The Kind Worth Saving
'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' Mark Edwards
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4.1 • 16 Ratings
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Publisher Description
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S MURDER
'I loved it!' GILLIAN McALLISTER
'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDS
When 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 he's gotten far too close to the other woman.
As the case rapidly gets ever more dangerous, he's 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 JOHNSTONE
What 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 couldn't put it down'
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Peter Swanson’s slice of nail-biting neo-noir—a sequel to his 2015 bestseller The Kind Worth Killing—is a sly, twisting mystery which will leave your head spinning and your memory haunted. Private eye Henry Kimball is both an ex-teacher and an ex-cop with a colourful back story. Now he’s an investigator-for-hire, employed by former-student-cum-femme-fatale Joan to prove that her husband is cheating. Except she’s not being entirely honest, as vivid flashbacks reveal. As bodies pile up and the plot thickens, Kimball is left facing not just one lethal adversary but two. Swanson plays cleverly with genre conventions, regularly wrong-footing readers’ expectations. Our hero often isn’t terribly heroic or is absent from long stretches of action—with Swanson just as interested in the villains as he is the good guys. It’s smart and literate, with a poetry-writing protagonist and a novelist among the supporting cast. A deliciously devious, elegantly constructed tale about flawed characters forming deadly friendships.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Swanson (Nine Lives) cleverly plays with genre conventions in this twist-filled mystery. Boston PI Henry Kimball's two previous jobs had bad endings. He'd been a Massachusetts high school English teacher but left after a student pulled a gun and killed a classmate before turning the weapon on himself, leaving Kimball tormented by thoughts he could have prevented those deaths. His time with the Boston PD ended after he formed an unhealthy obsession with a homicide suspect, penning "multiple unsavory limericks about her." Kimball's past resurfaces when he's retained by former student Joan Whalen, who wants him to prove that her real estate broker husband, Richard, is unfaithful. The detective isn't convinced that his client is being completely truthful. Flashbacks to the couple's first interactions when they were teenagers and their families were both vacationing in Maine up the ante, as does Kimball's discovery of two bodies in an uninhabited house with a for sale sign outside. Swanson's especially good at capturing the complexity of Kimball's inner life. Readers will be hard-pressed not to devour this in one sitting to ascertain whether, and how, past and present connect.
