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A Talent for Murder

Peter Swanson

3.58 AVERAGE

dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 A woman thinks her husband could be a serial killer as he travels to conferences for work and unsolved murders seem to follow him. So, she enlists her friend, Lily, to help her discover if there’s any truth behind her suspicion. 

I liked this! All three of these Henry/Lily books have been very enjoyable. They follow the same type of recipe and each have their own standalone plot (not interwoven in any way but the second/third have references to the previous books). This one focused more on Lily, Henry was barely in it (I think he came in at like the 70-80% mark) and I enjoyed having Lily as the main character for this one! 

Would recommend if you liked the previous two books (Kind Worth Killing & Kind Worth Saving).

aclemkey's review

3.25
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alarue22's review

4.25
dark mysterious medium-paced
adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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plotted_plant's review

4.0
challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I started this one without realizing it’s the final book in a set of three… Doesn’t matter though, I loved this. watching this story unfold was eerie and all-consuming. I was held in suspense the majority of the time and I really enjoyed the various perspectives as the story unfolded. I’m off to read books 1 and 2 to get some more backstory out of Henry and Lily! 
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amberf22's review

3.75
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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spicybrycey's review

4.0

So good. I have been so pleased with Peter Swanson and his ability to write a sequel without it sucking. I mean this was a work of art honestly. I constantly did not know where this was going or how we would get there and it was such a good feeling to experience while reading.
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capskrayz's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Bored