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leonarkr 's review for:
The Kind Worth Saving
by Peter Swanson
It was great to be reunited with Henry and Lily, two prominent characters in Peter Swanson's best book, ' The Kind Worth Killing.' A few pages into 'Saving,' I knew I needed to re-read 'Killing' and refresh the memory of all the ways former English teacher/turned cop/now private detective Henry Kimball and privileged curator/burgeoning serial killer Lily Kintner are connected. Theirs is a relationship that reminded me of Idris Elba's John Luther and sociopath Alice Morgan (Ruth Wilson), but the TKWS has a pretty good plot that makes good use of Henry and Lily.
Now a private eye, Henry is hired by a former student from his high school teaching days--Joan Whalen (Grieve), and these two share a tragic bond Henry would rather suppress. During one of his classes, a student killed Joan's friend Madison before killing himself. Seeing Joan again brings this trauma back to Henry, and now he's accepted her case to see if her husband is cheating on her. Things get trickier, and Henry wonders if he knows all the details. Of course, Lily, the woman who once tried to kill him, is the perfect person to help him unravel this mystery.
I might have had a few quibbles with character motivations, but it was nice to be sucked in by a well-plotted mystery filled with interesting characters.
Now a private eye, Henry is hired by a former student from his high school teaching days--Joan Whalen (Grieve), and these two share a tragic bond Henry would rather suppress. During one of his classes, a student killed Joan's friend Madison before killing himself. Seeing Joan again brings this trauma back to Henry, and now he's accepted her case to see if her husband is cheating on her. Things get trickier, and Henry wonders if he knows all the details. Of course, Lily, the woman who once tried to kill him, is the perfect person to help him unravel this mystery.
I might have had a few quibbles with character motivations, but it was nice to be sucked in by a well-plotted mystery filled with interesting characters.