The Kind Worth Saving: 'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' Mark Edwards

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EXCERPT: I have no regrets in my life even though I've killed people, I've always had a reason - a good reason - for what I've done. Henry isn’t the only one with feelings of deja vu at this point, because as things progress there are several elements here that feel a little like reworked sections of The Kind Worth Killing. As a result, some of the plot progressions seems rather familiar – although after eight years, the details may feel a bit hazy.

The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson Review: The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

In this story, we meet Joan Grieves/Whalen, who was a former student of Henry Kimball when he taught English classes at the local high school. Henry Kimball is now a Private Investigator working at his own office due to circumstances that happened in book #1. Joan approaches Henry, because she thinks that her husband, Richard is cheating on her, and she would like Henry to follow him and confirm her suspicions. I was late to the party in reading Book 1 in this much-loved psychological thriller series, The Kind Worth Killing. I read and loved it at the beginning of this year in anticipation of Book 2 releasing in March. I’m happy to report I enjoyed this book just as much as Book 1! 🙌🏻 That doesn’t happen very often! There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private inves­tigator Henry Kimball’s office asking him to investigate her husband, he can’t help feeling ill at ease. Just the sight of her stirs up a chilling memory: He knew Joan in his previous life as a high school English teacher, when he was at the center of a tragedy.As with The Kind Worth Killing, we are handed the answers early in the novel and the rest of the story becomes about the characters, the moves they play, and how they figure out the truth. Swanson makes this style of storytelling work well. Instead of hanging everything on a twist that we may or may not figure out, he draws us into his characters' minds and makes wondering what will happen to them the real pull of the book.

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The Kind Worth Saving is the second book in the Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner series. And just like its predecessor, The Kind Worth Killing, I’m left wanting more!! I will say that just like the first book, this one started off slow for me, and then Part 2 of the book really took off. Part 3 is the conclusion of the book that made me sad that it ended. It’s safe to say that Peter Swanson likes to build up a momentum in his stories, and he succeeded once again. Why did Joan google Richards name randomly even though they spent years never interacting and that being how she learned about the bombing....instead of hearing about it on the news or from a neighbour??? because you know it's a bombing in her local area. people are going to talk about that.Peter Swanson is the author of six novels including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year, and his most recent thriller, Eight Perfect Murders. His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. Henry Kimball is hired by his former student, Joan, to follow her husband who is having an affair with his secretary. She "knows" he is having an affair but wants "proof". Henry accepts the case but can't help remembering his and Joan's shared past, specifically the day that ended in tragedy. A day that haunts him, a day that he can never forget. Private Detective Henry Kimball is hired by an ex-student from his days as a teacher at Dartford-Middleham High. Enter Joan Grieve, now Joan Whalen who reminds Kimball of an event he’d prefer to erase from his mind. Joan wants him to follow her husband Richard to prove that he is cheating on her. He takes the case, it seems a simple one but oh boy, is he ever wrong. It becomes clear he needs to revisit the past to discover the truth about the present.