A bride’s dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she’s had a regrettable one-night stand shows up in this electrifying psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Eight Perfect Murders.Abigail Baskin never thought she’d fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. He’s a good guy, stable, level-headed, kind—a refreshing twist from her previous relationships.But right before the wedding, Abigail has a drunken o...

The bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing returns with a n electrifying psychological thrillerAs tantalizing as Rear Window, Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Talented Mr Ripley'I loved it! A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH, Sunday Times bestselling author of I See YouFollow...

THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR BOOK LOVERS'The twist will make you rethink everything.' New York Times Book Review'A murder mystery set at a cosy Christmas country estate? We're so here for it.' Cosmopolitan'Funny, clever and gripping.' Irish IndependentWhen Ashley Smith - a bright-eyed but lonely American studying in London - is invited to spend Christmas with her classmate's family at their Cotswo...

New York Times bestseller“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” —Lisa Gardner“[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge.” —USA TodayFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of ...

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK'Fiendish good fun' ANTHONY HOROWITZIf you want to get away with murder, play by the rulesA series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels.The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article tit...

“The inventive Mr. Swanson never lets the willing reader down. With The Kind Worth Saving, he surpasses his own high standard.” — Tom Nolan, Wall Street JournalIn this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson, a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him.There was always s...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JULIA ROBERTSFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Deliciously dark.' JOHN MARRS'Exhilarating' DANYA KUKAFKA'Ingenious' LAURA LIPPMANWhat if the only way to bury the truth is to bury your husband?The first attempt at killing her husband was the night of the dinner party.Wendy a...

The exceptionally twisty - and twisted - new thriller from the author of Rules for Perfect MurdersAfter a whirlwind, fairytale romance, Abigail Baskin marries freshly-minted Silicon Valley millionaire Bruce Lamb.For their honeymoon, he whisks her away to an exclusive retreat at a friend's resort off the Maine coast on Heart Pond Island. But once there, Abigail's perfect new life threatens to crash down around her ...

Already optioned for film, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is Peter Swanson’s electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie Body Heat. It is the story of a man swept into a vortex of irresistible passion and murder when an old love mysteriously reappears.On an ordinary Friday evening at his favorite Boston tavern, George Foss’s comfortable, predictable life is shattered when a beautiful woman sits down at the b...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICEBEST THRILLER, iBOOKS BEST OF 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015SUNDAY TIMES, TATLER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND GOLDSBORO BOOK OF THE MONTHYou should never talk to strangersWith his flight delayed, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner, a magnetic stranger, in an ai...

**'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 WILLINGHAMFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLIN...

**FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORWelcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect.**Struggling mystery writer Nicholas Child is commissioned to help another writer finish the overdue follow up to his breakout bestseller.Travelling to Grey Gables, the writer's Cape Cod home, in the week before Christmas, he discovers a house full of secrets, and a cast of very suspicious guests.When two shocking deaths occur, Nicholas tries to...