The Kind Worth Killing

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICE

BEST THRILLER, iBOOKS BEST OF 2015

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015

SUNDAY TIMES, TATLER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND GOLDSBORO BOOK OF THE MONTH



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



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.