At the very moment Ted decides to shoot himself, someone appears at his door proposing a deadly and sinister game— a “last exit” that, however, turns into a dizzying nightmare filled with unexpected twists. This bestselling psychological thriller has captivated hundreds of thousands of readers in over 30 countries.
Ted, a successful businessman with an enviable life—a devoted wife and two perfect daughters—hides a chasm of pain. In secret, he has planned to end it all. While holding a gun in his hand, ready to pull the trigger, something stops him: a note written in his own handwriting that he doesn’t remember writing: “Open the door. It’s your last exit.”
At the door, a stranger named Lynch proposes a strange pact: instead of committing suicide, Ted must kill two people who are “waiting” to die. In return, his own death will be part of a system where another person will kill him, disguising the suicide and benefiting his loved ones. Although the proposal seems absurd, Ted agrees and embarks on this sinister game.
Lynch points out the two people Ted must kill—a man who committed a terrible crime and a terminally ill patient who wants to die. What initially seems like a macabre pact spirals Ted’s life into chaos, where the lines between reality and imagination blur, and he must confront his traumas and secrets.
Nothing is what it seems in Ted’s life—the trauma that drove him to want to die, the troubling relationship with his father—but the twists never seem to end. Ted turns into a killing machine without knowing whether the game proposed by the enigmatic Lynch is real or just part of his sick mind. And if it’s all in his head, who are the people he’s killing?
The story unfolds as a fast-paced thriller where it’s never clear if what’s happening is real or imagined. Thanks to masterfully placed details throughout the narrative, everything falls into place at the end, leaving the reader breathless.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: The novel has been published in over thirty countries and has sold several hundred thousand copies worldwide. Federico Axat is one of the most critically acclaimed Spanish-speaking authors in the psychological thriller genre.
Kill the Next One stands out for its fast pace, non-linear structure through time jumps, and plot complexity, demanding an active reader. The novel questions the reliability of the narration itself, never making it clear what is real and what is part of Ted’s imagination.
It is reminiscent of films like Memento, Shutter Island, or David Lynch’s cinema.
What Reviews and Critics Say:
“A distressing atmosphere looms more over the reader than the protagonist, who is manipulated by a narrator whose reliability is constantly questioned.” – Entre montones de libros
“It’s a disturbing, unsettling novel where what we think is happening might not actually be what it really is.” – De Lector a Lector
“You know that feeling of being on a roller coaster, waiting for the moment you’ll plummet down the ramp at full speed? Well, this book fits that metaphor perfectly.” – Goodreads
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