He targets men that he sees as predatory, his ethos being that if they hurt women, be it through mental abuse, cheating, sexual assault, what have you, they don’t deserve to live. Matthew is indeed a killer, but he is incredibly compelling in his motivations. Hen’s suspicions are right, and therefore we aren’t going to see the tired ‘is she right or is she just having an episode’ trope that feels so common in stories like this. Our main two perspectives are that of Hen, an artist who has struggled with bipolar disorder in the past, and Matthew, Hen’s neighbor whom she is convinced is a murderer. Like other good Peter Swanson books, “Before She Knew Him” sucked me in with it’s fascinating characters, and legitimately surprising twists and turns. SO, that means If you want to read this book completely ignorant, stop here. I’m usually loathe to buy books given that I work at a library and use its services exhaustively, but with authors I love I’m willing to make exceptions, and so I went out and purchased “Before She Knew Him”.Īlso, this review is going to have some spoilers in it, as I feel like it’s the only way that I can truly discuss what I liked about it. So what’s a girl to do but go and buy it.
Unfortunately, I missed the library hold boat on this one, as by the time I realized it was happening both systems I use had long hold lists on them. Review: GodDAMN do I look forward to any and every Peter Swanson book. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she’s been watching him, that she’s really on to him. The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he’s planning something truly terrifying. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder-an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either.Ĭould her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate? The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace.īut when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf.
Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Publishing Info: William Morrow, March 2019īook Description: Catching a killer is dangerous-especially if he lives next door Book: “Before She Knew Him” by Peter Swanson
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