From the author of
The Kind Worth Killing,
Her Every Fear, and
Before She Knew Him comes a cerebral meta-mystery, an inverted crime novel that's both a chilling tale of psychological unravelling as it's about a story of a Boston bookseller who is caught in the middle of an FBI investigation simply because a killer is using his list of crime fiction's perfect murders to stage a series of murders, bringing to life what transpired in pages in a macabre turn of events. Add to it a narrative that's anything but reliable and a heady potion of duplicity, betrayal and revenge, you're left with a bubbling cauldron full of twists and bends that culminates in a jaw-dropping finale. Flitting back and forth from reel to real, Peter Swanson concocts a devilishly clever thriller that packs in lots of misdirection, where smart and strategically placed reveals hit the reader like a bolt out of the blue and produce genuine moments of surprise. Evoking fond memories of my regular visits to Otto Penzler's
Mysterious Bookshop in New York City,
Eight Perfect Murders is by turns original and a treat for mystery mavens.
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