A list of nine people, who all have different occupations and live in different cities. What could they all have in common?
All of the nine people received a letter in the mail, with no return address, only the list of nine names. Strangely enough, none of them know each other, at least they didn’t think that they did. One by one, each of them get killed. However, no one knows what the connection is. One of the names on the list is Jessica Winslow who is an FBI agent. Jessica is determined to find out what is behind these killings.
Detective Sam Hamilton is also on the case. Sam was at the Windward Resort which Frank Hopkins owned and where he was found dead. They did find a piece of paper in Frank’s hands, which is the same list with nine names on it. On her end, Jessica has been calling the other people on the list, but none of them have any idea what this could mean.
Sam is also trying to put two and two together but nothing is coming up for him. Sam has tried everything but people are still getting killed. Sam knows that there is something that has to connect them all with the Windward Resort, but what could it be, and why are they being murdered?
Peter Swanson writes a great mystery novel. However, I kept getting lost on who was who throughout NINE LIVES with such a large cast of characters. I have to say it did take me a while to get through this book, but Swanson's descriptive details kept me reading until the surprising ending.
Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of names on a single sheet of paper. None of the nine people know or have ever met the others on the list. They dismiss it as junk mail, a fluke—until very, very bad things begin happening to people on the list.
First, a well-liked old man is drowned on a beach in the small town of Kennewick, Maine. Then, a father is shot in the back while running through his quiet neighborhood in suburban Massachusetts. A frightening pattern is emerging, but what do these nine people have in common? Their professions range from oncology nurse to aspiring actor, and they’re located all over the country. So why are they all on the list, and who sent it?
FBI agent Jessica Winslow, who is on the list herself, is determined to find out. Could there be some dark secret that binds them all together? Or is this the work of a murderous madman? As the mysterious sender stalks these nine strangers, they find themselves constantly looking over their shoulders, wondering who will be crossed off next…
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