Cannonball Read 18

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“The thing is, and maybe I’m biased by all those years I’ve spent in fictional realms built on deceit, I don’t trust narrators any more than I trust the actual people in my life. We never get the whole truth, not from anybody.” #CBRBINGO – Elephant

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

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This was the first of two extremely entertaining thrillers that I read by Peter Swanson in 2022. I fear I may have read his best work now, so I’m not sure if I’ll be checking out any more of his stuff, but I can absolutely recommend Eight Perfect Murders as a stand-out thriller (along with The Kind Worth Killing). Holy shit, was this thing a page-turner. So the plot here is that bookshop owner Malcolm Kershaw, years ago, compiled a list of literature’s most perfect […]

Murder by Numbers

Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson

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Twenty-something Kate has been holed up in her apartment for too long, so when her distant relative Corbin is willing to swap apartments with her – his place in Boston for hers in London – she seizes the opportunity. However, soon after she arrives she discovers her neighbour has gone missing. But what does it have to do with Corbin? And how is her mysterious neighbour Alan involved?  There’s something weird about this book and it’s mostly in the writing. It’s almost as if an […]

“If you’re on the list, someone wants you dead”

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

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I can count on Peter Swanson for a solid mystery and Nine Lives, his latest book, is no exception.  The premise is borrowed from Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, which is mentioned several times in the book.  (Including the alternate titles the Christie story had, one which is considered offensive) Nine people receive a list of nine names in the mail, including their own.  They don’t know each other and nobody is sure what the link is between these nine lives. Then, like […]

The Kind Worth Killing – A Thriller Worth Reading

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

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I am no stranger to a thriller, I love a good murder mystery. I was looking for book recommendations to make me feel better about present stress in my life (i.e., when I am stressed, reading about murder makes me feel better because at least I’m not being murdered) and picked this one up on the recommendation of a friend and am delighted to give it two big ol’ thumbs up. This is a book I was delighted and surprised by, so much so that […]

Episode 1-10: Ain’t None Ya Muhfuhs Ever Heard Of Divorce?

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https://killingmykindle.com/2018/03/12/episode-1-10-aint-none-ya-muhfuhs-ever-heard-of-divorce/ Wherein I Review: 32. Ill Will by Dan Chaon 33. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! (Stainless Steel Rat #7) by Harry Harrison 34. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson I’m all for murder mysteries, but damn, sometimes people just be killing the fuck out of each other with no remorse.  It’s twisty and turny, and for Dan Chaon’s bitterly Maury Povich levels of trauma.  If you dig Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware, the Swanson is for you.  The Chaon might be for […]

Trauma, Trauma EVERYWHERE!

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After reading Swanson’s novel A Kind Worth Killing which was like a cross between Strangers on a Train and Don’t Make Agreements with Psychopaths for Dummies (a book not yet written but should be), I was excited to see that Swanson had another book, which is why I picked up Her Every Fear.  A Kind Worth Killing had a hook immediately, Her Every Fear took me a little to get drawn in but after a few chapters, it was the thriller on steroids that I […]



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