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**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** ''A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.'' LIV CONSTANTINE ''The stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.'' STACY WILLINGHAM FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLING It was at this moment that Martha had two competing thoughts. One, that she''d married a nice man. And, two, that he was a complete and utter stranger to her. After an unexpected, whirlwind romance, quiet librarian Martha married Alan. But when she thinks she sees his mask slip, she starts to fear that the conferences he travels the country to attend might be a cover for something far more sinister. As she secretly starts to map his movements she unearths a string of dead women, but could these two things really be linked? Unsure of her own instincts, Martha turns to an old friend, Lily Kintner, who once helped her escape a toxic relationship in grad school. But what Martha doesn''t know is that Lily has a dark side of her own . . . ''Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.'' MARK EDWARDS ''The master of the gently perverse.'' Crime Time
About the author
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; Rules for Perfect Murders, the 2020 Richard and Judy Pick; and most recently Nine Lives. He lives with his wife and cat on the north coast of Massachusetts.
Summary
'A killer read with twist after twist.'
JANICE HALLETT
'So many great twists and a truly chilling villain . . . Swanson's best one yet.'
MARK EDWARDS
'A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.'
LIV CONSTANTINE
'The stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.'
STACY WILLINGHAM
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLING
Two years ago, Martha didn't know that Alan existed. Now, they're married - it was easy to say yes to someone so sweet.
But when Martha thinks she sees Alan's mask slip, she starts to fear that the conferences he travels the country to attend might be a cover for something far more sinister.
As her research unearths a string of dead women, she enlists the help of Lily Kintner, an old friend from grad school. What Martha doesn't know is that Lily has a dark side of her own . . .
'Menacing and exciting [...] It makes for a riveting entertainment.'
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
'Clever, scary, endearing and plotted like clockwork'
CRIME TIME
