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Nine Lives

"The mysterious letters that arrive for the unlucky folks in Peter Swanson's terrific Nine Lives are all identical... The plot is an ingenious puzzle... Forget trying to solve the mystery yourself. But be aware that if you look closely, you may spot the murderer... hiding in plain sight." - New York Times Book Review

"[A] smartly entertaining reimagining of Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None... Swanson cunningly plays with readers' heads as we hope so-and-so gets it next... In addition to the suspense - who's doing this, and why? - there's lots of literary wit." - Washington Post on Nine Lives

"Swanson honors genre traditions by

arousing expectations only to subvert them-and then subvert them again. Some of the surprises are so unexpected, readers may be doing mental backflips to keep up. The author of Nine Lives has surpassed his own high standards." - Wall Street Journal

"Swanson again takes the idea of fiction as homage to deliriously vertiginous new heights... While the tension mounts deliciously as we wonder if there will be any survivors, the real fascination here is the explanation itself-and what it reveals about the cancerous effects of guilt and obsession." - Booklist (starred review)

"Swanson (Every Vow You Break) neatly riffs on Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None in this taut thriller... [A] well-crafted page-turner." - Publishers Weekly

"I loved Nine Lives. Swanson's sharp and insightful characterization brought to life a fascinating premise. The whole resolution is beautifully worked out." - Ann Cleeves, author of The Heron's Cry

"With economical strokes of his pen, Peter Swanson presents us with a clever homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and keeps us guessing right to the end." - Peter May, author of The Blackhouse

"Gosh, Nine Lives is good. Incredibly so." - Winnipeg Free Press

"Swanson is emerging as the king of the classic mystery revival. His last two books, Every Vow You Break and Eight Perfect Murders, were deservedly bestsellers and received many awards... Nine Lives lives up to all that and more. This is his best book yet. The premise is near perfection." - Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"[Swanson] has earned a reputation for ingenious plotting and a clear, precise writing style - and "Nine Lives" is no exception. And this time, he tells readers just enough about the lives of the nine people on the hit list to make readers care what happens to them." - Associated Press

"Swanson creates a rollercoaster for readers." - BookPage

"Echoes of Agatha Christie reverberate through Nine Lives as Peter Swanson... brings a fresh, contemporary approach to the classic And Then There Were None. [Swanson's] intense storytelling energizes Nine Lives. Swanson delivers a surprising but believable resolution that ties together all the characters in this solid thriller." - Shelf Awareness

"Peter Swanson is one of my go-to authors, and he keeps getting better with each new book he writes. His latest effort, Nine Lives, is no exception. Not only is it a terrific mystery/thriller that keeps you guessing right up until the last page, it just happens to be inspired by one of my all-time favorite novels: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None." - Bookreporter.com

"Swanson alternates points of view with alacrity, unleashing a varied and vibrant ensemble...Peter Swanson is the king of the high concept thriller, and Nine Lives marks yet another ambitious addition to his collected works. An ode to Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None, it expands on her premise by moving the killing grounds from an insular island setting to America at large." - CriminalElement.com

"'Deliciously ingenious... With twist upon twist, and false clue upon false clue, this is superb, elegant crime writing with more than a nod to the genre's past.'" - Daily Mail (UK)

"Diving into the plot of a Peter Swanson novel is rather like getting involved, if not quite in a game of chess, then in a particularly sharp game of checkers. Swanson's earlier bestselling "Eight Perfect Murders" qualified as a solid book of this type. "Nine Lives" is even better." - Toronto Star

"Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound in Swanson's latest mystery, a twisty tale of survival and deception. " - O, the Oprah Magazine on Every Vow You Break

"Swanson specializes in writing mesmerizing thrillers that subvert readers' expectations. The author works his particular magic once again with Every Vow You Break... Swanson's shape-shifting saga is reminiscent, by turns, of such foreboding films as Vertigo [and] Fatal Attraction." - Wall Street Journal

"Just when we think we have an idea of what Abigail is up against, Swanson pulls the rug away from under us. Strange events give way to sinister revelations... The last act cranks up tension to the breaking point. Sit back, suspend all disbelief, and watch those pages fly by." - Minneapolis Star Tribune on Every Vow You Break

"With mounting tension and fraying nerves, it careens to the final stunning conclusion. A true tour de force." - Lisa Gardner on Eight Perfect Murders

"Eight Perfect Murders creates expectations it then subverts, presents suspects only to eliminate them, and in general has its own way with the tropes of the mystery thriller-including that genre mainstay, the unreliable narrator." - Wall Street Journal

"A devious whodunit" - New York Times Book Review on Eight Perfect Murders

"In Peter Swanson's expert hands, one woman's discerning observation at a quiet suburban dinner party unfolds into a gripping, twisty, psychologically complex thriller. I could not put it down." - Alafair Burke on Before She Knew Him

"A fun read, full of switchbacks and double crosses... With classic misdirection, Swanson distracts us from the details - changing up murderers and victims fast enough to keep us reading. And, implausibly, rooting for the cold-blooded killer at this thriller's core." - Boston Globe on The Kind Worth Killing

"Chilling and hypnotically suspenseful ... could be an instant classic." - Lee Child on The Kind Worth Killing

The Kind Worth Killing is not your ordinary murder mystery; it is an extraordinarily well-written tale of deceit and revenge told by a very gifted writer. Peter Swanson takes us on a harrowing journey through the hearts and minds of a cast of characters who seem normal on the outside, but are deliciously abnormal on the inside. The twists are not just in the plot; they are also in the heads of the plotters." - Nelson DeMille

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26.02.2022

Nine people, seemingly chosen at random, get the same letter: no sender or return address and in the envelope just a sheet of paper with nine names. One of them is theirs. They have no idea what this is supposed to mean and react quite differently to it. Some of them are worried, others just throw … Mehr Nine people, seemingly chosen at random, get the same letter: no sender or return address and in the envelope just a sheet of paper with nine names. One of them is theirs. They have no idea what this is supposed to mean and react quite differently to it. Some of them are worried, others just throw it away. But when the first person listed is murdered, mood shifts a bit. When the second body is discovered, they get nervous as it becomes more and more obvious: this is a kill list. And the strangers will all be dead just a short time after. FBI agent Jessica is among them and she is the first to discover a possible connection: the reason for the murderer lies in the past, many decades ago, there must have been an event that links them. “Nine Lives” is only the second novel I read by Peter Swanson after “Before She Knew Him” which I also thoroughly enjoyed. His newest novel, too, keeps you long in the dark, just like the police, you wonder what the characters might have brought on the list, how nine – why nine and not ten? – people spread all over the country might be linked. What I liked especially and what came to my mind immediately after starting to read, was Agatha Christie’s crime mystery “And Then There Were None” which is referred to several times throughout the novel. A tricky puzzle where the pieces do not seem to fit for quite a long time and while you still ponder about the reason behind it all, you can only watch how one after the other is killed. “It wasn’t simply revenge. It felt like something much more than that. Karma, maybe. I had the money, and I had the will, to do what the natural world would never do. I could set the world to rights, in one small way.” What I appreciated most was how the people reacted to their death announcement. Swanson created quite diverse characters who cope with this challenging situation in very different ways. Ethan and Caroline’s way of bonding over the shared fate was for me the most loveable story as I could relate to this most - just having the feeling of not being alone in it, of having somebody to share the fears and thoughts with, and somehow accepting fate or whatever it is. There are some noteworthy minor characters – a wannabe victim, a contract killer – whose motives and points of view bring some new spin to the plot, too. However, what is most remarkable is the personality of the character who is behind it all. Normally, you come to hate a serial killer who takes himself for God, emotionally, I found it not that easy here, which alone already makes it a great read since life is never just black and white, good or bad. A very cleverly composed plot which is not totally nerve-wrecking but full of suspense and also thought-provoking: what would you do if you were on such a list? Weniger

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