A Talent for Murder

'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

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.