From the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club picks The Kind Worth Killing and Rules for Perfect Murders
'Another top-notch thriller . . . it proves the adage: marry for money and you'll earn every penny.' Alice O'Keefe, The Bookseller, Editor's Pick
'Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound . . . a twisty tale of survival and deception.' O, The Oprah Magazine
After a whirlwind, fairytale romance, Abigail Baskin marries freshly-minted Silicon Valley millionaire Bruce Lamb.
For their honeymoon, he whisks her away to an exclusive retreat at a friend’s resort off the Maine coast on Heart Pond Island. But once there, Abigail’s perfect new life threatens to crash down around her as she recognises one of their fellow guests as the good looking, charismatic stranger who weeks earlier had seduced her at her own Bachelorette party...
‘Peter Swanson is in the ranks of the killer elite alongside Tana French and Gillian Flynn. He’s the real deal.’ Joe Hill
Peter Swanson's debut novel, The Girl With a Clock for a Heart (2014), was described by Dennis Lehane as 'a twisty, sexy, electric thrill ride' and was nominated for the LA Times book award. His follow up The Kind Worth Killing (2015), a Richard and Judy pick, was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger, was named the iBook stores Thriller of the Year and was a top ten paperback bestseller. He lives with his wife and cat in Somerville, Massachusetts. His third novel, Her Every Fear, will be published in early 2016. |
Category: | Fiction |
ISBN: | 9780571358502 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
On sale: | April 2021 |
Format: | Paperback |
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