The Kind Worth Killing: A Novel

A devious tale of psychological suspense so irresistible that it prompts entertainment weekly to ask, peter swanson, “Is The Kind Worth Killing the next Gone Girl?” From one of the hottest new thriller writers, a name you may not know yet but soon will, this is his breakout novel in the bestselling tradition of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train—and is soon to be a major movie directed by Agnieszka Holland.

In a tantalizing set-up reminiscent of patricia highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train… On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start—he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit—a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.

But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. But there are a few things about lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth. Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive.

. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves.

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Her Every Fear: A Novel

. Cain. 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. When the police question her about corbin, quiet tenant who lives across the courtyard, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own—curiosity that intensifies when she meets Alan Cherney, a handsome, in the apartment facing Audrey’s.

When she reaches out to her cousin, he proclaims his innocence and calms her nerves. 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. Alan saw corbin surreptitiously come and go from Audrey’s place, yet he’s denied knowing her.

And much, much closer than she thinks. 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, kate, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, agrees, an art student in London, a distant cousin in Boston, hoping that time away in a new place will help her overcome the recent wreckage of her life.

Until she comes across disturbing objects hidden in the apartment—and accidently learns that Corbin is not where he says he is. When her every fear becomes very real.


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All the Beautiful Lies: A Novel

Devastated, harry returns to his father’s home in Maine. But she isn’t the only attractive woman taking an interest in Harry. The sensual alice is also growing closer, coming on to him in an enticing, clearly sexual way. Mesmerized by these two women, Harry finds himself falling deeper under their spell.

From the acclaimed author of her every fear and the kind worth killing comes a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, Paula Hawkins, and cold-blooded murder—a sly and brilliant guessing game of a novel in the vein of Ruth Ware, and Patricia Highsmith. Harry ackerson has always considered his stepmother Alice to be sexy and beautiful, in an "otherworldly" way.

There, he and alice will help each other pick up of the pieces of their lives and uncover what happened to his father. Shortly after he arrives, Harry meets a mysterious young woman named Grace McGowan. Yet the closer he gets to them, the more isolated he feels, disoriented by a growing fear that both women are hiding dangerous—even deadly—secrets.

Though she claims to be new to the area, Harry begins to suspect that Grace may not be a complete stranger to his family. His father is dead and the police think it’s suicide. She has always been kind and attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years. 　. And that neither one is telling the truth.


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The Girl with a Clock for a Heart: A Novel

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. 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. But he can’t say no—he never could—so he makes a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of lies, betrayal, secrets, 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. She’s also a dangerous enigma and quite possibly a cold-blooded killer wanted by the police.

. And they will do whatever it takes to get it back. George knows Liana is trouble. Ruthless men believe she stole some money.


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Then She Was Gone: A Novel

Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the most astute thriller reader won’t see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted. Booklist, the girl on the train, starred review “Sharply written with twists and turns, Jewell’s latest will please fans of Gone Girl, or Luckiest Girl Alive.

Library journalEllie Mack was the perfect daughter. Before she knows it, she’s meeting Floyd’s daughters—and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel’s breath away. And now, the unanswered questions she’s tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel anew. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple.

She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. It’s been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie’s case was unearthed. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.

Instant new york times bestseller “an acutely observed family drama with bone-chilling suspense. People “jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. So when she meets an unexpectedly charming man in a café, no one is more surprised than Laurel at how quickly their flirtation develops into something deeper.




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Something in the Water: A Novel

. With piercing insight and fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves. Praise for something in the Water“Arresting. Wit, timing and intelligence to this novel.

. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave?   Wonder no longer. Catherine steadman’s enthralling voice shines throughout this spellbinding debut novel. Deftly paced, elegantly chilly. Steadman is a newcomer worth watching.

Publishers weekly “an unbearably tense debut with a knockout premise, Something in the Water had me hooked from the very first sentence. Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares?   Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to protect their secret. Thrilling and thought-provoking, it’s the perfect beach read.

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Behind Closed Doors: A Novel

Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. The instant new york times and usa today bestselling debut psychological thriller you can't miss!the perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?“A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive. A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.

Mary kubica, new york times and usa today bestselling author of The Good Girl“This is one readers won’t be able to put down. Booklist starred review"A can’t-put-down psychological thriller. Library journal starred review“This debut is guaranteed to haunt you. Warning: brace yourself. Bustle 10 new thrillers to read this Summer“The sense of believably and terror that engulfs Behind Closed Doors doesn't waver.

The associated press, picked up by The Washington Post“This was one of the best and most terrifying psychological thrillers I have ever read. San francisco book ReviewEveryone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. A. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.




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Into the Darkest Corner: A Novel

Until she receives a phone call informing her of Lee’s impending release. Gorgeous, charismatic and spontaneous, Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. And her friends clearly agree, as each in turn falls under his spell. But what begins as flattering attentiveness and passionate sex turns into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon learns there is a darker side to Lee.

Convinced she is back in her former lover’s sights, Cathy prepares to wrestle with the demons of her past for the last time. Utterly convincing in its portrayal of obsession, Into the Darkest corner is an ingeniously structured and plotted tour de force of suspense that marks the arrival of a major new talent.

Soon after, cathy thinks she catches a glimpse of the former best friend who testified against her in the trial; she begins to return home to find objects subtly rearranged in her apartment, one of Lee’s old tricks. But when an attractive upstairs neighbour, Stuart, comes into her life, Cathy dares to hope that happiness and love may still be possible .

Increasingly isolated and driven into the darkest corner of her world, a desperate Catherine plans a meticulous escape. Four years later, lee is behind bars and Catherine—now Cathy—compulsively checks the locks and doors in her apartment, trusting no one. His increasingly erratic, controlling behaviour becomes frightening, but no one believes her when she shares her fears.

Catherine bailey has been enjoying the single life long enough to know a catch when she sees one.


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The Last Mrs. Parrish

Before long, amber is daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. The national bestseller and december pick for reese witherspoon's hello sunshine book club"filled with envy, and power, deception, it’s a great reading escape.

In a ‘can’t put it down’ way. To everyone in the exclusive town of bishops harbor, Jackson,  Daphne—a socialite and philanthropist—and her real-estate mogul husband, Connecticut,  are a couple straight out of a fairy tale. Amber’s envy could eat her alive. Ripley’ with XX chromosomes. The skimm“Deliciously duplicitous.

. And there is a thrilling twist at the end!!" —Reese Witherspoon“Will keep you up. Equally as twisty, spellbinding, and addictive as Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl or Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train. Library journal starred reviewAmber Patterson is fed up. It’s ‘the Talented Mr. Amber uses daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life—the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her.

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The Last Time I Lied: A Novel

As she digs deeper, emma finds herself sorting through lies from the past while facing mysterious threats in the present. The new york times bestsellerin the latest thriller from the bestselling author of Final Girls, a young woman returns to her childhood summer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy that happened there fifteen years ago.

Two truths and a Lie. Seeing an opportunity to find out what really happened to her friends all those years ago, Emma agrees. Familiar faces, and the same dark lake haunt Nightingale, unchanged cabins, even though the camp is opening its doors for the first time since the disappearances. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale.

The last she--or anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips. Now a rising star in the new york art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings--massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses.

And the closer she gets to the truth about Camp Nightingale and what really happened to those girls, the more she realizes that closure could come at a deadly price. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. Vivian, and first-time camper Emma Davis, Allison, Natalie, the youngest of the group.

Emma is even assigned to the same cabin she slept in as a teenager, but soon discovers a security camera--the only one on the property--pointed directly at its door.


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Shining City: A Novel

Rena and his team go full-bore to cover every inch of the judge’s past, while the competing factions of Washington D. C. Npr best book of 2017a polished and gripping political debut that Michael Connelly calls “an edge of your seat thriller, ” Shining City is set in DC amid a harrowing Supreme Court nomination fight.

Amazing. Racing against the clock to keep his nominee safe, the President satisfied, and the political wolves at bay, Rena learns just how dangerous Washington’s obsession with power—how to get it and how to keep it—can be. Written with razor-sharp political insight and heart-pounding action,  Shining City is a hugely impressive debut that announces a major new talent.

 . Judge roland madison is a legal giant, but he’s a political maverick, with views that might make the already tricky confirmation process even more difficult. Mobilize with frightening intensity: ambitious senators, garrulous journalists, and wily power players on both sides of the aisle. All of that becomes background when a string of seemingly random killings overlaps with Rena’s investigation, with Judge Madison a possible target.

A debut that will be remembered for years.


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