This
time around, Kimball encounters one of his former students who was the queen
bee at her high school, Joan Grieve. She hires Kimball to confirm that her
husband Richard Whalen is cheating, although she has something more devious in
mind that calls for the help of a former classmate.
During his investigation, Kimball follows Whalen and
Pam O’Neil to their love nest, where he hears three gunshots. What he finds triggers
a post-traumatic stress episode from his first and only teaching year. What he
thought was the worst day of his life -- a school shooting in his classroom -- has
competition from the events happening now.
In the aftermath of the gunshots, Kimball becomes
suspicious of Joan. What secrets does she have about the death of her husband
and his mistress? How are these murders linked to the school shooting years
ago? What could be the link to a supposed accidental drowning that
happened when Joan was just a teenager?
As Kimball draws nearer to the truth, he soon finds
himself in great danger from Joan’s partner in crime. When Kimball has to step
back, Lily Kintner steps up to continue investigating how all the people who
have died are linked to Joan.
Peter Swanson’s novel The Kind Worth Killing
has been optioned for a movie. He writes short stories, poetry, and features as
well as novels. His work has been printed in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure,
The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. The Girl with a Clock for a Heart, his debut novel, is still my personal favorite. Swanson
lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with his wife and their cat.
My review
will be posted on Goodreads starting December 5, 2022.
I would like
to thank William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, and NetGalley
for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective review.
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