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ISBN: 9780062267511

Content: " Already optioned for film, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is Peter Swanson's electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie Body Heat. It is the story of a man swept into a vortex of irresistible passion and murder when an old love mysteriously reappears. On an ordinary Friday evening at his favorite Boston tavern, George Foss's comfortable, predictable life is shattered when a beautiful woman sits down at the bar, a woman who vanished without a trace twenty years ago. Liana Dector isn't just an ex-girlfriend, the first love George couldn't quite forget. She's also a dangerous enigma and quite possibly a cold-blooded killer wanted by the police. Suddenly, she's back and she needs George's help. Ruthless men believe she stole some money . and they will do whatever it takes to get it back. George knows Liana is trouble. But he can't say no he never could so he makes a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of lies, secrets, betrayal, and murder from which there is no sure escape. Bold and masterful, full of malicious foreboding and subtle surprises, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is an addictive, nonstop thriller an ever-tightening coil of suspense that grips you right up to its electrifying end. "

Content: Biographisches: " Peter Swanson is the author of three novels: The Girl With a Clock For a Heart , an LA Times Book Award finalist, The Kind Worth Killing , winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger,and his most recent, Her Every Fear . His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction , The Atlantic Monthly , Measure , The Guardian , The Strand Magazine , and Yankee Magazine . A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his wife. " Rezension(2): "Harper's Bazaar: In The Girl with a Clock for a Heart a long-lost lover resurfaces, with chaos in her wake. A must read!" Rezension(3): "New York Journal of Books: [A] roller coaster thrill-fest of a ride, filled with deliciously wicked moments of mystery, murder, and mayhem, double-cross and deception. A cerebral noir thriller debut." Rezension(4): "Publishers Weekly: Swanson gives readers an adrenaline rush through all the hairpin turns." Rezension(5): "Kirkus Reviews: The pace is fast . and the plot genuinely twisty . [It is] seemingly pre-measured for the movies . often to good effect,all in all, a quick, deft, promising first crime novel." Rezension(6): "Financial Times (UK): The labyrinthine plot here has a grip of high-tensile steel." Rezension(7): " Dennis Lehane , New York Times bestselling author: What do you say when a woman who broke your heart years ago and is wanted for questioning in connection to a murder pops back into your life to ask a favor? If she's as alluring as Liana Dector, you say, 'Yes.' And hope you survive . The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is a twisty, sexy, electric thrill ride." Rezension(8): " Wiley Cash , New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home : An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller that dares you to turn the next page . This novel burns faster and hotter than a lit fuse, and you'll be feeling its heat long after the explosive ending." Rezension(9): "Boston Globe: The parallel stories unwind relentlessly with audacious and spectacular twists . An intense mix of noir, pulp fiction, and fun . The most unsurprising aspect of this book? It's already been optioned for a film." Rezension(10): "Washington Post: Who are literature's most lethal women? . Here's a new contender: Liana Decter, who causes endless heartbreak and occasional death in Peter Swanson's compulsively readable [ The Girl with a Clock for a Heart ] . should be a contender for crime fiction's best first novel of 2014." Rezension(11): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 28, 2013 At the start of Swanson’s Machiavellian debut noir, magazine business manager George Foss spots Liana Decter, a college girlfriend he hasn’t seen in nearly two decades, in a Boston bar. Back then, George got off relatively unscathed: a broken heart and only peripheral involvement in a murder probe. But this time promises to be far more dangerous. Liana, a wanted fugitive going under the alias Jane Byrne, asks George for a big favor—she wants him to serve as a go-between to return most of the half million she stole from her married sugar daddy, shady furniture magnate Gerald MacLean, and to persuade Gerald to call off the goon who’s been threatening her. Predictably, little of this goes according to plan. Swanson gives readers an adrenaline rush through all the hairpin turns, but is less successful in making his central femme fatale either convincing or interesting. Cast Michelle Williams in the film version and it might be a different story. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Associates. "

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ISBN: 9780063297463

Content: " Delicious...I defy you to stop reading The Christmas Guest once you begin. 8212 New York Times Book ReviewNew York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family's Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village's grim history. Ashley Smith, an American art student in London for her junior year, was planning on spending Christmas alone, but a last-minute invitation from fellow student Emma Chapman brings her to Starvewood Hall, country residence of the Chapman family. The Cotswold manor house, festooned in pine boughs and crammed with guests for Christmas week, is a dream come true for Ashley. She is mesmerized by the cozy, firelit house, the large family, and the charming village of Clevemoor, but also by Adam Chapman, Emma's aloof and handsome brother. But Adam is being investigated by the local police over the recent brutal slaying of a girl from the village, and there is a mysterious stranger who haunts the woodland path between Starvewood Hall and the local pub. Ashley begins to wonder what kind of story she is actually inhabiting. Is she in a grand romance? A gothic tale? Or has she wandered into something far more sinister and terrifying than she'd ever imagined? Over thirty years later the events of that horrific week are revisited, along with a diary from that time. What began in a small English village in 1989 reaches its ghostly conclusion in modern-day New York, many Christmas seasons later. "

Content: Biographisches: " 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, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction , The Atlantic Monthly , Measure , The Guardian , The Strand Magazine , and Yankee Magazine . He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel. " Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from August 7, 2023 Swanson ( The Kind Worth Saving ) does more with less in this punchy thriller that packs all the potency of his longer works. In 2019, an unnamed narrator decides to spend Christmas cleaning her New York City apartment. In the process, she rediscovers an “immediately recognizable” diary written by an American grad student in London named Ashley Smith, and flips to December 1989, a “murderous year” the narrator is hesitant to remember. The action then shifts to Ashley’s diary entries, recounting her invitation to the country home of her colleague, Emma Chapman, for the holidays. En route, she wonders if her time at the estate will feel like “a romance novel, or maybe a murder mystery.” It quickly becomes both: she’s met at the rail station by Emma’s hunky brother, Adam, and falls for him immediately, only to learn that he’s the prime suspect in the recent murder of a girl who looks exactly like Ashley. Swanson has plenty of knockout twists up his sleeve, but they never feel cheap, and he manages to build three-dimensional characters despite the brief page count. This is a perfect introduction to one of the cleverest talents in contemporary genre fiction. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Assoc. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 4, 2023 In diary entries from 1989, Ashley Smith, an American guest to a British Christmas week, reveals her excitement about the invitation she has received from a fellow college student: Emma Chapman has invited her home to Starvewood Hall in the Cotswolds. Emma warns Ashley that her parents are awful, and that women seem to fall for Emma's brother Adam, but orphaned American Ashley dreams only of an English manor house at Christmas. No one warns Ashley, however, of the house's isolation, or that Adam was recently suspected of killing a young woman. Upon arrival in the Cotswolds, Ashley is enchanted by the Chapman clan, visits to the local pub, and evenings spent playing games with the family. Ashley is half in love with Adam and takes every opportunity to spend time with him. Then her Christmas visit turns creepy when she's followed through the woods. Thirty years later, the truth will be revealed about that haunting Christmas season. Despite the novella's gothic charms, readers might find it hard to root for the characters. VERDICT The author of The Kind Worth Saving , known for his books featuring psychopaths, introduces one in a Christmas ghost story that lacks sympathetic characters and falls flat. --Lesa HolstineCopyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. "

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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9780062838186

Content: " Catching a killer is dangerous especially if he lives next door From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she's found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband's office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she's long had a fascination with this unsolved murder an obsession she doesn't talk about anymore, but can't fully shake either. Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate? The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he's planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she's been watching him, that she's really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. "

Content: Biographisches: " Peter Swanson is the author of three novels: The Girl With a Clock For a Heart , an LA Times Book Award finalist, The Kind Worth Killing , winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger,and his most recent, Her Every Fear . His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction , The Atlantic Monthly , Measure , The Guardian , The Strand Magazine , and Yankee Magazine . A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his wife. " Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 15, 2018 Her bipolar disorder under control, illustrator Henrietta and her husband enjoy a new house outside Boston with a nice little studio for her out back. But she's a bit obsessed with unsolved crimes, and she can't help but notice that a sports trophy perched on a shelf at the neighbors' house looks just like one that vanished from the home of a young man killed two years earlier. With a 75,000-copy first printing. Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 1, 2019 The latest thriller from Swanson (All the Beautiful Lies, 2018, etc.) is a twisty, fast-paced tale that depicts picket-fence suburbia's seamy, murderous underside.Hen and her husband, Lloyd, have just left Boston for the tranquil burbs, and things are looking up for her. After a psychotic break sparked by the unsolved murder of a neighbor, Hen is on the mend, her bipolar disorder under control, her optimism resurgent, her career as an illustrator of dark YA books taking off. At a meet and greet she and her husband hit it off, or think they should, with their next-door neighbors Matthew and Mira, the only other childless couple nearby. But when they cross the driveway for a barbecue, the potential for neighborly coziness curdles. Hen notices a little fencing trophy on a shelf in Matthew's office and recognizes it--or wonders if she recognizes it--as one of the mementos the police reported was stolen from the murder scene in the city. When Hen recalls that the man killed was once a student at the prep school where Matthew teaches history, Hen grows suspicious of Matthew--and starts to stalk him. Is this a break in the case or the beginning of another fit of paranoia? And even if it's the former, who will believe Hen's suspicions given her earlier obsession with the case and the hospitalization it led to? Swanson is at his best in exploring the kinship--or what some see as the kinship--between artist and killer, one of the themes of Swanson's great model and forebear, Patricia Highsmith. Swanson isn't quite up to Highsmith's lofty mark, and he succumbs toward the end to a soap opera-like plot-twist-too-far...but for the most part, this novel delivers.A dark, quick-moving, suspenseful story stuffed full of psychological quirk and involution. COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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ISBN: 9780062980052

Content: " Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound in Swanson's latest mystery, a twisty tale of survival and deception. – O, the Oprah MagazineA bride's dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she's had a regrettable one-night stand shows up in this electrifying psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Eight Perfect Murders. Abigail Baskin never thought she'd fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. He's a good guy, stable, level-headed, kind a refreshing twist from her previous relationships. But right before the wedding, Abigail has a drunken one-night stand on her bachelorette weekend. She puts the incident and the sexy guy who wouldn't give her his real name out of her mind, and now believes she wants to be with Bruce for the rest of her life. Then the mysterious stranger suddenly appears and Abigail's future life and happiness are turned upside down. He insists that their passionate night was the beginning of something much, much more. Something special. Something real and he's tracked her down to prove it. Does she tell Bruce and ruin their idyllic honeymoon and possibly their marriage? Or should she handle this psychopathic stalker on her own? To make the situation worse, strange things begin to happen. She sees a terrified woman in the night shadows, and no one at the resort seems to believe anything is amiss... including her perfect new husband. "

Content: Biographisches: " Peter Swanson is the author of seven novels, including 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, Before She Knew Him, and Eight Perfect Murders . His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction , The Atlantic Monthly , Measure , The Guardian , The Strand Magazine , and Yankee Magazine . He lives outside of Boston, where he is at work on his next novel. " Rezension(2): " Culturess :Every Vow You Break takes the typical domestic thriller and puts a new spin on it —" Rezension(3): " Associated Press :The plot twists come at a furious pace. When Abigail seeks help in dealing with Scott, she gradually discovers that she has no one she can count on. Almost no one around her is who they pretend to be." Rezension(4): " Wall Street Journal :Swanson specializes in writing mesmerizing thrillers that subvert readers' expectations. The author works his particular magic once again with Every Vow You Break... Swanson's shape-shifting saga is reminiscent, by turns, of such foreboding films as Vertigo [and] Fatal Attraction." Rezension(5): " Air Mail :An unabashed page-turner that I dare you not to read all in one go." Rezension(6): " Crime By the Book :Swanson puts his own unique spin on the idea of marital bliss taking a dark and sinister turn in his newest release, which focuses not on a wedding itself, but on what comes after... [The novel] begs to be read in a couple of sittings..." Rezension(7): " USA Today on Eight Perfect Murders :Engagingly original. . This [is a] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge—" Rezension(8): " Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Eight Perfect Murders :You wish the mounting complications, like a magician's showiest routine, could go on forever." Rezension(9): " BookBub :Peter Swanson delivers another stellar thriller full of adrenaline inducing surprises and a plot that turns on a dime." Rezension(10): " Booklist :The further we go into [Swanson's] devilishly twisty tales, the more hooks he sets... Bride-to-be Abigail had a booze-fueled one-night stand... and is now being stalked by the man with whom she dallied. Fatal Attraction, right? Well, maybe, but we quickly see there's more to it than that. " Rezension(11): " Library Journal :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." Rezension(12): " Seattle Times on Eight Perfect Murders :Fiendishly clever catnip for any lover of classic crime fiction." Rezension(13): " Minneapolis Star Tribune :Just when we think we have an idea of what Abigail is up against, Swanson pulls the rug away from under us. Strange events give way to sinister revelations... The last act cranks up tension to the breaking point. Sit back, suspend all disbelief, and watch those pages fly by." Rezension(14): " Lisa Gardner on Eight Perfect Murders :With mounting tension and fraying nerves, it careens to the final stunning conclusion. A true tour de force." Rezension(15): " The Big Thrill :[A] pulse-pounding not-so-happily-ever-after thriller." Rezension(16): " Minneapolis Star Tribune on Eight Perfect Murders :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." Rezension(17): " Toronto Star :If you're familiar with Peter Swanson's super creepy previous novel, Eight Perfect Murders, you'll understand that the new book is neither simple nor merely a matter of stalking... This one takes more perverse plot turns than Eight Perfect Murders even contemplated. For creepiness, this is the real goods." Rezension(18): " O, the Oprah Magazine :Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound in Swanson's latest mystery, a twisty tale of survival and deception. " Rezension(19): " Anthony Horowitz on Eight Perfect Murders :Fiendish good fun." Rezension(20): " Library Journal :Swanson's new novel is a good match with Lucy Foley's psychological wedding thriller, The Guest List. Readers will bask in the creepiness of being stranded on a remote island, considering how far some might go to punish those who break sacred promises." Rezension(21): " The Nerd Daily :Incredibly difficult to put down, Peter Swanson's newest thriller, Every Vow You Break, is full of twists and surprises, but also constantly conveys that pit-of-your-stomach dread that suspense lovers are addicted to." Rezension(22): " Shelf Awareness :Luckily for readers, [Swanson] keeps the story grounded by making Abigail an average person who refuses to be a victim. It's this simplicity that makes the..." Rezension(23): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 4, 2021 This suspenseful thriller from Swanson ( Eight Perfect Murders ) explores a familiar genre theme—the consequences of entering a marriage with a guilty secret. As Abigail Baskin faces her approaching wedding to wealthy Bruce Lamb, she’s wracked with guilt over sleeping with someone else during her bachelorette party weekend. Her situation becomes even more fraught when that one-night stand, whom she only knows as Scottie, starts stalking her. After Scottie sends Abigail an email suggesting they share a deep connection and she should cancel the nuptials, she goes ahead with the wedding, but fears Scottie’s continuing obsession with her. She hopes for a respite when Bruce spirits her away for their honeymoon on a Maine island, but that’s dashed when Scottie appears there as well, setting in motion a deadly series of events that imperils her life. Credible, fully realized characters and tense situations compensate for plot twists that aren’t as memorable as in Swanson’s best work. Many readers will devour this page-turner in one sitting. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel &,Weber. " Rezension(24): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 1, 2021 Lots of thriller writers know how to set a hook, but Swanson isn't satisfied with just one,the further we go into his devilishly twisty tales, the more hooks he sets, and the harder we bite down on the line. This time we start out on what seems like familiar ground: then-bride-to-be Abigail had a booze-fueled one-night stand during her bachelorette party and is now being stalked by the man with whom she dallied. Fatal Attraction, right? Well, maybe, but we quickly see there's more to it than that. Something seems a little off on the idyllic honeymoon island where Abigail and husband Bruce are ensconced (and it isn't just the lurking presence of the stalker). Naturally, there's no internet on the island (the resort bills itself as a screen-free getaway), but the landlines aren't working, either. And why are there so few women on the island? The woman-in-peril theme is in grave danger of overexposure right now, but Swanson does force the resourceful Abigail to run a doozy of a gauntlet, and we're panting along beside her all the way. COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(25): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: February 1, 2021 Marriage vows are meant to be kept, but what if you broke them right before your wedding? Isn't that what a bachelorette party is for? Abigail Baskin has found the perfect man--intelligent, affectionate, and wealthy. Millionaire Bruce Lamb didn't exactly sweep her off her feet, but Abigail is sure he's the one. At least, she's sure marrying a responsible man will be good for her. But right before the wedding, she sees her one-night stand--he's stalked her across the country. She keeps it a secret, not wanting to ruin her wedding or the honeymoon on an isolated private island Bruce has planned. But Abigail doesn't know that Bruce has secrets of his own. As the honeymoon proceeds, strange things happen. Abigail notices she and another guest are the only women on the island and fears someone is conspiring against them. Not sure whom she can trust, she wonders if she should have married Bruce. VERDICT Swanson's ( Eight Perfect Murders ) new novel is a good match with Lucy Foley's psychological wedding thriller, The Guest List. Readers will bask in the creepiness of being stranded on a remote island, considering how far some might go to punish those who break sacred promises. --K.L. Romo, Duncanville, TXCopyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. "

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Content: " The author of the wildly popular The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying and downright Hitchcockian psychological thriller—,s tantalizing as the cinema classics Rear Window and Wait Until Dark—,nvolving a young woman caught in a vise of voyeurism, betrayal, manipulation, and murder. The danger isn't all in your head . Growing up, Kate Priddy was always a bit neurotic, experiencing momentary bouts of anxiety that exploded into full blown panic attacks after an ex-boyfriend kidnapped her and nearly ended her life. When Corbin Dell, a distant cousin in Boston, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, Kate, an art student in London, agrees, hoping that time away in a new place will help her overcome the recent wreckage of her life. But soon after her arrival at Corbin's grand apartment on Beacon Hill, Kate makes a shocking discovery: his next-door neighbor, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police question her about Corbin, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own—,uriosity that intensifies when she meets Alan Cherney, a handsome, quiet tenant who lives across the courtyard, in the apartment facing Audrey's. Alan saw Corbin surreptitiously come and go from Audrey's place, yet he's denied knowing her. Then, Kate runs into a tearful man claiming to be the dead woman's old boyfriend, who insists Corbin did the deed the night that he left for London. When she reaches out to her cousin, he proclaims his innocence and calms her nerves . until she comes across disturbing objects hidden in the apartment—,nd accidently learns that Corbin is not where he says he is. Could Corbin be a killer? And what about Alan? Kate finds herself drawn to this appealing man who seems so sincere, yet she isn't sure. Jetlagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination full of dark images caused by the terror of her past, Kate can barely trust herself . So how could she take the chance on a stranger she's just met? Yet the danger Kate imagines isn't nearly as twisted and deadly as what's about to happen. When her every fear becomes very real. And much, much closer than she thinks. Told from multiple points of view, Her Every Fear is a scintillating, edgy novel rich with Peter Swanson's chilling insight into the darkest corners of the human psyche and virtuosic skill for plotting that has propelled him to the highest ranks of suspense, in the tradition of such greats as Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, Patricia Highsmith, and James M. Cain. "

Content: Rezension(1): " Peter Swanson is the author of three novels: The Girl With a Clock For a Heart , an LA Times Book Award finalist, The Kind Worth Killing , winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger,and his most recent, Her Every Fear . His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction , The Atlantic Monthly , Measure , The Guardian , The Strand Magazine , and Yankee Magazine . A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his wife. " Rezension(2): "Washington Post:Most readers won't anticipate the Hitchcockian twists and turns in this standout suspense tale." Rezension(3): "Wall Street Journal on Her Every Fear :Chapter by chapter, the text peels back layers to reveal a pathological relationship between Kate's cousin and a long-ago acquaintance that's reminiscent of a folie à deux out of Patricia Highsmith... By then, readers, privy to much Kate doesn't know, may be experiencing their own anxiety." Rezension(4): "St. Louis Post Dispatch:Peter Swanson tells the engaging story of a woman battling severe anxiety who decides to radically change her life - and the horrifying results that follow - in Her Every Fear ... An effective and compulsive thriller." Rezension(5): "BookPage on Her Every Fear :[It] has 'movie adaptation' written all over it. It has an alluring location, a fragile yet resilient protagonist and a thoroughly Hitchcockian storyline, replete with the requisite false starts and plot twists... High tension, lightning-fast pacing and psychological drama in spades." Rezension(6): "Library Journal (starred review):Psychological thriller devotees should block time to read Swanson's ( The Kind Worth Killing ) novel in one sitting, preferably in the daylight. Readers can expect the hairs on their necks to stand straight up as they are consumed with a full-blown case of heebie-jeebies." Rezension(7): "Otto Penzler, LitHub.com on Her Every Fear :The attractive young woman at the heart of this white-knuckle novel, has many fears-mostly justified... Swanson, who also wrote The Girl with a Clock for a Heart and The Kind Worth Killing , has quickly established himself as today's master of the suspense novel." Rezension(8): "Seattle Book Review on Her Every Fear :Peter Swanson's third thriller cracks to life in the opening pages. His characters are engaging, and the reader is treated to multiple points of view... The payoff for the reader is an excellent whodunit with a magical appeal for the mystery thriller lover." Rezension(9): "Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go on Her Every Fear :I loved it! A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache." Rezension(10): "Bookreporter.com:Did you like the film Rear Window? I did, and turning the pages of Peter Swanson's HER EVERY FEAR harkened every chilling and suspenseful moment of watching it. Swanson's pace is brisk, and at any moment you think you have the crime solved, but then another twist happens." Rezension(11): "Bookreporter.com on Her Every Fear :Peter Swanson creates quite a mysterious stew here Those readers who are tired of encountering the scenario in which the damsel in distress is rescued by a prince will find much to love here, given how Swanson puts a unique corkscrew on that plot device." Rezension(12): "Authorlink.com on Her Every Fear :A compelling tale of murder and deception that keeps the reader turning pages. Kate is a sympathetic heroine who has seen too much, but rises above it." Rezension(13): "Booklist (starred review):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." Rezension(14): " News and Sentinel (Parkersburg, WV) on Her Every Fear :There are many twists and turns in this layered novel... It's definite stay-up-all-night kind of read and will leave you guessing." Rezension(15): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 17, 2016 Kate Priddy, the heroine of this unconvincing psychological thriller from Swanson ( The Kind Worth Killing ), who’s still traumatized by a boyfriend turned stalker, impulsively agrees to swap her London flat with Corbin Dell, an American cousin she has never met. After a harrowing plane trip and a ride through Boston’s Sumner Tunnel that prompts a panic attack, Kate arrives at Corbin’s luxurious Beacon Hill apartment just before the discovery of a murder in the apartment next door. The body of book editor Audrey Marshall is marked with gruesome postmortem cuts, which prove to be similar to those of other victims in places where Corbin has lived. Kate begins to suspect that her cousin knows more about Audrey’s murder than he claims. As a fragile Kate tries to hold herself together, another stalker targets her. The characters, especially the female ones, rarely make rational decisions, and Kate herself doesn’t consistently react in the face of grave danger in the manner of someone suffering from crippling anxiety. Swanson fans will hope for a return to form next time. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Associates. "

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