Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson, 270 pagesSeveral years ago, bookstore owner Malcolm Kershaw wrote a blog post about eight perfect murders in crime fiction. Now an FBI agent has appeared at his doorstep, convinced that someone is copying the murders from each book in his list. Does this murderer know Malcolm personally? Or did he just stumble upon this list at random? Or is the FBI agent simply grasping at straws to solve a handful of cold cases in one fell swoop?
This book is a bit of a love letter to classic mysteries, wrapped up with some hallmarks of today's popular mysteries, such as a possibly unreliable narrator. While the characters were a bit one-dimensional, I enjoyed the twists, many of which I didn't see coming. But there are hints, particularly if you've read the books referenced by title throughout. A fun, quick, twisty read.
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