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Peter Swanson

Peter Swanson
Peter Swanson is the author of seven novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger; Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; Before She Knew Him, and Eight Perfect Murders. His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel.
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John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee Novels, Ranked

Peter Swanson revisits an iconic crime fiction series, in its entirety.

May 6, 2022  By Peter Swanson
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The Unique Pleasures of a Mystery Novel with a High Death Count

Peter Swanson celebrates seven novels with multiple bodies dropping as the mystery unfolds.

March 15, 2022  By Peter Swanson
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Infidelity Thrillers: Seven Great Books Built Around Cheating Spouses and Affairs

Nothing raises the stakes like a spot of adultery.

March 24, 2021  By Peter Swanson
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Sixteen of the Most Perfect Murders in Crime Fiction

Reading and re-reading mystery novels in pursuit of the platonic ideal of the undetectable, unsolvable crime.

March 6, 2020  By Peter Swanson
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The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.

February 25, 2020  By Peter Swanson
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10 Thrillers That Explore Mental Health

Insomnia, Instability, & Injury, from Dorothy B. Hughes to Dennis Lehane

March 6, 2019  By Peter Swanson
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10 Classic New England Thrillers

Why the Stormy Northeast Is the Perfect Setting for Thrills

April 4, 2018  By Peter Swanson
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