that man isn't guilty of anything. She gets caught up in this mess of lies and she doesn't have anyone to help her. They all are after her like she is some big time outlaw.
She finds out they are planning to kill her too before she can tell what really happened, so she breaks out and has got four days to fix it all. She is running, and hiding, fighting, and those hired guns trying to chase her down. I swear every chapter got something crazy happening, like one of them action movies they show late at night.
This book isn't no slow read. It goes pretty fast, and it keeps you guessing who you can trust, because every one of them has got something shady going on. Kathryn is tough as nails though. She isn't no crybaby, she just does what she's got to do to live.
I give it 4 outta 5 Catfish!
Then here comes this slick politician. He saw her in jail and figured he can use her for his own mess. He talks her into killing a man, saying it will get her free, but turns out that man isn't guilty of anything. She gets caught up in this mess of lies and she doesn't have anyone to help her. They all are after her like she is some big time outlaw.
She finds out they are planning to kill her too before she can tell what really happened, so she breaks out and has got four days to fix it all. She is running, and hiding, fighting, and those hired guns trying to chase her down. I swear every chapter got something crazy happening, like one of them action movies they show late at night.
This book isn't no slow read. It goes pretty fast, and it keeps you guessing who you can trust, because every one of them has got something shady going on. Kathryn is tough as nails though. She isn't no crybaby, she just does what she's got to do to live.
I give it 4 outta 5 Catfish!
January 8, 2026
Dead by Monday is a fast-paced crime thriller that pulls the reader in from the first chapter. Kate Benton is a college student about to graduate when her life changes in one night. She returns home to find her house on fire and her parents dead inside. A home surveillance video shows two junkies breaking in, stealing something, and setting the house ablaze.
Driven by shock and rage, Kate tracks them down and kills them. She becomes a fugitive and lands in jail, facing murder charges. Just when all hope seems lost, she is approached by someone claiming to be from the CIA. They offer her freedom in exchange for a public assassination. Trapped and desperate, she agrees.
What follows is a tense story of escape, deception, and survival. Kate is hunted by both the FBI and the CIA. She relies on luck, sharp thinking, and courage to stay alive. The reader feels deep sympathy for her, as she is pulled into violence through no fault of her own.
The book ends with a new danger ahead, setting the stage for more stories to come. It is gripping, emotional, and hard to put down. The book reminded me of Linda Richards' “Ending” series - Exit Strategy, Dead West, Insensible Loss - where the protagonist, Katherine Radsgill, is an on-hire assassin. This may look like a prequel to that series. I'm sure there will be a few more books to follow, and I surely hope Katie doesn't end up as an assassin, available for hire.
Thank you, NetGalley, for sharing an advanced reader copy of the book for review.
Driven by shock and rage, Kate tracks them down and kills them. She becomes a fugitive and lands in jail, facing murder charges. Just when all hope seems lost, she is approached by someone claiming to be from the CIA. They offer her freedom in exchange for a public assassination. Trapped and desperate, she agrees.
What follows is a tense story of escape, deception, and survival. Kate is hunted by both the FBI and the CIA. She relies on luck, sharp thinking, and courage to stay alive. The reader feels deep sympathy for her, as she is pulled into violence through no fault of her own.
The book ends with a new danger ahead, setting the stage for more stories to come. It is gripping, emotional, and hard to put down. The book reminded me of Linda Richards' “Ending” series - Exit Strategy, Dead West, Insensible Loss - where the protagonist, Katherine Radsgill, is an on-hire assassin. This may look like a prequel to that series. I'm sure there will be a few more books to follow, and I surely hope Katie doesn't end up as an assassin, available for hire.
Thank you, NetGalley, for sharing an advanced reader copy of the book for review.
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