A Talent for Murder. Finished 1-27-25. Thriller, 3.5/5 stars, 255 pages, 2024
“When she was a seven-year-old she had declared rain to be the best weather because it was reading weather.”
I feel the same way about cold and snow! When I picked this up I didn’t realize it was the third in a series, but it is. I enjoyed it as a standalone, but I did feel like I was missing something with the two main characters of The Kind Worth Killing books.
Who doesn’t love a good serial killer thriller? Martha’s husband is a traveling salesman. Who knew this was even still a thing? One day he comes home with a little blood on his shirt and, BOOM!, she’s thinking serial killer. I don’t know about you but there are at least 1000 thoughts I’d have before that one was ever entertained.
But the thought is there so she calls her old friend Lily to see if she thinks it could be true.
It was fine, but would have been better if I’d read the first two.
Stacy's Books 
Stacy, I’m glad you talked about your experience with this book. I’ve read the first of the ‘series’ – The Kind Worth Killing – like 10 years ago. I’ve read other books by Swanson, but not The Kind Worth Saving as yet. Thanks for the reminder that this one is #3. I might reread the first one and then do #2 and #3. I think you’d like The Kind Worth Killing…just saying…LOL!
I’ve read a couple of Swanson’s stand-alones (Nine Lives and Her Every Fear), as well as the first in the Henry Kimball series (The Kind Worth Killing). I plan to read this one and The Kind Worth Saving. Glad you enjoyed this one, even if you did read it out of order. 😉