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Rules for Perfect Murders (Malcolm Kershaw,…
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Rules for Perfect Murders (Malcolm Kershaw, #1) (2019 original; edició 2020)

de Peter Swanson

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From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders.-- "Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack--which he titled "Eight Perfect Murders"--chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie's A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin's Death Trap, A. A. Milne's Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox's Malice Aforethought, James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, John D. Macdonald's The Drowner, and Donna Tartt's A Secret History. But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She's looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal's old list. And the FBI agent isn't the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. There is killer is out there, watching his every move--a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal's personal history, especially the secrets he's never told anyone, even his recently deceased wife. To protect himself, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn't count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead--and the noose around Mal's neck grows so tight he might never escape" --… (més)
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Títol:Rules for Perfect Murders (Malcolm Kershaw, #1)
Autors:Peter Swanson
Informació:Faber & Faber, Kindle Edition, 320 pages
Col·leccions:Read, La teva biblioteca
Valoració:***
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This started off well even though I had no idea where the story was leading. The narrator is a mystery bookseller and created a blog post about eight well-known mysteries with the same title as the book. I have already read the books referenced so I wasn’t worried about spoilers, which was fortunate as there are many. My suspicions began before the FBI started showing an interest in the list and the list-maker. Repeated references to the plots and characters from books on the list gave the story a repetitive feel, compounded by the corresponding plot and characters in the story. A clever idea that got bogged down in details. Disappointing, especially with so many spoilers. ( )
  VivienneR | Mar 11, 2024 |
I will admit that when I first started this book, I was not sure that I would finish it. What I perceived it to be more about literature books of the perfect murder, happily turned out to be so much more. I am relieved that I stuck with it. The book does follow many works of classic suspense books, but entwined with its own unique story. A story that held my interest right through to the end. It definitely has some neat interesting twists that you might not see coming. ( )
  CrystalR68 | Feb 20, 2024 |
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
A masterful twist in murder mysteries. The story teller is a book store owner who once shared a list of his favorite mysteries with his clientele. Now it appears that someone is using that list to murder people without getting caught as did the killer in each of the stories. We learn that the bookstore owner used one of these stories to commit a murder himself. Now an FBI agent is knocking on his door and asking for his help in solving these new murders that appear to be based on the list he made. How does he help without becoming caught for his ?perfect? murder. Kirkus: A ghoulish killer brings a Boston bookseller?s list of perfect fictional murders to life¥that is, to repeated, emphatic death.The Red House Mystery, Malice Aforethought, The A.B.C. Murders, Double Indemnity, Strangers on a Train, The Drowner, Deathtrap, The Secret History: They may not be the best mysteries, reflects Malcolm Kershaw, but they feature the most undetectable murders, as he wrote on a little-read blog post when he was first hired at Old Devils Bookstore. Now that he owns the store with mostly silent partner Brian Murray, a semifamous mystery writer, that post has come back to haunt him. FBI agent Gwen Mulvey has observed at least three unsolved murders, maybe more, that seem to take their cues from the stories on Mal?s list. What does he think about possible links among them? she wonders. The most interesting thing he thinks is something he?s not going to share with her: He?s hiding a secret that would tie him even more closely to that list than she imagines. And while Mal is fretting about what he can do to help stop the violence without tipping his own hand, the killer, clearly untrammeled by any such scruples, continues down the list of fictional blueprints for perfect murders. Swanson (Before She Knew Him, 2019, etc.) jumps the shark early from genre thrills to metafictional puzzles, but despite a triple helping of cleverness that might seem like a fatal overdose, the pleasures of following, and trying to anticipate, a narrator who?s constantly second- and third-guessing himself and everyone around him are authentic and intense. If the final revelations are anticlimactic, that?s only because you wish the mounting complications, like a magician?s showiest routine, could go on forever.The perfect gift for well-read mystery mavens who complain that they don?t write them like they used to.
  bentstoker | Jan 26, 2024 |
(2020) A bookseller in Boston finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation as a clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most unsolveable murders. But you learn as the story goes along that he is not so innocent to the point you learn at the end that he caused his wife's death by auto accident as well as her lover's death at the hands of another killer in a swap deal. Turns out his friend, an ex-cop, is behind the string of serial killings using his list.KIRKUS: A ghoulish killer brings a Boston bookseller's list of perfect fictional murders to life¥that is, to repeated, emphatic death.The Red House Mystery, Malice Aforethought, The A.B.C. Murders, Double Indemnity, Strangers on a Train, The Drowner, Deathtrap, The Secret History: They may not be the best mysteries, reflects Malcolm Kershaw, but they feature the most undetectable murders, as he wrote on a little-read blog post when he was first hired at Old Devils Bookstore. Now that he owns the store with mostly silent partner Brian Murray, a semifamous mystery writer, that post has come back to haunt him. FBI agent Gwen Mulvey has observed at least three unsolved murders, maybe more, that seem to take their cues from the stories on Mal's list. What does he think about possible links among them? she wonders. The most interesting thing he thinks is something he's not going to share with her: He's hiding a secret that would tie him even more closely to that list than she imagines. And while Mal is fretting about what he can do to help stop the violence without tipping his own hand, the killer, clearly untrammeled by any such scruples, continues down the list of fictional blueprints for perfect murders. Swanson (Before She Knew Him, 2019, etc.) jumps the shark early from genre thrills to metafictional puzzles, but despite a triple helping of cleverness that might seem like a fatal overdose, the pleasures of following, and trying to anticipate, a narrator who's constantly second- and third-guessing himself and everyone around him are authentic and intense. If the final revelations are anticlimactic, that's only because you wish the mounting complications, like a magician's showiest routine, could go on forever.The perfect gift for well-read mystery mavens who complain that they don't write them like they used to.Pub Date: March 3, 2020ISBN: 978-0-06-283820-9Page Count: 288Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
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From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders.-- "Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack--which he titled "Eight Perfect Murders"--chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie's A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin's Death Trap, A. A. Milne's Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox's Malice Aforethought, James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, John D. Macdonald's The Drowner, and Donna Tartt's A Secret History. But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She's looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal's old list. And the FBI agent isn't the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. There is killer is out there, watching his every move--a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal's personal history, especially the secrets he's never told anyone, even his recently deceased wife. To protect himself, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn't count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead--and the noose around Mal's neck grows so tight he might never escape" --

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