It seems fairly innocuous: random people receive an envelope in the mail that contains nothing but a list of nine names. And each of them appears on that list.
They’re all very different—an FBI agent, a college professor, an aspiring musician, an oncology nurse, a mistress to an older wealthy man. Some are disturbed by receiving this piece of mail, some think it’s a piece of junk. Some try to figure out what could be their possible connection to the others on the list.
Then the people on the list start getting killed in random ways. The remaining people on the list get moved to protective custody, but the killer seems to find them anyway. Why were these people chosen to die? Will someone be able to stop the killer before all nine people are murdered?
This was an interesting concept and obviously, a tip of the hat to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The book kept my attention the whole time and there were a few twists, but to keep track of nine different people plus others was a bit difficult. And don’t even get me started on the motive.
I really do like the way Swanson writes—I loved his The Kind Worth Killing the best and also really enjoyed Eight Perfect Murders—and even though his books don’t always work for me, I still have to read them!
Thanks to William Morrow Books for the complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review!!
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