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 . . .
Book Info: Print length: 290 pages. Publisher: Faber & Faber. Publication Date: 2 July 2024
My Thoughts:
A Kind Worth Killing was one of my “all time favourite psychological thrillers” and I even read it twice when I found out there was a sequel, The Kind Worth Saving. Firstly, to see if it was as good as I originally thought and secondly to remind myself about the book. I can categorically state that the first 2 books in this series are absolutely amazing and I was so delighted to see that there is yet another book featuring Lily Kintner and Henry Kimball which is available NOW.
I don’t want to give much away and the blurb above explains some of the storyline. Martha who seems to have had bad luck with relationships and is convinced she has had a “love curse” put on her at University, is now married to Alan. He seems nice enough. He travels most of the time for work selling his wares to teachers and educational support staff at various conferences around the country.
It’s only when he returns from a conference where a teacher has been killed does Martha begin to wonder if her husband is involved. Reaching out to her old friend Lily Kintner from her university days, she asks Lily to help investigate Alan and what looks like several other dead women at the same venues her husband has been attending over the years.
I’m absolutely NOT going to give anything away, but if you have read The Kind Worth Killing and any of Peter’s previous books you will know to expect the unexpected and to be shocked to your core throughout. I’ve mentioned it in previous reviews about this series and I will mention it again… “It wouldn’t be a Peter Swanson novel if he doesn’t kill off some really fascinating and important characters mid-way through the story whilst literally turns the narrative upside down and leaves the reader reeling.”
Absolutely BRILLIANT and once again proves that Peter Swanson has a real Talent for Writing!
Book 1 – The Kind Worth Killing – published Feb 2015 – read my full review here
Book 2 – The Kind Worth Saving – published Feb 2023 – read my full review here
