The Kind Worth Killing

· Faber & Faber
4.3
292 reviews
Ebook
320
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICE
BEST THRILLER, iBOOKS BEST OF 2015
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015

SUNDAY TIMES, TATLER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND GOLDSBORO BOOK OF THE MONTH

You should never talk to strangers

With his flight delayed, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner, a magnetic stranger, in an airport bar. In the netherworld of international travel and too many martinis, he confesses his darkest secrets, about his wife's infidelity and how he wishes her dead. Without missing a beat Lily offers to help him carry out the task.

'Gripping, elegantly and stylishly written and extremely hard to put down.' Sophie Hannah

'A work of lovely violence and graceful malevolence, it slips into your life like a stiletto in the ribs.' Joe Hill

'Gone Girl on speed.' Daisy Goodwin

'Chilling and hypnotically suspenseful ... an instant classic.' Lee Child

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4.3
292 reviews
Nick Yoctopus
July 30, 2025
It's a smooth read, a gin and tonic, nothing to think about, characters at first taste seem interesting but there's nothing more to them, and the plot is the same. I can't remember why I started reading it, and I knew it was not my flavor (don’t like tonic water, not fond of gin), but I thought something clever was going to happen with the two perspectives and so downloaded past the sample. The twists were barely bumps. I can imagine even the author got annoyed having to jump from one perspective to the next. The characters all merged. It's not a bad book, and it's smoothly written but for me, it was a bit empty, a waste of time and money.
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Mathieu Norry
August 28, 2019
Not as well written or gripping as Her Every Fear. I felt the book prone to unnecessary over description causing it to be alot longer than it needed to be. I found the ending rushed and it seemed the author didn't know how to finish it.
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Steven Jamieson
August 25, 2016
Once you start you will need to keep going.. then it moves in a direction you did not expect and you still can't put it down. Very good read.
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About the author

Peter Swanson's debut novel, The Girl With a Clock for a Heart (2014), was described by Dennis Lehane as 'a twisty, sexy, electric thrill ride' and in the Observer as 'very hard not to read in one sitting'. He lives with his wife and cat in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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