{"product_id":"kill-your-darlings-9780063441934","title":"Kill Your Darlings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A feat of structural magnificence\u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003ethe instant I turned the final page, I flipped straight back to the start to put it all together again.\" --Danya Kukafka, nationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eNotes on an Execution \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Kind Worth Killing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEight Perfect Murders\u003c\/em\u003e comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is well...except that Wendy wants to murder her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the couple's lives--their fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a work colleague--all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwanson, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Swanson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Kind Worth Killing\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the New England Society Book Award and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger; \u003cem\u003eHer Every Fear, \u003c\/em\u003e an NPR book of the year; and \u003cem\u003eEight Perfect Murders, \u003c\/em\u003ea\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eamong others. His books have been translated into 30 languages. He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51318741598482,"sku":"9780063441934","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd7024c6-61c5-4cd3-817e-aa792c5c5998.jpg?v=1748511368","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kill-your-darlings-9780063441934","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}