Surprising twists help keep the suspense high to the end. An uneasy relationship soon develops between Hen and Matt, whose traumatic childhood adds emotional heft to the narrative. However, Hen gets little support from Lloyd or the police because of her history of mental health problems and of falsely accusing others of murder. Swanson has crafted another bar-raising psychological thriller with this tense, unexpected spin on serial killers and those obsessed with them. The next day, when she visits the Dolamores, the trophy is missing, reinforcing her suspicions. Matt claims that he bought the trophy at a yard sale, but Hen, who’s become obsessed with Dustin’s case, suspects that Matt killed Dustin. by Peter Swanson Publisher: Faber & Faber. At one point, Hen spots a fencing trophy on their hosts’ fireplace mantel that she believes was won by Dustin Miller, a college student who was murdered two years earlier and who attended the high school where Matt teaches history. Peter Swanson Collection 3 Books Set (Before She Knew Him, All the Beautiful Lies,Rules for Perfect Murders). At the start of this exceptional psychological thriller from Swanson ( All the Beautiful Lies), bipolar Hen “Henrietta” Mazur and her husband, Lloyd Harding, have dinner one night at the suburban Boston home of neighbors Mira and Matt Dolamore, with whom they’ve recently bonded over their mutual childlessness.
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