ALC Review: When I Kill You by B.A. Paris
When I Kill You
Author: B.A. Paris
Narrator: Georgia Maguire
To Be Published: February 17, 2026
Audiobook: 8 hours 10 minutes
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: November 17-23, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Book Description:
Who is watching Nell Masters?
Nell Masters is certain someone is following her. The hairs on the back of her neck rise when she travels to and from work, there are silent calls to her office, and a huge bouquet of flowers arrives without a card. And Nell has a reason to be looking over her shoulder, because she has a secret that she’s hiding from everyone in her life, including her new partner, Alex. But Alex also has secrets of his own.
Fourteen years earlier, when Nell went by the name Elle Nugent, she witnessed a student, Bryony Sanders, getting into a stranger’s car. When Bryony was found murdered, Elle became obsessed with finding the person responsible. She was convinced she knew who it was and her fixation with Brett Parker, the man she accused, led her down a dangerous path . . .
Now, Nell tries to convince herself that this unnerving feeling of being watched is all in her mind. Has someone from her past discovered her new identity? Has the stalker become the stalked? Or is there something even more deadly at play?
Jessica’s Review:
I was excited to find out about this one: A new B.A. Paris novel! I will read/listen to anything she writes and about 75% of the time I enjoy it and I enjoyed this one!
We have two timelines and two names for our main character: We have the Present which is Nell and then we have the Past which is Elle. The past and present come together to form a complete story. We have Elle who in the past saw a fellow student get in an unknown car who later ended up dead. Elle was then caught up in the investigation of the case. So much so that she had to change her identity. She even seemingly stalks whom she believes killed the other student determined to discover the truth.
Years later Nell is keeping secret from everyone she knows and then realizes that she herself is being followed. The stalker has now become the stalked… Then a pleasant surprise for me: We also get the stalkers POV in brief notes/letters. And this stalker is speaking to Nell and tell her the same thing at the end of these letters: “When I kill you.”…
The POV/Letters of Nell’s stalker is creepy and I loved it! The narrator Georgia Maguire really added to that creepiness. I have always been a fan of villains….
I am just not sure how much a change in the name from Elle to Nell is… I can see some readers who may not be paying super close attention have some confusion with the closeness in the names. The reader/listener feels the unease that Nell experiences as her being stalked continues. The listener experiences obsession, secrets and trauma throughout the novel. I did figure out a twist right before it occurred towards the end. I did not figure out who the stalker in the present was or their motive. I did enjoy how everything came together.
Another B.A Paris listened to and enjoyed! Many thanks to the publisher Macmillan Audio for granting me an ALC to listen to and review in advance of the release date of February 17, 2026!
Pre-Order Links:
Amazon US
Amazon UK (Out March 12, 2026 in the UK)