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Peter Swanson

Book Review: Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

By John Valeri

March 18, 2022

Peter Swanson is the Boston-based author of eight novels of suspense. His name has appeared on both the Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers lists and his books have been honored with awards and recognitions including the New England Society Book Award (The Kind Worth Killing), an NPR Book of the Year (Her Every…

Criminal Element’s Best Books of 2020

By Crime HQ

December 21, 2020

Although it might be hard to believe, there were some good things that came out of 2020. We were charmed by Millie Bobby Brown’s Enola Holmes, and we laughed, cringed, and were unable to look away from the glorious trainwreck that was Tiger King. Sure, some days melded into each other. And fine, we’re all now Vitamin D-deficient.…

The Story Behind Eight Perfect Murders

By Peter Swanson

February 26, 2020

Most of the ideas for my books come in dribs and drabs. A premise will occur to me, then stick in my brain for a couple of months before another idea joins that first one. More often than not, these imagined novels wither on the vine. But sometimes they flower. It can take a year,…

Review: All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson

By Michelle Carpenter

All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson is a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, and cold-blooded murder—a sly and brilliant guessing game of a novel in the vein of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Patricia Highsmith. When a young boy hears of his father’s untimely death and heads back to Maine, it is seemingly…

5 New Books to Read this Week: January 10, 2017

By Crime HQ

January 11, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, we have a new Veronica Speedwell Mystery from Deanna Raybourn and an exciting debut from Jane Harper. See what…

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