New York Times bestseller ?Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next... A true
tour de force.? ?Lisa Gardner ?[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity betrayal and
revenge.? ?USA Today From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling
tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the
story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very
clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders. Years ago
bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most
unsolvable murders those that are almost impossible to crack?which he titled ?Eight Perfect
Murders??chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie's A. B. C. Murders
Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train Ira Levin's Deathtrap A. A. Milne's The Red House
Mystery Anthony Berkeley Cox's Malice Aforethought James M. Cain's Double Indemnity John D.
MacDonald's The Drowner and Donna Tartt's The Secret History. But no one is more surprised
than Mal now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston when an FBI agent comes knocking
on his door one snowy day in February. She's looking for information about a series of unsolved
murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal's old list. And the FBI agent isn't the
only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The
killer is out there watching his every move?a diabolical threat who knows way too much about
Mal's personal history especially the secrets he's never told anyone even his recently
deceased wife. To protect himself Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a
killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn't count on the investigation leaving a trail of
death in its wake. Suddenly a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead?and the noose
around Mal's neck grows so tight he might never escape.
