Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
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Publication date - 5th March 2020
Publishers - Faber & Faber
Thanks to @netgalley and Faber & Faber for the arc.
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Description
Eight classic murders. One killer thriller fan...
The gripping new thriller from the master of psychological suspense.
A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels.
The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article titled 'My Eight Favourite Murders,' and there seems to be a deadly link between the deaths and his list - which includes Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartt's The Secret History.
Can the killer be stopped before all eight of these perfect murders have been re-enacted?
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This is the first book I have finished in 2020 and if they continue in this vein it is going to be a promising year! This used classic crime as it’s base and twists it into a modern chiller of a novel.
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As an avid crime fiction reader, I have actually thought that I have learnt enough about forensics, motives, police procedures to commit a murder and get away with it! Come on my fellow bloggers you have all thought the same! Therefore, I found the premise of the story ring true. I am going to state here though that I am a Buddhist and a pacifist so I would never commit murder .
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Malcolm is the narrator of the story and because of this the story runs at his pace and the revelations come as he discovers plot points rather than the frantic race to uncover ’Charlie’. I will admit that I didn't figure out who ’Charlie’ was - I thought it was going to be a woman. Kinda bummed I didn't figure it out.
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This book is an homage to the classic crime era of Christie and her peers. For true lovers of crime fiction this book celebrates this era and tries to put those tricks and literary narratives into this novel. Swanson does this with success and it was a pleasure to read this book.
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I kept wanting to rush this book as I was desperate to read to the end but I stopped myself as I didn't want to miss all the clues that were hidden throughout the story. I loved this book. I can't talk about it any more though as then I will end up giving away spoilers and I don't want to do that!
