What she discovers will shock her small community and turn her family upside down.Ī River of Crows is a tale of family secrets, deception, and revenge perfect for fans of Julia Heaberlin and Jennifer Hillier. When the body of another boy is found, Sloan begins to question what really happened to her brother all those years ago. There, she is shocked to hear a crow muttering the same syllable over and over: Ridge, Ridge, Ridge. Overwhelmed by memories and unanswered questions, Sloan returns to the last place her brother was seen all those years ago: Crow’s Nest Creek. In the middle of a bitter divorce, she’s forced to return to her rural Texas hometown when her mother is discharged from a mental health facility.
Now, twenty years later, Sloan’s life is unraveling. Ridge’s body was never recovered, and Sloan’s mother-a brilliant ornithologist-slowly descended into madness, insisting her son was still alive. Their father, a good-natured Vietnam veteran prone to violent outbursts, was arrested and charged with murder. In 1988, Sloan Hadfield’s brother Ridge went fishing with their father and never came home. with a shrewd and very determined detective on their tail.
Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive. But there are a few things about Lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.” After all, some people are the kind worth killing, like a lying, stinking, cheating spouse.īack in Boston, Ted and Lily’s twisted bond grows stronger as they begin to plot Miranda's demise. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start-he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit-a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.īut their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. In a tantalizing set-up reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train… On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Summary A devious tale of psychological suspense perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train-and is soon to be a major movie directed by Agnieszka Holland. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! The Kind Worth Killing - A Novel Peter Swanson We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog.
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