Peter Swanson

"A dark and devious literary suspense novel about a random encounter, sex, and a conversation that quickly turns to murder--a modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train--from the author of The Girl with a Clock for a Heart"-- Provided by publisher.

Uma história sombria, em uma atmosfera romântica e um quê de Hitchcock, sobre um homem que fora arrastado para uma trama irresistível de paixão e assassinato quando um antigo amor reaparece cheio de mentiras. Em uma noite de sexta-feira, a rotina confortável e previsível de George Foss é quebrada quando, em um bar, uma bela mulher senta-se ao seu lado. A mesma mulher que desaparecera sem deixar vestígios vinte anos atrás. Agora, depois de...

Libraire spécialisé en littérature policière, Malcolm reçoit la visite surprise du FBI. L'agent Gwen Mulvey sollicite son avis sur deux affaires étranges : une série de meurtres tout droit sortie d'un roman d'Agatha Christie et un "accident" rappelant un livre de James M. Cain. Or Malcolm, quinze ans plus tt, a publié sur son blog une liste intitulée "Huit crimes parfaits", o figuraient ces deux intrigues. Serait-il possible qu'un tueur s'en...

Londres-Boston, vol de nuit. Ted Severson rencontre la superbe et mystérieuse Lily Kintner. Ils bavardent, boivent des cocktails, et voilà que peu à peu se déclenche un jeu de la vérité au cours duquel, un détail après l'autre, Ted se dévoile à l'oreille bienveillante de Lily. Il lui avoue l'échec de son couple : sa femme, Miranda, le trompe. Il en vient même à confier qu'il la tuerait bien. Et que ce ne serait finalement que justice....

"The story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders" -- Amazon.

"Abigail Baskin never thought she'd fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. But right before the wedding, Abigail has a drunken one-night stand on her bachelorette weekend. She puts the incident out of her mind, and now believes she wants to be with Bruce for the rest of her life. Then the mysterious stranger suddenly appears - and Abigail's future life and happiness are turned upside down. He insists that their passionate night...

"When a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him--in this spectacularly devious new novel by Peter Swanson featuring characters from his acclaimed novel The Kind Worth Killing"-- Provided by publisher. "There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball's office asking him to investigate...

"From one of the new masters of psychological suspense comes another twisty tale of blind passion, mistaken identities, and murder"-- Provided by publisher. Harry Ackerson has always considered his stepmother Alice to be sexy and beautiful. She has always been kind and attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years. Days before his college graduation, Alice calls with shocking news. His father is dead and the police think it's suicide. Returning...

When Liana Dector, a woman who is possibly a cold-blooded killer wanted by the police, storms into his favorite Boston tavern demanding his help, George Foss, unable to say "no" to his first love, is drawn into a world of murder, betrayal, and secrets from which there is no escape.