Before She Knew Him

Peter Swanson's debut novel <i>The Girl With a Clock for a Heart</i> (2014) was described by Dennis Lehane as 'a twisty sexy electric thrill ride' and was nominated for the <i>LA Times</i> book award. His second novel <i>The Kind Worth Killing </i>(2015) a Richard and Judy pick was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and named the iBook stores Thriller of the Year and was followed by two more critical and commercial hits <i>Her Every Fear </i>(2017) and <i>All the Beautiful Lies</i> (2018). He lives with his wife and cat in Somerville Massachusetts. <b>From Peter Swanson author of <i>The Kind Worth Killing</i> and <i>All the Beautiful Lies </i>comes a novel<i> </i></b><b>as brilliant dark coruscating and surprising as Patricia Highsmith and Ira Levin at their very best</b> So smart and exciting that you're just happy to get swept along. Will keep you gripped through every elegant twist and turn. Spot on . . . Fans of his previous bestsellers won't be disappointed. Swanson unfolds this creepy story with the assurance and economy of a master. Deliciously good . . . Swanson's best thriller yet. Gripping twisty . . . I could not put it down. <b>A <i>Sunday Times</i> and <i>Observer </i>Thriller of the Month</b><br><br>'Deliciously good . . . Swanson's best thriller yet.' <i>Observer </i><br><br>'Gripping twisty . . . I could not put it down.' Alafair Burke<br><br><b>When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house they're relieved to meet another childless couple in their neighbourhood Matthew and Mira.</b><br><br><b>But when they're invited over for dinner Hen thinks she sees something suspicious in Matthew's study. </b><br><br><b>Could this mild-mannered schoolteacher really be hiding a dark secret one that only Hen might know about? And even if she's right who would believe her?</b>