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Nine Lives
by Peter Swanson
Nine Lives is a fast-paced, entertaining story that kept me turning the pages well into the night to find out who was responsible for the deaths of nine strangers who all show up on a seemingly random list. There are a lot of characters to keep up with – we get the POV from more than just the nine characters on the list – but as more people are “checked off” the list, the cast list gets shorter and more manageable. I appreciated the “cast list” at the beginning of the book but I do wish each chapter had some sort of notation as to whose POV we were getting. The chapters were very short which helped keep the story moving quickly.
Overall, I really enjoyed immersing myself in this mystery and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. There were definitely some clues along the way, but I didn’t figure things out until close to the end, which added to my enjoyment. I flew through this and finished it in a day, which hasn't happened to me in awhile.
I just recently started reading Swanson’s books but I found this to be similar in style and pace to Eight Perfect Murders, which I really enjoyed. The book takes its premise from the classic Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None as the FBI races to figure out how these strangers could be connected and who could be targeting them. I like how Swanson reimagines classic mystery novels and I think Christie fans as well as mystery fans will enjoy this book.
Overall, I really enjoyed immersing myself in this mystery and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. There were definitely some clues along the way, but I didn’t figure things out until close to the end, which added to my enjoyment. I flew through this and finished it in a day, which hasn't happened to me in awhile.
I just recently started reading Swanson’s books but I found this to be similar in style and pace to Eight Perfect Murders, which I really enjoyed. The book takes its premise from the classic Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None as the FBI races to figure out how these strangers could be connected and who could be targeting them. I like how Swanson reimagines classic mystery novels and I think Christie fans as well as mystery fans will enjoy this book.