The Resource Eight perfect murders : a novel, Peter Swanson
Eight perfect murders : a novel, Peter Swanson
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The item Eight perfect murders : a novel, Peter Swanson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
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- From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him 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 Death Trap, A. A. Milne's 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 A 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. There is 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" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (270 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780062838216
- Link
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- Label
- Eight perfect murders : a novel
- Title
- Eight perfect murders
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Swanson
- Title variation
- 8 perfect murders
- Subject
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- Detective and mystery fiction
- Electronic books
- Employees
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Secrecy
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Serial murderers
- Serial murderers -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Booksellers and bookselling
- United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Employees -- Fiction
- Widowers
- Widowers -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him 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 Death Trap, A. A. Milne's 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 A 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. There is 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" --
- Assigning source
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- Amazon
- Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Swanson, Peter
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3619.W3635
- LC item number
- E38 2019eb
- Literary form
- fiction
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- United States
- United States
- Booksellers and bookselling
- Widowers
- Secrecy
- Serial murderers
- Murder
- Booksellers and bookselling
- Employees
- Murder
- Secrecy
- Serial murderers
- Widowers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Eight perfect murders : a novel, Peter Swanson
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Subject
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- Electronic books
- Employees
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Secrecy
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Serial murderers
- Serial murderers -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
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- United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Employees -- Fiction
- Widowers
- Widowers -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction
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- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Mystery fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Electronic books
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