The Girl with a Clock for a Heart - Hardcover

Swanson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062267493 ISBN 13: 9780062267498

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2014

Synopsis

Already optioned for film, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is Peter Swanson’s electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie Body Heat. It is the story of a man swept into a vortex of irresistible passion and murder when an old love mysteriously reappears.

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.

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Review:

The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is a twisty, sexy, electric thrill ride and an absolute blast from start to finish. (DENNIS LEHANE)

As good as they come. A thrilling slice of contemporary noir with twists that you won't see coming. (MARK BILLINGHAM)

An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller that dares you to turn the next page, but it's much more dangerous than that. It dares you to take a hard, long look at people from your past and ask yourself who's worth holding on to and who's worth letting go. (WILEY CASH, author of A Land More Kind Than Home (winner of the John Creasey debut Dagger, 2012))

Book Description:

A thriller about love, loss and those memories we hold closest to our hearts.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062267493
• ISBN 13: 9780062267498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292