Verdict: Cancel your plans. This book “owns” you.
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Oh wow. Talk about a book you cannot put down. I started this one thinking I’d read a chapter before bed… and suddenly it was 3AM, I was caffeinated by adrenaline, and honestly? No regrets.
Our main character, Nancy North, is a former aspiring chef who poured her heart—and probably her last working brain cell—into opening a restaurant with friends. Then she promptly had a mental breakdown, got “sectioned” (that’s British for being institutionalized, in case you’re not up on your UK vocab), and lost basically everything except her extremely creepy, controlling boyfriend Felix. Because of course she did. Creepy boyfriends are like cockroaches—impossible to get rid of.
So now Felix is dragging Nancy into this sketchy, run-down former single-family home turned murder-y apartment building where everyone seems like they’re one missed therapy session away from unraveling. Seriously, the neighbors? Questionable. The couple next door? Weird vibes. The girl downstairs? Ends up dead. Supposedly a suicide, but Nancy—bless her deeply paranoid, emotionally fragile heart—is convinced it was murder.
And honestly? She’s kind of right. But good luck convincing anyone when your mental health record is longer than your lease.
Enter one detective who finally decides she might not be totally nuts, and we’re off to the races. Hidden clues, minute-by-minute alibis, red herrings flopping all over the place… it becomes this juicy, twisty, old-school whodunnit with enough “Wait, WHAT?!” moments to keep your brain on high alert and your popcorn bowl refilled.
By the time the killer is revealed—whew. Just trust me. You won’t see it coming, and you’ll want to go back and re-read the whole thing just to trace the breadcrumbs. Nicci French doesn’t mess around when it comes to plot or pacing.
Bottom line: The Last Days of Kira Mullin is the perfect book to make a long flight disappear—or to pretend you’re busy reading so you don’t have to talk to anyone. Highly recommend.
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