Suddenly, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead-and the noose around Mal’s neck grows so tight he might never escape. But Mal doesn’t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. and sees a killer in everyone around him. He lives with his wife and cat in Somerville, Massachusetts. To protect himself, Mal begins looking into possible suspects. Peter Swansons novels include The Girl With a Clock for a Heart, nominated for an LA Times book award, The Kind Worth Killing, a Richard and Judy pick and the iBooks stores thriller of the year in 2015, and, most recently, Before She Knew Him. There is killer is out there, watching his every move-a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal’s personal history, especially the secrets he’s never told anyone, even his recently deceased wife. And the FBI agent isn’t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. Read 9152 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. She’s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal’s old list. Macdonald’s The Drowner, and Donna Tartt’s A Secret History.īut no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. Milne’s Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox’s Malice Aforethought, James M.

Murders, Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin’s Death Trap, A. Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack-which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”-chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie’s A.

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