Outstanding psychological thriller. Thank god this book didn't have a blurb on the front comparing or recommending it based on Gone Girl or the Girl on the Train like just about every book of this type has these days. This book is easily as good as those two, and the characters are even more sinister.
If you like psychopaths and sociopaths in your fiction reading you can't go wrong with this book, and remember be careful who you talk to in airports. ( )

THAT ENDING BWAHAHAHAHAHA YES

Also the limericks.

Would 4-star this except that I spent three weeks in between the first half and the second half which demonstrates that I was not very invested. Also the believability. Nonetheless, fantastic plotting and a chilling atmosphere. ( )

Brilliantly plotted story of revenge, written from alternating characters' viewpoints. Whilst there is a nod to Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a train, the author takes the plot many stages further in twists and turns. Highly recommended. ( )

This book was fantastic. I did it in a day. I'm so glad I decided to get into thrillers and extra glad I picked this one. Gief me another Peter Swanson please. I needs it! ( )

“I want to murder my wife,” says Ted Severson to a complete stranger in a Heathrow bar on his way home to Boston from the UK. He’s recently learned his wife, Miranda, has been unfaithful. Caught her in the act, actually, with contractor Brad, the man he’s paying a small fortune to build them a mansion in Maine.

To anyone else, the sentiment might be reason to alert the authorities or to run the other way, but Lily Kintner isn’t just anyone. She’s got a few literal skeletons in her closet and a unique view on exactly what kind of folks deserve killing, including Ted's wife. The two are seated in business class on the same flight back to the states, giving them ample time to discuss Ted’s theoretical dream plan.

But he won’t go through with it, will he? Lily and Ted part with a tentative meeting set for a week into the future. Neither will be disappointed if the other doesn’t show, but if they both do, it’s with the intention of going forward with conspiring to kill Ted’s unfaithful wife.

Miranda has plans of her own. Engaged in a romantic tryst with contractor Brad, she has designs on ending her marriage, suddenly. And the game is on.

I had heard a lot of great things about The Kind Worth Killing, and the book doesn’t disappoint. With everyone more or less mentally unhinged, it’s hard to guess who might do what next. The only certainty is that someone is getting murdered.

If you’ve read and enjoyed Mark SaFranko’s No Strings or even Caroline Kepnes You, The Kind Worth Killing has a lot to offer. Obsession, grudges, past intruding on present, and a twist, which is the biggest reason I’m rating this one four instead of five-stars.

Author Peter Swanson pull something I’ve recently seen done in The Wife Between Us (though Swanson did it first) and I felt it was a cheap trick both times I’ve seen it employed (no spoilers). Otherwise, this is a fun page-turner with a lot of possibilities and one hell of an ending. The letter from Lily’s dad at the end is a perfect punch! I’ve been disgruntled with endings lately and am glad to have had this one wrap on a high note. Highly recommended for fans of characters who behave unpredictably. ( )