The Honeymoon Trap
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Peter Swanson
- A
- pulp
- novel
- has
- a
- book
- critic
- wondering
- if
- his
- new
- wife
- is
- out
- to
- kill
- him
- in
- this
- thrilling
- story
- by
- the
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- Nine
- Lives.When
- Henry
- arrives
- with
- his
- wife,
- Alice,
- for
- their
- honeymoon
- at
- a
- New
- England
- lake
- house,
- he
- encounters
- a
- strange
- sense
- of
- déjà
- vu.
- Plenty
- of
- vacation
- homes
- have
- shelves
- full
- of
- books,
- but
- this
- one
- has
- midcentury-American
- crime
- novels
- by
- the
- likes
- of
- John
- D.
- MacDonald,
- Ed
- McBain,
- Rex
- Stout,
- Patricia
- Highsmith,
- and
- more.
- It’s
- just
- like
- Henry’s
- collection
- back
- home.There
- is
- one
- book,
- however,
- that’s
- unfamiliar:
- The
- Honeymoon
- Trap.
- As
- Henry
- reads
- it,
- he
- finds
- the
- story
- has
- uncanny
- similarities
- with
- his
- own
- situation—newlyweds
- on
- a
- honeymoon
- after
- a
- whirlwind
- romance.
- When
- Alice
- begins
- to
- act
- suspiciously,
- Henry’s
- grip
- on
- reality
- slowly
- comes
- loose.
- He
- can’t
- stop
- reading
- the
- book
- and
- wondering
- what
- his
- wife
- is
- up
- to.
- He
- also
- believes
- he
- may
- be
- caught
- in
- a
- trap,
- and
- getting
- out
- of
- it
- is
- going
- to
- be
- murder
- .
- .
- .Praise
- for
- Peter
- Swanson“Swanson
- specializes
- in
- writing
- mesmerizing
- thrillers
- that
- subvert
- readers’
- expectations.”
- —Wall
- Street
- Journal“If
- you’re
- looking
- for
- the
- suspense
- techniques
- of
- Alfred
- Hitchcock
- translated
- to
- the
- page,
- Swanson’s
- your
- man.”
- —Financial
- Times“[Swanson’s]
- the
- real
- deal.”
- —Joe
- Hill,
- author
- of NOS4A2
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