BOOK SYNOPSIS
If you're on the list you're marked for death...
The envelope is unremarkable. There is no return address. It contains a single, folded, sheet of white paper.
The envelope drops through the mail slot like any other piece of post. But for the nine complete strangers who receive it - each of them recognising just one name, their own, on the enclosed list - it will be the most life altering letter they ever receive. It could also be the last, as one by one, they start to meet their end.
But why?
Nine individuals receive a envelope containing a sheet of paper with nine names printed on it including that of the recipients. Each character has their own personal reaction to the list, some are worried whilst others just dismiss it and throw the letter into the trash. It is only after they start being murdered one at a time that they realise that they have received the list because they are the chosen victims of a very clever killer. No one is safe and the authorities find themselves in a race against time to uncover the identity of the killer, a task that is made more complicated by the apparent lack of a connection between the victims.
Why have the nine individuals been marked for death? Who is the killer and what are the motives behind their action? Will the authorities be able to figure out the truth before the killer reaches the final name on their list?
Nine Lives has a classic murder mystery vibe permeating the pages and the plot includes several nods to And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie incorporated into the plot. There was also references to other classic fictional.characters, even my all time favourite sleuth Nancy Drew got a mention. Each of this stories characters had their own unique,realistic personalities and character traits, they were a mixed bag of likeable and unlikable individuals and then was one character who (and I know I shouldn't say this) I hoped would meet a seriously nasty and painful death.
As the intricately plotted story unfolds and the author draws together the various strands of his story which keeps the reader guessing and glued to your kindle, there is some unexpected twists and turns. There was some seriously intense chapters at one stage of the story and a truly unexpected moment that made me gasp and think, OMG, did that really just happen!!!! The identity of the antagonist was ingeniously concealed and a unexpected revelation and as for the motive behind the murders, well, while their actions were morally wrong when you took their backstory into consideration, could their behaviour have been due to extenuating circumstances?
With this latest addictive story, Peter Swanson once again demonstrates his prowess as the talented author of gripping, mystery thrillers. Once I started reading this book, I found myself so captivated that I read the whole book in one sitting. Very very highly recommended to readers who enjoy enthralling thrillers and murder mysteries.
AUTHOR INFO
Peter Swanson is the author of five novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year. His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine.
A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his wife and cat.
PUBLICATION DATE: 3rd March 2022
PURCHASE LINK....
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nine-Lives-Peter-Swanson/dp/0571358551/
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