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Before She Knew Him - Peter Swanson
Before She Knew Him
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Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next door From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . .... show more
Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next door

From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . . .Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace.

But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder—an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either.

Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate?

The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he’s planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she’s been watching him, that she’s really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. . .
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9780062838186
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
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Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it
3.0 Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
A pretty good thriller/suspense, that goes to darker places than I thought it would. I was able to predict the big twist, but it's a good twist nonetheless. The resolution is a bit underwhelming, though. The female narrator's pronunciation isn't exactly my favorite, but otherwise the audio is fine.
Hol
Hol rated it
3.0 Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
Before She Knew Him was the second book I’ve read by Peter Swanson and it’s obvious he’s improved in the craft. His characters are now fully formed; however his plot does suffer ever-so-slightly as a result, although I did enjoy this. Hen and Lloyd move in next door to Matthew and Mira and when th...
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