The Kind Worth Killing

A cunning story of psychological suspense with deceit, sex, and an unintentional meeting that ends in murder. The author of the critically praised The Girl with a Clock for a Heart, which the Washington Post said "should be a contender for crime fiction's best first novel of 2014," is bringing Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train into the present day. Fans of Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train will adore this contemporary adaptation.

Ted Severson travels to Boston at night and meets the enigmatic and beautiful Lily Kintner. After having too many martinis, the strangers start a game of truth in which they divulge highly personal information about one another. Ted speaks about his failing marriage and his suspicion that his wife Miranda is having an extramarital affair. Ted, the wealthy businessman, and his wife, the free-spirited artist, were an unlikely pair from the beginning. Their love was stoked by this contrast, but it has now become cliched.

However, when Ted makes the jest that he could murder Miranda for what she did, their game takes a little darker turn. Lily replies quietly and without wasting a beat, "I'd like to help." Ultimately, there are certain individuals deserving of death, such as an untrustworthy, foul-smelling, infidelity partner.

Ted and Lily's twisted friendship deepens back in Boston as they start hatching a plan to kill Miranda. Lily hasn't told Ted about a few aspects of her history, however, including her training in the art and skill of murder—a path that started when she was very intelligent.

These accomplices find themselves unexpectedly entangled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse that none of them can escape—with a cunning and tenacious investigator hot on their trail.