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Informationen zum Autor Peter Swanson's 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 store's thriller of the year in 2015! and! most recently! Before She Knew Him . He lives with his wife and cat in Somerville! Massachusetts. Klappentext In a dark and brilliant guessing game of a novel - evoking Patricia Highsmith and Agatha Christie - Peter Swanson once again displays his unique gift for lovingly reprising and refreshing mystery writing's greatest tropes. A stand-out thriller for fans of superior! smart writing with twists. Zusammenfassung 'He's the real deal...' JOE HILL 'Another read in one sitting from the best-selling Swanson.' METRO 'A brilliantly original premise! delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH On the eve of his college graduation! Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice! to their house on the Maine coast! following the unexpected death of his father. But who really is Alice! his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative! Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present! things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings?
