Peter Swanson Books

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Peter Swanson is an American author that writes crime fiction. A graduate of Trinity College, he has a wife and a cat. His books are not written with any particular gender in mind. He enjoys telling stories that will keep people up at night reading, possibly even scaring them.

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Order of Henry Kimball / Lily Kintner Series

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1 The Kind Worth Killing 2015 Description / Buy
2 The Kind Worth Saving 2023 Description / Buy

Order of Peter Swanson Standalone Novels

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1 The Girl with a Clock for a Heart 2014 Description / Buy
2 Her Every Fear 2017 Description / Buy
3 All the Beautiful Lies 2018 Description / Buy
4 Before She Knew Him 2019 Description / Buy
5 Eight Perfect Murders / Rules for Perfect Murders 2020 Description / Buy
6 Every Vow You Break 2021 Description / Buy
7 Nine Lives 2022 Description / Buy
8 A Talent for Murder 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Peter Swanson Short Stories/Novellas

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1 The Christmas Guest (Short Story) 2023 Description / Buy

Order of Bibliomysteries Series

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1 The Book of Virtue ( By: Ken Bruen) 2012 Description / Buy
2 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) 2012 Description / Buy
3 The Book Thing ( By: Laura Lippman) 2012 Description / Buy
4 The Book Case ( By: Nelson DeMille) 2012 Description / Buy
5 An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012 Description / Buy
6 Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) ( By: William Link) 2012 Description / Buy
7 The Final Testament (Short Story) ( By: Peter Blauner) 2013 Description / Buy
8 Rides a Stranger (Short Story) ( By: David Bell) 2013 Description / Buy
9 The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Taylor) 2013 Description / Buy
10 The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013 Description / Buy
11 The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014 Description / Buy
12 What's in a Name? (Short Story) ( By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014 Description / Buy
13 Remaindered (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) 2014 Description / Buy
14 The Sequel (Short Story) ( By: R.L. Stine) 2014 Description / Buy
15 The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) ( By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014 Description / Buy
16 Book Club (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014 Description / Buy
17 The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) ( By: Bradford Morrow) 2014 Description / Buy
18 It's in the Book (Short Story) ( By: Mickey Spillane) 2014 Description / Buy
19 The Scroll (Short Story) ( By: Anne Perry) 2014 Description / Buy
20 The Book of the Lion (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) 2015 Description / Buy
21 The Little Men (Short Story) ( By: Megan Abbott) 2015 Description / Buy
22 Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) 2015 Description / Buy
23 Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) ( By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015 Description / Buy
24 Every Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) 2015 Description / Buy
25 From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Description / Buy
26 From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Description / Buy
27 The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) 2016 Description / Buy
28 Citadel (Short Story) ( By: Stephen Hunter) 2016 Description / Buy
29 Reconciliation Day (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Fowler) 2016 Description / Buy
30 Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) ( By: John Harvey) 2016 Description / Buy
31 The Haze (Short Story) ( By: James W. Hall) 2016 Description / Buy
32 Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) ( By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017 Description / Buy
33 The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) 2018 Description / Buy
34 Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Peter Robinson) 2018 Description / Buy
35 The Hemingway Valise ( By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018 Description / Buy
36 The Last Honest Horse Thief ( By: Michael Koryta) 2018 Description / Buy
37 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( By: John Connolly) 2018 Description / Buy
38 The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) ( By: David Handler) 2020 Description / Buy
39 The Traitor (Short Story) ( By: Martin Edwards) 2022 Description / Buy
40 The Dark Door ( By: Lisa Unger) 2022 Description / Buy
41 The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) 2022 Description / Buy

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Book of Virtue ( By: Ken Bruen) 2012 Description / Buy
2 The Scroll (Short Story) ( By: Anne Perry) 2014 Description / Buy
3 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) 2012 Description / Buy
4 An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012 Description / Buy
5 Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) ( By: William Link) 2012 Description / Buy
6 Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Peter Robinson) 2018 Description / Buy
7 The Book Thing ( By: Laura Lippman) 2012 Description / Buy
8 The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013 Description / Buy
9 Book Club (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014 Description / Buy
10 The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Taylor) 2013 Description / Buy
11 The Final Testament (Short Story) ( By: Peter Blauner) 2013 Description / Buy
12 Rides a Stranger (Short Story) ( By: David Bell) 2013 Description / Buy
13 What's in a Name? (Short Story) ( By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014 Description / Buy
14 It's in the Book (Short Story) ( By: Mickey Spillane) 2014 Description / Buy
15 The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) ( By: Bradford Morrow) 2014 Description / Buy
16 Remaindered (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) 2014 Description / Buy
17 The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014 Description / Buy
18 The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) ( By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014 Description / Buy
19 The Sequel (Short Story) ( By: R.L. Stine) 2014 Description / Buy
20 The Book of the Lion (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) 2015 Description / Buy
21 The Little Men (Short Story) ( By: Megan Abbott) 2015 Description / Buy
22 From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Description / Buy
23 Every Seven Years (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) 2015 Description / Buy
24 Citadel (Short Story) ( By: Stephen Hunter) 2016 Description / Buy
25 Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) 2015 Description / Buy
26 Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) ( By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015 Description / Buy
27 The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) 2016 Description / Buy
28 The Haze (Short Story) ( By: James W. Hall) 2016 Description / Buy
29 Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) ( By: John Harvey) 2016 Description / Buy
30 Reconciliation Day (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Fowler) 2016 Description / Buy
31 Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) ( By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017 Description / Buy
32 The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) 2018 Description / Buy
33 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository ( By: John Connolly) 2018 Description / Buy
34 The Hemingway Valise ( By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018 Description / Buy
35 The Last Honest Horse Thief ( By: Michael Koryta) 2018 Description / Buy
36 The Book Case ( By: Nelson DeMille) 2012 Description / Buy
37 From the Queen (Short Story) ( By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Description / Buy
38 The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) ( By: David Handler) 2020 Description / Buy
39 The Traitor (Short Story) ( By: Martin Edwards) 2022 Description / Buy
40 The Dark Door ( By: Lisa Unger) 2022 Description / Buy
41 The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) 2022 Description / Buy

Peter Swanson Anthologies

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1 Sherlock Holmes: A Detective’s Life 2022 Description / Buy
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His mysteries are the result of the years he spent reading crime fiction. He enjoys the works of Kingsley Amis, Ruth Franklin, Ira Levin, PD James and the like. Despite spending so much of his time around books, the author keeps an eye on politics.

Dangerous political movements around the world have always worried him, not to mention the destruction of the environment. While he enjoys writing and thinks fondly of the hours he spends at his desk listening to film soundtracks as he translates his ideas into sentences, the notion of owning and managing a used mystery bookstore excites him.

In fact, it is the one thing he would spend the rest of his life doing if he could not write. This won’t come as a surprise to the people that know him. After all, Swanson spent years working in bookstores. He loved every second he spent selling books. It also gave him an excuse to read.

Writing entered the picture much later than he would have liked. He was already in his 30s when he finally decided to pen his first novel. And he was over 40 when he landed an agent. This was after receiving several rejections.

The author persevered because he loved to write and that passion encouraged him to keep at it. This is the one piece of advice he gives to aspiring novelists. He is convinced that anyone who spends enough time doing something will eventually become good at it.

If aspiring authors refuse to surrender, their hard work will bear fruit. Swanson is living proof of this philosophy. A former student at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and Emerson College, Swanson eventually became a fulltime writer that publishes stories set in New England where he grew up and studied.

He spends his mornings writing and his afternoons taking long walks to places. These walks are not leisurely. They afford him the opportunity to brainstorm, developing new ideas and crafting his characters and plots.

His reading habits enable him to keep his stories fresh. Even though the writer produces crime fiction, he reads novels from a variety of genres. He has compared his stories to the works of Hitchcock.

The author was quite young when he came across books like ‘Coma’ and ‘Jaws’ and realized that he enjoyed darker stories. He also writes poetry.

Peter Swanson Awards

The author was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and CWA Ian Flemming Steel Dagger Award. He won the New England Society Book Award.

Best Peter Swanson Books

Swanson enjoys writing about ordinary people that unexpectedly stumble into criminal activities, with some of the best books in his bibliography including:

The Kind Worth Killing: Ted was not searching for a connection. It was by mere chance on his flight from London to Boston that he met the stunning Lily. After a few drinks, the pair started divulging their deepest darkest secrets to one another, with Ted revealing that his marriage was stale and his wife was probably cheating on him.

Ted wasn’t serious when he said he wanted to kill Miranda. He was just venting. But Lily did the absurd. She offered to help him commit the murder. Ted doesn’t know it yet but there is more to Lily than meets the eye.

Before She Knew Him: Henrietta was bipolar but she had finally discovered the right medicine for her condition. Once she migrated to a new house with her husband Lloyd, the illustrator was certain that she had found the stability she always sought.

But then the couple met the new neighbors and everything changed for the worse. It all began when Henrietta saw a sports trophy that reminded her of a young man that was killed two years earlier. A similar trophy had gone missing from his home.

Any other person might have glossed over this detail. But Henrietta couldn’t ignore it because she’s always had a fascination with murder. Now that fascination is becoming an obsession.

When Does The Next Peter Swanson book come out?

The next book by Peter Swanson is A Talent for Murder and will be released on June, 11th 2024.

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