Peter Swanson

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Welcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect. Struggling mystery writer Nicholas Child is commissioned to help another writer finish the overdue follow up to his breakout bestseller. Travelling to Grey Gables, the writer's Cape Cod home, in the week before Christmas, he discovers a house full of secrets, and a cast of very suspicious guests. When two shocking deaths occur, Nicholas tries to write his account of what happened, and a perfectly fiendish puzzle starts to emerge. Readers loved The Christmas Guest: 'Perfect. . . I was not prepared for the shocking revelation.' reader review 'All the Christmas cheer & nostalgia wrapped in a gothic murder mystery. I loved it!' reader review 'Filled with lots of twists . . . the perfect one sitting read.' reader review 'A perfect small jewel of a story.' reader review 'I GASPED at several of the reveals. Christmas magic mixed with a quaint murder mystery.' reader review

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JULIA ROBERTSFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A dazzlingly clever murder mystery, told backwards.' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'Deliciously dark.' JOHN MARRS 'Exhilarating' DANYA KUKAFKA 'Ingenious' LAURA LIPPMAN What if the only way to bury the truth is to bury your husband? The first attempt at killing her husband was the night of the dinner party. Wendy and Thom met at school and through four decades of birthday milestones, weekends away and raising a son, they've lived a seemingly comfortable and successful life together. But what are the dark secrets their marriage was built on, and what has now, fatally, changed? Readers were gripped by Kill Your Darlings:????? 'Twisty, gripping and wonderfully dark. Everything you could ask for'????? 'Brilliant . . . the unusual original structure of this book sets it apart from countless others in the genre.'????? 'Fascinating and chilling - this is more than just a murder story, we also witness the slow destruction of a marriage.'????? 'Inventive and oh so clever . . . I raced through this'????? 'Whoa - the backwards telling was ingenious!????? 'I read it in 2 sittings! Always a surprising twist!'

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JULIA ROBERTSFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Deliciously dark.' JOHN MARRS'Exhilarating' DANYA KUKAFKA 'Ingenious' LAURA LIPPMANWhat if the only way to bury the truth is to bury your husband? The first attempt at killing her husband was the night of the dinner party. After forty years, Thom Graves has become an incredible disappointment to his wife, Wendy - he drinks too much, flirts with other women, and worst of all, is in danger of revealing their dark secret. But how far is Wendy willing to go to stop him? Starting at the end, and ending at the beginning, Kill Your Darlings is an ingenious mystery about two people's life together, and the secrets which fatally bind them. PRAISE FOR PETER SWANSON:'A killer read with twist after twist.' JANICE HALLETT (on A Talent for Murder)'One of the world's best crime writers. Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDS'Delicious . . . I defy you to stop reading once you begin.' New York Times (on The Christmas Guest)

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JULIA ROBERTSFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Deliciously dark.' JOHN MARRS'Exhilarating' DANYA KUKAFKA 'Ingenious' LAURA LIPPMANWhat if the only way to bury the truth is to bury your husband? The first attempt at killing her husband was the night of the dinner party. After forty years, Thom Graves has become an incredible disappointment to his wife, Wendy - he drinks too much, flirts with other women, and worst of all, is in danger of revealing their dark secret. But how far is Wendy willing to go to stop him? Starting at the end, and ending at the beginning, Kill Your Darlings is an ingenious mystery about two people's life together, and the secrets which fatally bind them. PRAISE FOR PETER SWANSON:'A killer read with twist after twist.' JANICE HALLETT (on A Talent for Murder)'One of the world's best crime writers. Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDS'Delicious . . . I defy you to stop reading once you begin.' New York Times (on The Christmas Guest)

"A dazzlingly clever murder mystery, told backwards, asking the question: why would this loving wife murder her husband?"--Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Famous Last Words and Wrong Place Wrong TimeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart. Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is well...except that Wendy wants to murder her husband. What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the couple's lives--their fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a work colleague--all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago. Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.

"A dazzlingly clever murder mystery, told backwards, asking the question: why would this loving wife murder her husband?"--Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Famous Last Words and Wrong Place Wrong TimeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart. Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is well...except that Wendy wants to murder her husband. What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the couple's lives--their fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a work colleague--all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago. Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.

"What a killer read A Talent For Murder is the thrilling tale of a woman who suspects her husband is a serial killer. As the bodies stack up, so does the paranoid tension until I was feverishly turning pages in the dark, desperate to know what happens next. A fast, exciting read with twist after twist." -- Janice Hallett, Internationally bestselling author of The AppealA newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer--in this spectacularly twisty and deviously clever novel by Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders. Martha Ratliff conceded long ago that she'd likely spend her life alone. She was fine with it, happy with her solo existence, stimulated by her work as a librarian in Maine. But then she met Alan, a charming and sweet-natured salesman whose job took him on the road for half the year. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, even though he still felt a little bit like a stranger. A year in and the marriage was good, except for that strange blood streak on the back of one of his shirts he'd worn to a conference in Denver. Her curiosity turning to suspicion, Martha investigates the cities Alan visited over the past year and uncovers a disturbing pattern--five unsolved cases of murdered women. Is she married to a serial killer? Or could it merely be a coincidence? Unsure what to think, Martha contacts an old friend from graduate school for advice. Lily Kintner once helped Martha out of a jam with an abusive boyfriend and may have some insight. Intrigued, Lily offers to meet Alan to find out what kind of man he really is . . .but what Lily uncovers is more perplexing and wicked than they ever could have expected.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE eDUNNIT AWARD 'A killer read with twist after twist!' JANICE HALLETT'A shape-shifting psychological thriller.' THE TIMES 'So many great twists and a truly chilling villain . . . Swanson's best one yet.' MARK EDWARDS'The 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 doesn't know is that Lily has a dark side of her own . . .'A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.' LIV CONSTANTINE'The stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.' STACY WILLINGHAM'Menacing and exciting [...] It makes for a riveting entertainment.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'Clever, scary, endearing and plotted like clockwork' CRIME TIME

Peter Swanson skriver intrikate og underholdende thrillere med utspekulerte plot og psykologisk dybde. Tre er en for mye er en frittstående oppfølger til den kritikerroste De som fortjener det. En dag dukker Joan opp på privatetterforsker Henry Kimballs kontor og ber ham om å etterforske ektemannen sin. Bare synet av henne vekker et skremmende minne: Henry kjente Joan i sitt forrige liv som engelsklærer på videregående skole, da han var involvert i en litt lei episode. Nå trenger Joan hans hjelp for å bevise at mannen hennes er utro. Men det som burde være et enkelt oppdrag blir mye mer komplisert idet Henry finner to lik i et ubebodd forstadshjem med et «til salgs»-skilt foran. Plutselig føles det som om fortiden gjentar seg, og Henry må tilbake til en av de verste dagene i livet sitt for å avdekke sannheten. Er det mulig at Joan vet noe om den dagen, noe hun har skjult i alle disse årene? Kan det fortsatt være en morder der ute, noen som tror de har sluppet unna med drap? Henry er fast bestemt på å finne ut av det, men etter hvert som han kommer nærmere sannheten, kommer en morder nærmere ham, og i dette hårreisende katt- og mus-spillet vil bare én av dem overleve.

THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR BOOK LOVERS 'The twist will make you rethink everything.' New York Times Book Review'A murder mystery set at a cosy Christmas country estate? We're so here for it.' Cosmopolitan'Funny, clever and gripping.' Irish IndependentWhen 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? Readers love The Christmas Guest ??'Perfect. . . I was not prepared for the shocking revelation.' ????? reader review'All the Christmas cheer & nostalgia wrapped in a gothic murder mystery. I loved it!' ????? reader review'Filled with lots of twists . . . the perfect one sitting read.' ????? reader review'A perfect small jewel of a story.' ????? reader review'I GASPED at several of the reveals. Christmas magic mixed with a quaint murder mystery.' ????? reader review

It was at this moment that Martha had two competing thoughts. One, that she'd married a nice man. And, two, that he was a complete and utter stranger to her. After an unexpected, whirlwind romance, quiet librarian Martha married Alan. But when she thinks she sees his mask slip, she starts to fear that the conferences he travels the country to attend 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 doesn't know is that Lily has a dark side of her own . . .

'A killer read with twist after twist.'JANICE HALLETT'So many great twists and a truly chilling villain . . . Swanson's best one yet.' MARK EDWARDS'A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.' LIV CONSTANTINE 'The stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.' STACY WILLINGHAMFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLINGAfter an unexpected, whirlwind romance, quiet librarian Martha married Alan. But when she thinks she sees his mask slip, she starts to fear that the conferences he travels the country to attend 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 doesn't know is that Lily has a dark side of her own . . .'Menacing and exciting [...] It makes for a riveting entertainment.'SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'Clever, scary, endearing and plotted like clockwork'CRIME TIME

Peter Swanson skriver intrikate og underholdende thrillere med utspekulerte plot og psykologisk dybde. Tre er en for mye er en frittstående oppfølger til den kritikerroste De som fortjener det. En dag dukker Joan opp på privatetterforsker Henry Kimballs kontor og ber ham om å etterforske ektemannen sin. Bare synet av henne vekker et skremmende minne: Henry kjente Joan i sitt forrige liv som engelsklærer på videregående skole, da han var involvert i en litt lei episode. Nå trenger Joan hans hjelp for å bevise at mannen hennes er utro. Men det som burde være et enkelt oppdrag blir mye mer komplisert idet Henry finner to lik i et ubebodd forstadshjem med et «til salgs»-skilt foran. Plutselig føles det som om fortiden gjentar seg, og Henry må tilbake til en av de verste dagene i livet sitt for å avdekke sannheten. Er det mulig at Joan vet noe om den dagen, noe hun har skjult i alle disse årene? Kan det fortsatt være en morder der ute, noen som tror de har sluppet unna med drap? Henry er fast bestemt på å finne ut av det, men etter hvert som han kommer nærmere sannheten, kommer en morder nærmere ham, og i dette hårreisende katt- og mus-spillet vil bare én av dem overleve.

"What a killer read A Talent For Murder is the thrilling tale of a woman who suspects her husband is a serial killer. As the bodies stack up, so does the paranoid tension until I was feverishly turning pages in the dark, desperate to know what happens next. A fast, exciting read with twist after twist." -- Janice Hallett, Internationally bestselling author of The AppealA newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer--in this spectacularly twisty and deviously clever novel by Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders. Martha Ratliff conceded long ago that she'd likely spend her life alone. She was fine with it, happy with her solo existence, stimulated by her work as a librarian in Maine. But then she met Alan, a charming and sweet-natured salesman whose job took him on the road for half the year. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, even though he still felt a little bit like a stranger. A year in and the marriage was good, except for that strange blood streak on the back of one of his shirts he'd worn to a conference in Denver. Her curiosity turning to suspicion, Martha investigates the cities Alan visited over the past year and uncovers a disturbing pattern--five unsolved cases of murdered women. Is she married to a serial killer? Or could it merely be a coincidence? Unsure what to think, Martha contacts an old friend from graduate school for advice. Lily Kintner once helped Martha out of a jam with an abusive boyfriend and may have some insight. Intrigued, Lily offers to meet Alan to find out what kind of man he really is . . .but what Lily uncovers is more perplexing and wicked than they ever could have expected.