Before She Knew Him ★★★★☆

Just when you thought you started to predict Swanson, he throws a curveball. This book isn't a whodunnit, but it keeps you reading toward the rapidly escalating climax through a path of murders. Definitely recommend reading if you like it dark.

• Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
• Published: March 5, 2019 by William Morrow
• Language: English

Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace.

But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder—an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either...