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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 Thriller & Suspense Mystery Suspense Fiction
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Loved the surprise at the end! I never saw that coming. Great story! Love this author

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Good character development and good story line! Trying to get to fifteen word minimum so here we are.

Good twist at the end.

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Not a likable character in the entire book and frustratingly dumb at times. The plot twist was easy to figure out and some of the darker chapters were a little too perverse for me. I don’t even get how an author writes some of that stuff. I’m a little turned off by this author now.

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