Kind Worth Killing (Swanson) - Book Reviews

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A fun read, full of switchbacks and double crosses… With classic misdirection, Swanson distracts us from the details - changing up murderers and victims fast enough to keep us reading. And, implausibly, rooting for the cold-blooded killer at this thriller’s core.
Boston Globe


This devilishly clever noir thriller [has] head-spinning surprises that make it an intoxicating read.... The book will inevitably earn comparisons to Gone Girl.... This one makes good on the promise, right down to the chilling final paragraph.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram


The next Gone Girl?.... There aren’t just two unreliable narrators, there are four. There isn’t just one enormous, game-changing twist. Try three.... You’ll also lose count of all the sociopaths...they’re each deranged but oh-so-compelling.
Entertainment Weekly


Revenge has rarely been served colder than in Swanson’s exceptional thriller.... With scalpel-sharp prose, Swanson probes the nature of cold-blooded evil. Few will be prepared for the crushing climax.
Publishers Weekly


Ted Severson is flying from London to Boston when he gets into an intense tête-à-tête with striking but enigmatic Lily Kintner, finally blurting out that he could just kill his wife. When Lily coolly replies that she'd like to help, a murder plot is born.
Library Journal


Suspenseful twists and turns, expert pacing and a breathless race to a surprise ending.... [A] captivating, powerful thriller about sex, deception, secrets, revenge, the strange things we get ourselves wrapped up in, and the magnetic pull of the past.
Shelf Awareness


[M]eets and exceeds the high-water mark that its predecessor established.... The floor underneath the novel doesn’t just shift, it turns upside down. This top-notch thriller has enough twists and surprises for three books.
Bookreporter.com


A twisty tale of warring sociopaths [and] a good companion to similar stories by Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn.
Booklist


While there are twists, most of them are so clearly telegraphed that only the most careless of readers won't see what's coming, especially since Swanson needlessly doubles back over the same events from different points of view.
Kirkus Reviews