A Talent for Murder
This summer's must-read psychological thriller
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- 13,99 €
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- 13,99 €
Publisher Description
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLING
SHORTLISTED 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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Swanson's brilliant latest (following The Kind Worth Saving) revolves around a newlywed's suspicions that her husband might be a murderer. Maine librarian Martha Ratliff is feeling uneasy about her recent marriage to traveling salesman Alan Peralta. Her fear that she doesn't truly know Alan is exacerbated when he returns from a trip to Connecticut in an unusually severe mood. When Martha searches online for details about his trip, she turns up a news story about the supposed suicide of a young woman named Josie Nixon at the same art conference Alan visited. Soon, Martha starts drawing connections between Alan's past trips and nearby homicides. For guidance, she turns to Lily Kintner, her old friend from graduate school (and a character from Swanson's previous novels). Together, the women stage a meeting between Lily and Alan, which only serves to illuminate that little is as it seems when it comes to Josie's death. Swanson's gift for well-earned yet seismic reveals is on full display, and he fortifies them with unexpected heart through the story of Lily and Martha's friendship. This is a masterpiece of misdirection.
