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February 4, 2015

Today's Featured Title and Contest February 4, 2015
 

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that releases this winter. Read more about it, and enter today's Winter Reading Contest by Thursday, February 5th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE KIND WORTH KILLING by Peter Swanson, which is now in stores. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Today's Featured Book and Contest: THE KIND WORTH KILLING by Peter Swanson

From the author of the acclaimed THE GIRL WITH A CLOCK FOR A HEART --- hailed by the Washington Post as “crime fiction’s best first novel of 2014” --- comes a devious tale of psychological suspense involving sex, deception, and an accidental encounter that leads to murder that is a modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith’s classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.

On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start --- he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit --- a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.

But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.” After all, some people are the kind worth killing, like a lying, stinking, cheating spouse....

Back in Boston, Ted and Lily’s twisted bond grows stronger as they begin to plot Miranda's demise. But there are a few things about Lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth.

Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive...with a shrewd and very determined detective on their tail.

-Click here to read an excerpt.
-Click here to read Peter Swanson's bio.
-Connect with Peter Swanson on Facebook and Twitter.

Click here to enter the contest by 11:59am ET on Thursday, February 5th.
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