Peter Swanson

A Novel

Her Every Fear

Denaiir

Good thriller, I really enjoyed the succession of narrators who each brought a new angle to the story. The characters were well-written, I liked that they were not all bloack or white, but had a varying moral compass. The pace was good, the story developed with enough suspense and growing tension. I would have preferred a slightly different ending but it's really personal preference.

Alexa M

i actually really fucking liked this. finally since the last 2 i've read of his i have not... this def had kind worth killing vibes, literally read it in one sitting !! i do have to point out that every single Peter Swanson book follows the EXACT same script but hey, guess it worked for me this time.

The bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killingreturns with an electrifying psychological thriller - as tantalizing as Rear Windowor The Girl on the Train.

Charlotte 

3.5 stars 
This was an enjoyable read.
The storyline was interesting and kept me coming back to find out more, even if it was a touch predictable at times. The storyline also made up for the fact that there wasn't much character development.
Overall, it was a fun and easy read of a book I wouldn't usually go for.

Maggie Gordon

Her Every Fear is... exceedingly mediocre. For a thriller compared to the likes of Gillian Flynn, it's oddly... retro. Lately the trend for these types of books is to focus on the banality of evil, often within our own neighbourhoods or families. Her Every Fear, on the other hand, is just your typical serial killer book. There weren't any surprises in these pages, and while the story isn't terrible, it's just... lackluster. There's nothing to guess as the plot is predictable, the characters are not that developed, and the book misses several opportunities to make interesting commentary on misogyny. Given that other recent books have done this, I was surprised that this book didn't take that chance. 

Also, the romance was terrible and uggg... I am down with the terrible characters in Flynn novels, but the way our protagonist and love interest was creepy and gross without the fascinating exploration of how people can be terrible. 

All in all, decent enough for a beach read, but not much else.

The bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying psychological thriller As tantalizing as Rear Window, Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Talented Mr Ripley 'I loved it! A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH, Sunday Times bestselling author of I See You Following a brutal attack by her ex-boyfriend, Kate Priddy makes an uncharacteristically bold decision after her cousin, Corbin Dell, suggests a temporary apartment swap - and she moves from London to Boston. But soon after her arrival Kate makes a shocking discovery: Corbin's next-door neighbour, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police begin asking questions about Corbin's relationship with Audrey, and his neighbours come forward with their own suspicions, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own. Jetlagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination playing out her every fear, Kate can barely trust herself. so how can she trust any of the strangers she's just met?

Jolien De Landsheer

This was such a disappointing read for me. I've heard people talk about this author for so long, and thought it would be the perfect way to dive more into the thriller genre. The writing was okay, not bad at all. The story, however, was just lacking any actual suspense? There's no mystery, it's easy to figure out what's going on and at about 150 or so pages into the book you are literally told what's happening. Yet this book is more than 400 pages long. Why? It took out any form of suspense, and made it drag endlessly for no reason. 

Here's two things I can't figure out:
1) what was the point of Kate's perspective? I feel like this story would have worked better from 2 of the other characters' POV (won't say who because that could be seen as a spoiler)
2) what time period is this set in? I feel like it should be 2016/2017, around the time of publishing, but it feels like a 90s or 00s thriller instead. The way the characters talked about technology, even though they are quite young, was so strange. And most of the time they seemed to forget it existed, aside from the TV? Honestly would make no sense for a thriller set in our current time, or for a woman who has been through what Kate's been through to be so aloof, not on guard, and not reliant on tech.

chloe mcpherson

Kate uproots her life in England to move to America after being offered to house swap with her cousin Corbin, needing a change after almost being killed by an ex-boyfriend. 
After arriving at her cousins apartment, the next door neighbour is found murdered. Which we then follow different characters as we unravel clues on who killed the next door neighbour. 

Overall I did enjoy this book, I like following different characters throughout the story, however I did enjoy reading more about Corbin’s past than I did reading about Kate. 
In present times I could guess what was happening and was able to guess who the killer was which kinda let the story down, but I did like how the story came together in the end.

What a fast read! The characters and story kept me entertained and I didn't want to put it down.
It was a little macabre but it was enthralling.

Malin Tälle

Good story, but the end dragged too much, with too much repetition 

Emir Andrés Ibañez

No sé qué le pasó a este autor con esta novela pero no está a la altura de la anterior que leí de él. Muy repetitiva, conveniente, tramposa y... corta de argumento. Pareciera que la odié jajaja pero en realidad es entretenida, engancha y se lee en nada, pero de todos modos fue bastante meh.

María Belén

Katy is one hell of an annoying protagonist. She's too paraid, to the point where it takes all the suspence put of the story. Because you just think she's crazy.

That aside, Her Every Fear is a pretty solid and entertaining thriller. I liked it.

Ruth Parker 

I’ve read better Peter Swanson books but I will always pick his books up because he’s a master. This one reminded me of other books in a similar setting, perhaps I read it at the wrong time and compared it to those. I’ll give it another try one of these days as I no longer remember the ending!

Julia

Do people really write personal emails nowadays like this?

The author of the wildly popular The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying and downright Hitchcockian psychological thriller—as tantalizing as the cinema classics Rear Window and Wait Until Dark—involving a young woman caught in a vise of voyeurism, betrayal, manipulation, and murder. The danger isn’t all in your head . . . Growing up, Kate Priddy was always a bit neurotic, experiencing momentary bouts of anxiety that exploded into full blown panic attacks after an ex-boyfriend kidnapped her and nearly ended her life. When Corbin Dell, a distant cousin in Boston, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, Kate, an art student in London, agrees, hoping that time away in a new place will help her overcome the recent wreckage of her life. But soon after her arrival at Corbin’s grand apartment on Beacon Hill, Kate makes a shocking discovery: his next-door neighbor, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police question her about Corbin, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own—curiosity that intensifies when she meets Alan Cherney, a handsome, quiet tenant who lives across the courtyard, in the apartment facing Audrey’s. Alan saw Corbin surreptitiously come and go from Audrey’s place, yet he’s denied knowing her. Then, Kate runs into a tearful man claiming to be the dead woman’s old boyfriend, who insists Corbin did the deed the night that he left for London. When she reaches out to her cousin, he proclaims his innocence and calms her nerves . . . until she comes across disturbing objects hidden in the apartment—and accidently learns that Corbin is not where he says he is. Could Corbin be a killer? And what about Alan? Kate finds herself drawn to this appealing man who seems so sincere, yet she isn’t sure. Jetlagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination full of dark images caused by the terror of her past, Kate can barely trust herself . . . So how could she take the chance on a stranger she’s just met? Yet the danger Kate imagines isn’t nearly as twisted and deadly as what’s about to happen. When her every fear becomes very real. And much, much closer than she thinks. Told from multiple points of view, Her Every Fear is a scintillating, edgy novel rich with Peter Swanson’s chilling insight into the darkest corners of the human psyche and virtuosic skill for plotting that has propelled him to the highest ranks of suspense, in the tradition of such greats as Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, Patricia Highsmith, and James M. Cain.

Emily C Peterson

Lori Keenom

This is the second book I have read by this author. While I did not enjoy this one as well as “The Kind Worth Killing “. It was still an enjoyable read. Kate and Corbin are cousins and they decide to swap apartment for 6 mos. Soo. After Kate arrives at her new apartment she discovers that a murder has occurred in her new apartment building. Evidence points toward Corbin. But is someone setting him up?

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