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Rules for Perfect Murders

By: Peter Swanson
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
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**NINE LIVES PAPERBACK IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**

From a master of suspense...
Eight classic murders.
A single crime obsessive.
Countless thrilling twists.

A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels.

The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article titled 'My Eight Favourite Murders,' and there seems to be a deadly link between the deaths and his list - which includes Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

Can the killer be stopped before all eight of these perfect murders have been re-enacted?

©2020 Peter Swanson (P)2020 Faber Audio Crime Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Murder Fiction Exciting Witty Scary

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Although not very likable, the main character certainly draws you into their story. It was mysteries within mysteries, in more ways than one. I don't think anyone could predict everything that happens in this story, even if you have suspicions.

I enjoyed the references to other literature, and it certainly added to my TBR. The mirroring of certain aspects of other books was clever too.

The narrator does a good job, particularly with distinguishing characters.

Overall, a chilling mystery somewhat lacking in redemption.

What a mystery

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I liked the idea of the plot and much of the text was well written, but the “clever” plot just didn’t do it for me, less of a twist and more of a sticky slide. Still passed the time adequately for 1.99.

Not as clever as it thinks it is

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Other reviewers mention the spoilers of the book plots within the book which is certainly true.

However as I had read all the books referred to (or at least the ones I ever intend to) this wasn’t an issue.

Yes the book did get a little surreal at times but I loved the characters and the backdrop of the book store and a list of perfect murders with a clever twist at the end.

I also thought the narrator did a great job and I enjoyed his style. Overall this was certainly a book that held my interest.

Enjoyable

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The story initially draws you in as the main character begins to realise he is being framed for a series of murders
However once the true killer is revealed with no more motive than to “connect” to the main character by killing people are him - listener is left with not much to feel for

The author ends the book with a very matter of fact revelation that the main character killed two people who’s deaths were never mentioned as suspicious - this twist I believe was meant to shock and highlight that you shouldn’t trust everything the narrator tells you
But why would any reader care if he killed two extra people at the end of the book when no clues or build up was made in the whole novel
Bit of a mess

Disappointed

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Good narration but rather muddled story that dragged in places ... brilliant idea for a plot but it was a bit too easy to work out what was going on (and I'm not usually very good at spotting who did what, where, how and to whom) ...

Very dull listening in places

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I really liked it, the narrator doesn't give too much fake tones to females characters, which i appreciate, but is a bit unemotional interpretation but is understandable due to the plot line. Unespected unravel of the story, I liked it!

Really enjoyable

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a quick read, I probably won't remember it in a month as the story isn't that significant

interesting

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I'm quoting another review here but it is quite clever and worth 2 quid if u buy it today.

not as clever as it thinks it is

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It kept you guessing throughout but end dragged on a bit. I enjoyed it overall

very entertaining

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I've never read anything quite like this - if you like detective fiction but haven't got around to reading the books referenced in this novel then you should think about reading them first. On the plus side I had to do just that for one of the books mentioned and thoroughly enjoyed 'The Red House Mystery' by A A Milne as a result. Fortunately I had either read or had seen the film of most of the others so the many Plot Spoilers did not ruin my enjoyment- Imagine not having read Agatha Christie's most celebrated mystery 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' only to discover the murderer here - literary disaster! The actual plot of this story is an homage to detective fiction and is particularly unusual for other reasons - at times I was not quite sure where I was being taken. Really quite clever.

Spoiler alert!

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