A review by judithsbookshelf
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
4.75
I just finished the book and I don't know how to feel.
Summary:
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson is a murder-mistery novel about a mistery-bookstore owner named Malcolm Kershaw.
One day an FBI-Agent, named Gwen Mulvey shows up at his door and asks him about murders that were carried out with a blog entry of his in mind. Said entry was about eight perfect murders (in fiction).
The more you get into the story, the clearer it get's, that Malcolm is not a saint.(He killed Norman Chaney, Steve Clifton, his wife Claire Mallory and Marty Kingship (recreated the murders) and himself in the end.
He is also a kind of unreliable narrator, because oftentimes he doesn't tell the whole truth, right off the bat.
I think it was very well-written and I was not expecting him having killed his wife and all the other people, so in that regard it was very surprising. The writing style was also quite gripping towards the end. What makes me feel so strongly about the fact, that Malcolm has murdered all these people, is probably, the way he doesn't show remorse, really.
He is just like... well, that happened.
Which is weird because he was accusing Marty of getting joy from killing people and says that reality is a different case. Yet, he killed those people.
First mistery novel I have ever read. Good read
Summary:
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson is a murder-mistery novel about a mistery-bookstore owner named Malcolm Kershaw.
One day an FBI-Agent, named Gwen Mulvey shows up at his door and asks him about murders that were carried out with a blog entry of his in mind. Said entry was about eight perfect murders (in fiction).
The more you get into the story, the clearer it get's, that Malcolm is not a saint.
He is also a kind of unreliable narrator, because oftentimes he doesn't tell the whole truth, right off the bat.
I think it was very well-written and I was not expecting him having killed his wife and all the other people, so in that regard it was very surprising. The writing style was also quite gripping towards the end. What makes me feel so strongly about the fact, that Malcolm has murdered all these people, is probably, the way he doesn't show remorse, really.
He is just like... well, that happened.
Which is weird because he was accusing Marty of getting joy from killing people and says that reality is a different case. Yet, he killed those people.
First mistery novel I have ever read. Good read