Peter Swanson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger; Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and Eight Perfect Murders, a New York Times bestseller, among others. His books have been translated into 30 languages. He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel.
"Eight Perfect Murders creates expectations it then subverts,
presents suspects only to eliminate them, and in general has its
own way with the tropes of the mystery thriller--including that
genre mainstay, the unreliable narrator." -- Wall Street Journal"A
devious whodunit" -- New York Times Book Review"Engagingly
original... This [is a] multilayered mystery that brims with
duplicity, betrayal and revenge--all bubbling slowly to the
surface... Swanson has a bent for revenge and murder. Fans won't be
disappointed." -- USA Today"Clever and surprising. Eight Perfect
Murders opens with a true mystery lover's delight, a killer
seemingly paying homage to the classics. But you can barely say
Agatha Christie before Swanson rips us from one startling plot
twist to the next. A marriage that may not be what it seems,
friends who may not be what they seem and yes, a mysterious man in
black who we don't even know what he seems. With mounting tension
and fraying nerves, it careens to the final stunning conclusion. A
true tour de force." -- Lisa Gardner"Eight Perfect Murders is an
ever-unfolding puzzle... Mal frequently confides in the reader,
showing that he knows more than he is letting the FBI believe. But
what exactly does Mal know, and what might he be guilty of? These
questions will plague readers and follow them throughout the book."
-- San Francisco Chronicle"Fiendish good fun." -- Anthony
Horowitz“Clever and surprising... Swanson rips us from one
startling plot twist to the next. A marriage that may not be what
it seems [and] friends who may not be what they seem... With
mounting tension and fraying nerves, it careens to the final
stunning conclusion. A true tour de force.” -- Lisa
Gardner"Fiendishly clever catnip for any lover of classic crime
fiction." -- Seattle Times"Probably what you need right now is a
good murder mystery. One that is bookish, engrossing, not overly
gory and impossible to solve. Peter Swanson delivers all of this in
Eight Perfect Murders... Swanson drops in lovely clues, but good
luck figuring it out. -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune"A devilish
premise combined with jaw-dropping execution... Mystery fans will
be salivating as the plot unfolds, trying to outsmart the
confoundingly unreliable narrative... Swanson hits every note in
this homage to the old-school crime novel, and the turnabout ending
will leave readers reeling in delight." -- Booklist (starred
review)"The pleasures of following, and trying to anticipate, a
narrator who's constantly second- and third-guessing himself and
everyone around him are authentic and intense... You wish the
mounting complications, like a magician's showiest routine, could
go on forever." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"[An] outstanding
fair-play crime novel... Swanson will keep most readers guessing
until the end. Classic whodunit fans will be in heaven." --
Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Readers who enjoy thrillers
chock-full of twists and turns will adore Peter Swanson's
meta-mystery Eight Perfect Murders... This superbly plotted novel,
thrilling, fast-paced and psychologically complex, makes the
perfect book club choice for fans of Anthony Horowitz's Magpie
Murders and A.J. Finn's The Woman in the Window." -- Shelf
Awareness (starred review)"An homage to classic mystery stories
that offers both the charms of a puzzle mystery and the bleak
atmosphere of a noir... The flawed main characters are well
developed, the New England settings are vividly drawn, and the
twists keep coming in this suspenseful, ingeniously plotted tale."
-- St. Louis Post Dispatch"The wintry setting and eerily cool
narration, together with trust-no-one twists and garish murders,
will satisfy thriller readers; fans of classic mysteries by Agatha
Christie, Ira Levin, and John D. MacDonald will enjoy... You'll
stay to the finish of this one." -- Library Journal"Intelligent,
twisty, stylish, startling... No matter how well you know someone,
you can never fully know what's in their heart and mind. Eight
Perfect Murders proves the point. Which is what makes it perfectly
creepy." -- New York Journal of Books"The meta thriller fans of the
genre have been waiting for." -- Popsugar"A must-read... A
shocking, addictive mystery with a classic crime twist... Swanson
is a master... If you're as obsessed with crime fiction as I am,
Peter Swanson's newest is a book you simply cannot miss." --
CrimeByTheBook"Eight Perfect Murders is pretty much perfect itself.
There are plenty of twists and turns, and secrets galore... We owe
Swanson a debt of gratitude... You also owe it to yourself to read
Eight Perfect Murders." -- BookReporter.com"Mr. Swanson unfolds
this creepy story with the assurance and economy of a master.
Surprises follow one another with inevitability, until the final
electrifying jolt." -- Wall Street Journal on Before She Knew
Him"[A] neatly knotted suspense story." -- New York Times Book
Review on Before She Knew Him"[Swanson] knows how to ration his
twists and where in the narrative to place them, devoting just the
right amount of time to exploring the ramifications of each new
development before spinning the story off in an ominous new
direction... De Palma, or Hitchcock...would kill for the film
rights." -- The National (UK) on Before She Knew Him"In trademark
style, Swanson's ingenious plotting throws up tantalising clues and
then slowly unravels them through a series of shocking revelations,
leaving readers confused, bemused and racing to the last page.
Compelling, creepy, and psychologically astute, this is stylish
thriller writing at its very best." -- The Guardian (UK) on Before
She Knew Him"This devilishly clever noir thriller could have been
called "Strangers on a Plane." ... It would have made a great
Hitchcock movie.... Unlike most books that fail to live up to the
hype, this one makes good on the promise, right down to the
chilling final paragraph." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram on The Kind
Worth Killing"The skillfully conjured Boston winter creates the
perfect atmosphere for breeding paranoia, which kicks into high
gear with the introduction of Cherney's Rear Window-like
flashbacks. Swanson ... introduces a delicious
monster-under-the-bed creepiness to the expected top-notch
characterization and steadily mounting anxiety." -- Booklist
(starred review) on Her Every Fear"A wicked thriller that does not
disappoint... Another gem that pulls the reader in and never lets
go, even as the story comes to a close. This is a book that will
keep you up at night and haunt your thoughts. A fun, chilling
read." -- Manhattan Book Review on Before She Knew Him"Plenty of
suspense and surprises... This intense and sinister thriller builds
to a shocking conclusion as the bizarre relationship between a
woman and her killer neighbor plays out." -- ShelfAwareness.com on
Before She Knew Him"In Peter Swanson's expert hands, one woman's
discerning observation at a quiet suburban dinner party unfolds
into a gripping, twisty, psychologically complex thriller. I could
not put it down." -- Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling
author of The Wife on Before She Knew Him"Suspense lovers will
devour this deliciously duplicitous read, which is chock-full of
twists, turns, lust, greed, and dishonesty." -- Library Journal on
All the Beautiful Lies"Swanson's fourth psychological thriller is a
gripping exploration of delusion and deceit; sure to please readers
of Laura Lippman's stand-alones." -- Booklist on All the Beautiful
Lies"Complex [and] intriguing... [Swanson] makes sure to place
those twists and turns perfectly... And when someone else turns up
dead, the story goes from 0-to-60 in a split-second. Peter Swanson
has done a fantastic job." -- Suspense Magazine on All the
Beautiful Lies"Swanson has drawn on Alfred Hitchcock to good
effect. In All the Beautiful Lies, he looks instead to du
Maurier... The reader is soon gripped and wondering which will come
first: Harry's seduction or his death? Swanson's magpie borrowings
are always finessed into something fresh and piquant. -- The
Guardian
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