Peter Swanson

Peter Swanson is the author of many novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and his most recent, Eight Perfect Murders. His books have been translated into over 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine.

A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his wife and cat.

The Kind Worth Killing

The multiple character POV’s added to the suspense, while the various twists had me re-evaluating my ending predictions. Swanson does a fantastic job making the main (villainous) character likeable! It was odd rooting for a murderer, but alas, I was.Continue Reading

Before She Knew Him

SPOILER ALERT: My review contains SPOILERS. I have chosen to hide the spoilers within drop-down links so I don’t ruin the book for other readers. This was an interesting plot with some “I didn’t see that coming” twists that reallyContinue Reading