Nine Lives: 'I loved this.' Ann Cleeves

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'Deliciously ingenious.' -Daily Mail
'Keeps you guessing right to the end.' - PETER MAY


'Smartly entertaining.' -Washington Post


'So beautifully written, so gripping, so perfect.' - SOPHIE HANNAH





If you're on the list you're marked for death.


The envelope is unremarkable. There is no return address. It contains a single, folded, sheet of white paper.
The envelope drops through the mail slot like any other piece of post. But for the nine complete strangers who receive it - each of them recognising just one name, their own, on the enclosed list - it will be the most life altering letter they ever receive. It could also be the last, as one by one, they start to meet their end.


But why

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'I loved this, Swanson's sharp and insightful characterization brought to life a fascinating premise, beautifully worked out.' - Ann Cleeves

'With economical strokes of his pen, Peter Swanson presents us with a clever homage to the Golden Age of Mystery which keeps you guessing right to the end.' - Peter May

Author Bio

Peter Swanson's novels include The Girl With a Clock for a Heart, nominated for an LA Times book award, The Kind Worth Killing, a Richard and Judy pick and the iBooks store's thriller of the year; Rules for Perfect Murders, the 2020 Richard and Judy Pick; and most recently Every Vow You Break. He lives with his wife and cat on the north coast of Massachusetts.