The Girl with a Clock for a Heart ★★★★☆

Definitely a page-turner and gets darker, in typical Peter Swanson fashion. The characters are morally ambiguous, but that's what makes it for a good story.

• Format: 304 pages
• Published on: February 4, 2014 by William Morrow
• ISBN: 9780062267511 (ISBN10: 0062267515)
• ASIN: B00DB39ZZE
• LanguageEnglish

On an ordinary Friday evening at his favorite Boston tavern, George Foss’s comfortable, predictable life is shattered when a beautiful woman sits down at the bar, a woman who vanished without a trace twenty years ago.

Liana Dector isn’t just an ex-girlfriend, the first love George couldn’t quite forget. She’s also a dangerous enigma and quite possibly a cold-blooded killer wanted by the police. Suddenly, she’s back—and she needs George’s help. Ruthless men believe she stole some money . . . and they will do whatever it takes to get it back.

George knows Liana is trouble. But he can’t say no—he never could—so he makes a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of lies, secrets, betrayal, and murder from which there is no sure escape.

Bold and masterful, full of malicious foreboding and subtle surprises, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is an addictive, nonstop thriller—an ever-tightening coil of suspense that grips you right up to its electrifying end.

Notable Highlights

“Florida’s not so bad. Where else can you buy fireworks and oranges at the same place?” [loc. 2671]