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Title details for A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson - Wait list

A Talent for Murder

by Peter Swanson
Graham Halstead
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'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 WILLINGHAM FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLING 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 . . . 'Menacing and exciting [...] It makes for a riveting entertainment.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Clever, scary, endearing and plotted like clockwork' CRIME TIME

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  • Release date

    July 2, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780571373666
      • File size: 241947 KB
      • Duration: 08:24:03

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 1, 2024
      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. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Assoc.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Each portion of this slow-burn thriller is tackled by a different narrator who adds their own unique twist to Swanson's layered characters. Saskia Maarleveld delivers librarian Martha Ratliff's chapters, highlighting Martha's curiosity and distress. Kathleen Early narrates Lily Kitner's point of view. Early's performance sounds stiff in contrast to Maarleveld's. Newlywed Martha seeks help from her college classmate, Lily, when she suspects her husband, Alan, of violence. Digging into Alan's travels, they stumble upon an old friend, Ethan Saltz. As Lily discovers the truth about Ethan, with the help of Henry Kimball, it might be too late. C.R. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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