The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson

Feb 2015 · Faber & Faber

About this eBook

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015
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You should never talk to strangers

With his flight delayed, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner, a magnetic stranger, in an airport bar. In the netherworld of international travel and too many martinis, he confesses his darkest secrets, about his wife's infidelity and how he wishes her dead. Without missing a beat Lily offers to help him carry out the task.
'Gripping, elegantly and stylishly written and extremely hard to put down.' Sophie Hannah

'A work of lovely violence and graceful malevolence, it slips into your life like a stiletto in the ribs.' Joe Hill

'Gone Girl on speed.' Daisy Goodwin

'Chilling and hypnotically suspenseful ... an instant classic.' Lee Child

Ratings and reviews

Not as well written or gripping as Her Every Fear. I felt the book prone to unnecessary over description causing it to be alot longer than it needed to be. I found the ending rushed and it seemed the author didn't know how to finish it.

Once you start you will need to keep going.. then it moves in a direction you did not expect and you still can't put it down. Very good read.

I enjoyed this story and at least it had a different ending to other books of this genre. I would definitely recommend this book and buy more from this author.

About the author

Peter Swanson's debut novel, The Girl With a Clock for a Heart (2014), was described by Dennis Lehane as 'a twisty, sexy, electric thrill ride' and in the Observer as 'very hard not to read in one sitting'. He lives with his wife and cat in Somerville, Massachusetts.