Peter Swanson

Eine Flughafenbar in London. Es ist Abend, und Ted Severson wartet auf seinen Rückflug nach Boston, als eine attraktive Frau sich neben ihn setzt. Kurz darauf vertraut er der geheimnisvollen Fremden an, dass seine Frau ihn betrogen hat. Mit ihrer Reaktion jedoch hat er nicht gerechnet: Sie bietet ihm Hilfe an - beim Mord an seiner Ehefrau. Ein Trick? Ein morbider Scherz? Oder ein finsteres Rachespiel, das nur ein böses Ende nehmen kann?

George Foss never thought he'd see her again, but on a late-August night in Boston, there she is, in his local bar, Jack's Tavern. When George first met her, she was an eighteen-year-old college freshman from Sweetgum, Florida. She and George became inseparable in their first fall semester, so George was devastated when he got the news that she had committed suicide over Christmas break. But, as he stood in the living room of the girl's grieving parents, he realized the girl in the photo on their mantelpiece - the one who had committed suicide - was not his girlfriend. Later, he discovered the true identity of the girl he had loved - and of the things she may have done to escape her past. Now, twenty years later, she's back, and she's telling George that he's the only one who can help her...

Un thriller addictiu de ritme imparable. Una espiral de suspens asfixiant que et manté aferrat a la lectura fins al seu elèctric final. En George és el comptable d’una revista literària d’èxit, una

''Hello there.'' I looked at the pale, freckled hand on the back of the empty bar seat next to me in the business class lounge of Heathrow airport, then up into the stranger''s face. ''Do I know you?'' Delayed in London, Ted Severson meets a woman at the airport bar. Over cocktails they tell each other rather more than they should, and a dark plan is hatched - but are either of them being serious, could they actually go through with it and, if they did, what would be their chances of getting away with it? Back in Boston, Ted''s wife Miranda is busy site managing the construction of their dream home, a beautiful house out on the Maine coastline. But what secrets is she carrying and to what lengths might she go to protect the vision she has of her deserved future? A sublimely plotted novel of trust and betrayal, The Kind Worth Killing will keep you gripped and guessing late into the night.

Following a brutal attack by her ex-boyfriend, Kate Priddy makes an uncharacteristically bold decision after her cousin, Corbin Dell, suggests a temporary apartment swap - and she moves from London to Boston. But soon after her arrival Kate makes a shocking discovery: Corbin's next-door neighbour, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police begin asking questions about Corbin's relationship with Audrey, and his neighbours come forward with their own suspicions, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own. Jetlagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination playing out her every fear, Kate can barely trust herself. so how can she trust any of the strangers she's just met? In the tradition of such greats as Gillian Flynn and Harlan Coben, Patricia Highsmith and James M. Cain, Her Every Fear is a scintillating novel, rich with the chilling insight and virtuoso skill for plotting that has propelled Peter Swanson to the highest ranks of thriller writing.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015''Hello there.''I looked at the pale, freckled hand on the back of the empty bar seat next to me in the business class lounge of Heathrow airport, then up into the stranger''s face.''Do I know you?''Delayed in London, Ted Severson meets a woman at the airport bar. Over cocktails they tell each other rather more than they should, and a dark plan is hatched - but are either of them being serious, could they actually go through with it and, if they did, what would be their chances of getting away with it?Back in Boston, Ted''s wife Miranda is busy site managing the construction of their dream home, a beautiful house out on the Maine coastline. But what secrets is she carrying and to what lengths might she go to protect the vision she has of her deserved future?A sublimely plotted novel of trust and betrayal, The Kind Worth Killing will keep you gripped and guessing late into the night.

'They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.' When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house in West Dartford, Mass., they're relieved to meet, at their first block party, the only other seemingly-childless couple in their neighborhood, Matthew and Mira Dolamore. Turns out they live in the Dutch Colonial immediately next door. When they're invited over for dinner, however, things take a sinister turn when Hen thinks she sees something suspicious in Matthew's study. Could this charming, mild-mannered College Professor really be hiding a dark secret, one that only Hen, whose been battling her own problems with depression and medication, could know about? Lloyd certainly doesn't seem to believe her, and so, forced together, Hen and Matthew start to form an unlikely bond. But who, if anyone, is really in danger? From its deeply unsettling opening, Peter Swanson, the master of contemporary domestic thrillers, fashions a novel as brilliant, dark, coruscating and surprising as Patricia Highsmith and Ira Levin at their very best.

Deliciously ingenious.' Daily Mail'Keeps you guessing right to the end.' PETER MAY'Smartly entertaining.' Washington Post'So beautifully written, so gripping, so perfect.' SOPHIE HANNAHIf you're on the list you're marked for death.The envelope is unremarkable. There is no return address. It contains a single, folded, sheet of white paper.The envelope drops through the mail slot like any other piece of post. But for the nine completestrangers who receive it - each of them recognising just one name, their own, on the enclosed list - itwill be the most life altering letter they ever receive. It could also be the last, as one by one, they start tomeet their end.

PRE ORDER THE PERFECT STOCKING STUFFER Delicious The twist will make you rethink everything New York Times Book Review Funny clever and gripping with twists that will blow you away Irish Independent When Ashley Smith a bright eyed but lonely American studying in London is invited to spend Christmas with her classmate s family at their Cotswolds manor house it seems like a perfect country idyll And for Ashley who records it all in her diary there s the added romantic potential of her friend s twin brother Adam who she thinks could be her wildest dream come true But is there something strange about the old house both stately and rundown What could the motives of the mysterious Chapman family be And what holiday horrors might be lying in wait Perfect I was not prepared for the shocking revelation 5 reader review All the Christmas cheer & nostalgia wrapped in a gothic murder mystery I loved it 5 reader review Filled with lots of twists the perfect one sitting read 5 reader review A perfect small jewel of a story 5 reader review I GASPED at several of the reveals Christmas magic mixed with a quaint murder mystery 5 reader review

Smart, surprising with a deeply satisfying ending. I loved it!' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'Another superb slice of Neo-noir' M. W. CRAVEN 'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDS TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S FATAL 'Do you remember me?' she asked, after stepping into my office. When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman. As the case gets ever stranger, he turns to the only person he can trust, Lily Kintner, someone with dark secrets of her own... With its ingenious clockwork-like plot, and twists aplenty, The Kind Worth Saving is a crime novel to savour from a modern master. From the bestselling author

After a whirlwind, fairytale romance, Abigail Baskin marries freshly-minted Silicon Valley millionaire Bruce Lamb. For their honeymoon, he whisks her away to an exclusive retreat at a friends resort off the Maine coast on Heart Pond Island.

If youre on the list youre marked for death. The envelope is unremarkable. But for the nine complete strangers who receive it - each of them recognising just one name, their own, on the enclosed list - it will be the most life altering letter they ever receive.

"I loved it! A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache." (CLARE MACKINTOSH, Sunday Times bestselling author of I See You). Following a brutal attack, Kate Priddy makes the uncharacteristically bold decision of moving from London to Boston - in an apartment swap with her cousin, Corbin Dell. But soon after her arrival Kate makes a shocking discovery: Corbin's next-door neighbour, Audrey Marshall, may have been murdered. Far from home and emotionally unstable, her imagination playing out her every fear, who can Kate trust? As tantalizing as Rear Window, Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Talented Mr Ripley.

Ashley Smith, Studentin der Kunstgeschichte aus Sacramento, Kalifornien, wollte die Weihnachtstage wahrend ihres Auslandsjahrs in London eigentlich allein verbringen. Erst die kurzfristige Einladung ihrer Kommilitonin Emma Chapman fuhrt sie nach Starvewood Hall, dem Landsitz der Familie in Clevemoor in den Cotswolds. Ashley ist fasziniert von dem festlich geschmuckten Herrenhaus, dem Feuer im Kamin, den vielen Gasten, dem guten Essen und auch von Emmas attraktivem Bruder. Doch gegen Adam ermittelt die ortliche Polizei: Er soll ein Madchen brutal ermordet haben. Auerdem treibt ein mysterioser Fremder sein Unwesen in dem Wald zwischen Starvewood Hall und dem ortlichen Pub Mehr als dreiig Jahre spater werden die Ereignisse jener schrecklichen Festtage wieder aufgerollt: Was 1989 in einem kleinen englischen Dorf begann, findet viele Weihnachten spater sein grausames Ende in New York.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE eDUNNIT AWARD A killer read with twist after twist! JANICE HALLETTA shape-shifting psychological thriller.THE TIMESSo many great twists and a truly chilling villain . . . Swansons best one yet. MARK EDWARDSThe talented Mr Swanson does it again.SUNDAY INDEPENDENT After a whirlwind romance, quiet librarian Martha married Alan. But when she thinks she sees his mask slip, she starts to fear that his frequent travels might be a cover for something far more sinister.As she secretly starts to map his movements she unearths a string of dead women, but could these two things really be linked? Unsure of her own instincts, Martha turns to an old friend, Lily Kintner, who once helped her escape a toxic relationship in grad school. But what Martha doesnt know is that Lily has a dark side of her own . . .A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.LIV CONSTANTINEThe stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.STACY WILLINGHAMMenacing and exciting [...] It makes for a riveting entertainment.SUNDAY INDEPENDENTClever, scary, endearing and plotted like clockworkCRIME TIME

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORTWOS COMPANY, THREES MURDERI loved it!GILLIAN McALLISTERNobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.MARK EDWARDSWhen private detective and former cop Henry Kimball is hired to investigate a cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it hes gotten far too close to the other woman.As the case rapidly gets ever more dangerous, hes forced to turn to the only person he can trust, the sociopathic Lily Kintner, the woman who once stabbed him, but with whom he shares a peculiar bond.Swanson has made me fall in love with plot twists again.DOUG JOHNSTONEWhat readers are saying***** Definitely one of the best books of the year!***** Wickedly delicious!***** A thrilling, gripping book that will keep you on the edge of your seat.***** Fantastically twisty***** Wow, this was a nonstop whirlwind!***** Oh my goodness I couldnt put it down

THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR BOOK LOVERS The twist will make you rethink everything.New York Times Book ReviewA murder mystery set at a cosy Christmas country estate? Were so here for it.CosmopolitanFunny, clever and gripping.Irish IndependentWhen Ashley Smith - a bright-eyed but lonely American studying in London - is invited to spend Christmas with her classmates family at their Cotswolds manor house, it seems like a perfect country idyll.And for Ashley - who records it all in her diary - theres the added romantic potential of her friends twin brother, Adam, who she thinks could be her wildest dream come true.But is there something strange about the old house, both stately and rundown? What could the motives of the mysterious Chapman family be? And what holiday horrors might be lying in wait? Readers love The Christmas Guest ??Perfect. . . I was not prepared for the shocking revelation. reader reviewAll the Christmas cheer & nostalgia wrapped in a gothic murder mystery. I loved it! reader reviewFilled with lots of twists . . . the perfect one sitting read. reader reviewA perfect small jewel of a story. reader reviewI GASPED at several of the reveals. Christmas magic mixed with a quaint murder mystery. reader review

THE KIND WORTH SAVING, THE UN-PUT-DOWNABLE SEQUEL TO BESTSELLER THE KIND WORTH KILLING, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW George Foss never thought hed see her again, but on a late-August night in Boston, there she is, in his local bar, Jacks Tavern. When George first met her, she was an eighteen-year-old college freshman from Sweetgum, Florida. She and George became inseparable in their first fall semester, so George was devastated when he got the news that she had committed suicide over Christmas break. But, as he stood in the living room of the girls grieving parents, he realized the girl in the photo on their mantelpiece - the one who had committed suicide - was not his girlfriend. Later, he discovered the true identity of the girl he had loved - and of the things she may have done to escape her past.Now, twenty years later, shes back, and shes telling George that hes the only one who can help her...In his electrifying debut, Peter Swanson evokes the spirit of Body Heat and Double Indemnity, in a thriller about love, loss and those memories we hold closest to our hearts....it was like I had a secretdisease, or there was this clock inside of me, ticking like a heart,and at any moment an alarm would go off ...

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKFiendish good fun ANTHONY HOROWITZIf you want to get away with murder, play by the rules A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels.The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article titled My Eight Favourite Murders, and there seems to be a deadly link between the deaths and his list - which includes Agatha Christies The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmiths Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartts The Secret History.Can the killer be stopped before all eight of these perfect murders have been re-enacted?An ingenious game of cat-and-mouseThe TimesNever less than enthralling Daily MailTremendously enjoyable Sunday Mirror

The bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying psychological thriller As tantalizing as Rear Window, Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Talented Mr RipleyI loved it! A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.CLARE MACKINTOSH, Sunday Times bestselling author of I See YouFollowing a brutal attack by her ex-boyfriend, Kate Priddy makes an uncharacteristically bold decision after her cousin, Corbin Dell, suggests a temporary apartment swap - and she moves from London to Boston.But soon after her arrival Kate makes a shocking discovery: Corbins next-door neighbour, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police begin asking questions about Corbins relationship with Audrey, and his neighbours come forward with their own suspicions, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own. Jetlagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination playing out her every fear, Kate can barely trust herself. so how can she trust any of the strangers shes just met?