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Nine Lives: A Novel
by Swanson, Peter
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- Condition
- UsedAcceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0063210991
- ISBN 13
- 9780063210998
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About This Item
UsedAcceptable. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
Reviews
On Mar 5 2022, CloggieDownunder said:
Nine Lives is the eighth novel by award-winning American author, Peter Swanson. Nine individuals of diverse background, race and social standing receive an envelope that contains only a list of nine names, including their own. Puzzlement is the general response; some show or mention the list to others; some dismiss it, set it aside, discard it; one uses it as inspiration for writing a song; another ignores the chill it gives her sixth sense; for some it later becomes the basis of a relationship.
With her list, Special Agent Jessica Winslow does what comes naturally to any FBI agent: she handles it carefully, treats it like evidence, an action that is vindicated when, the following day, she learns that someone on the list has been murdered. She immediately sets to work trying to find those on the list, with limited success. One name triggers a vague childhood recollection, and Jessica develops a theory that she shares with her supervisor. But two more murders in quick succession, by different means, see her going into hiding to avoid that fate.
The story has an intriguing premise that Swanson develops with skill and flair. There are several references made to Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" that offer a clue; there are red herrings and twists and surprises that keep the pages turning and the reader guessing. Even those astute readers who settle on a perpetrator early will be compelled to read on for the how and the why. Unputdownable crime fiction.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Faber & Faber.
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- Goodwill
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- Title
- Nine Lives: A Novel
- Author
- Swanson, Peter
- Book Condition
- UsedAcceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0063210991
- ISBN 13
- 9780063210998
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