<p><strong><em>New York Times </em>bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” —Lisa Gardner</strong></p><p><strong>“[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge.” <em>—USA Today</em></strong></p><p><strong>From the hugely talented author of <em>The Kind Worth Killing</em> comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders.</strong></p><p>Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack—which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”—chosen from among the best of the best inc