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Before She Knew Him

By: Peter Swanson
Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Sophie Amoss
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A Sunday Times and Observer Thriller of the Month, from the bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and All the Beautiful Lies

'They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.'

When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house in West Dartford, Mass., they're relieved to meet, at their first block party, the only other seemingly-childless couple in their neighborhood, Matthew and Mira Dolamore. Turns out they live in the Dutch Colonial immediately next door.

When they're invited over for dinner, however, things take a sinister turn when Hen thinks she sees something suspicious in Matthew's study. Could this charming, mild-mannered College Professor really be hiding a dark secret, one that only Hen, whose been battling her own problems with depression and medication, could know about? Lloyd certainly doesn't seem to believe her, and so, forced together, Hen and Matthew start to form an unlikely bond. But who, if anyone, is really in danger?

From its deeply unsettling opening, Peter Swanson, the master of contemporary domestic thrillers, fashions a novel as brilliant, dark, coruscating and surprising as Patricia Highsmith and Ira Levin at their very best.

©2019 Peter Swanson (P)2019 Faber Audio Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction
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What a jolly good yarn. Well read and terrific characters. At least a book that doesn’t have weak women being victimised by horrid men. A great murder mystery.
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It certainly kept me guessing. So enjoy a story that is challenging and complex, that unfolds in unexpected ways. I think there are some very deep and interesting themes here and it is very competently told.

Complex and Original

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So much happens early on in this story, that I doubted Swanson could fill the rest of the pages. How wrong was I. In Peter Swanson We Trust. Epic.

Peter Swanson you Savage!

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