Emily May asked Peter Swanson:

I've become a little obsessed with all the books mentioned in Eight Perfect Murders! Are these all personal recommendations of yours? Or a better question might be: what are your all-time favourite thriller/crime novels? I understand if you don't have time to answer, but thanks for reading this anyway :)

Peter Swanson Hi Emily,

Thanks for your question! I definitely recommend all the books in PERFECT MURDERS, but they are not necessarily my favorite crime novels of all time. They are just the ones that worked well in my novel. My all time favorites are probably (they change all the time) REBECCA by Daphne DuMaurier, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie, A KISS BEFORE DYING by Ira Levin, A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith, RED DRAGON by Thomas Harris, and, recently, YOU and HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes.

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