A Talent for Murder
A Novel
Peter Swanson
- A
- newlywed
- librarian
- begins
- to
- suspect
- the
- man
- she
- married
- might
- be
- a
- murderer—in
- this
- spectacularly
- twisty
- and
- deviously
- clever
- novel
- by
- Peter
- Swanson,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Kind
- Worth
- Killing
- and
- Eight
- Perfect
- Murders.Martha
- Ratliff
- conceded
- long
- ago
- that
- she’d
- likely
- spend
- her
- life
- alone.
- She
- was
- fine
- with
- it,
- happy
- with
- her
- solo
- existence,
- stimulated
- by
- her
- work
- as
- a
- librarian
- in
- Maine.
- But
- then
- she
- met
- Alan,
- a
- charming
- and
- sweet-natured
- salesman
- whose
- job
- took
- him
- on
- the
- road
- for
- half
- the
- year.
- When
- he
- asked
- her
- to
- marry
- him,
- she
- said
- yes,
- even
- though
- he
- still
- felt
- a
- little
- bit
- like
- a
- stranger.A
- year
- in
- and
- the
- marriage
- was
- good,
- except
- for
- that
- strange
- blood
- streak
- on
- the
- back
- of
- one
- of
- his
- shirts
- he’d
- worn
- to
- a
- conference
- in
- Denver.
- Her
- curiosity
- turning
- to
- suspicion,
- Martha
- investigates
- the
- cities
- Alan
- visited
- over
- the
- past
- year
- and
- uncovers
- a
- disturbing
- pattern—five
- unsolved
- cases
- of
- murdered
- women.Is
- she
- married
- to
- a
- serial
- killer?
- Or
- could
- it
- merely
- be
- a
- coincidence?
- Unsure
- what
- to
- think,
- Martha
- contacts
- an
- old
- friend
- from
- graduate
- school
- for
- advice.
- Lily
- Kintner
- once
- helped
- Martha
- out
- of
- a
- jam
- with
- an
- abusive
- boyfriend
- and
- may
- have
- some
- insight.
- Intrigued,
- Lily
- offers
- to
- meet
- Alan
- to
- find
- out
- what
- kind
- of
- man
- he
- really
- is
- .
- .
- .but
- what
- Lily
- uncovers
- is
- more
- perplexing
- and
- wicked
- than
- they
- ever
- could
- have expected.
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