📖 Book Review ~ The Serial Killer Gene by Alice Hunter

Avon Books UK
7 May 2026

My thanks to the publisher for the copy of this book 

I should never have taken that DNA test. Then maybe things wouldn't have gone so wrong…

Lily thought she was an ordinary woman with an ordinary life. But when a DNA test seems to reveal she carries the 'serial killer gene', she is terrified by the thought of passing it onto her future children. She decides to break off her engagement and move back in with her devoted mother, Eva — until unexpected sparks fly with a charismatic journalist, and Lily finds herself diving into a wild, intoxicating new relationship.

Their obsession soon turns toxic, and as they spiral out of control Lily’s traumatic past resurfaces, leaving her questioning everything she thought she knew. Could she be the monster she fears she is?

Confronted with a sudden, horrifying murder, Lily's only choice is to turn to the one person who has always protected her: her mother. But Eva is hiding secrets that could destroy them both…

📖 My Review ..

After a devastating breakup with her boyfriend and hampered by the knowledge that a recent DNA analysis has thrown up the possibility of her carrying a serial killer gene, Lily return to her mother’s house, a place which has always been her refuge when life became complicated. When Lily meets the charismatic Margo she immediately embarks on a passionate and eventful relationship which questions everything that Lily thought she knew about herself, her mother and the secrets at the heart of her family.

Quick paced, filled with several twists and turns and with some genuinely dark moments I didn’t see coming, The Serial Killer Gene is another clever psychological thriller from an author who knows how to crank up the tension in a story which doesn’t take a break in its momentum until the whole fascinating story has been revealed.

About the Author

After completing a psychology degree, Alice Hunter became an interventions facilitator in a prison. There, she was part of a team offering rehabilitation programmes to men serving sentences for a wide range of offences, often working with prisoners who’d committed serious violent crimes. Previously, Alice had been a nurse, working in the NHS. She now puts her experiences to good use in fiction.

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