Her Every Fear

A Novel

De: Peter Swanson

Narrado por: Eva Kaminsky

The author of the wildly popular The Kind Worth Killing returns with an electrifying and downright Hitchcockian psychological thriller—as tantalizing as the cinema classics Rear Window and Wait Until Dark—involving a young woman caught in a vise of voyeurism, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.

The danger isn’t all in your head . . .

Growing up, Kate Priddy was always a bit neurotic, experiencing momentary bouts of anxiety that exploded into full blown panic attacks after an ex-boyfriend kidnapped her and nearly ended her life. When Corbin Dell, a distant cousin in Boston, suggests the two temporarily swap apartments, Kate, an art student in London, agrees, hoping that time away in a new place will help her overcome the recent wreckage of her life.

But soon after her arrival at Corbin’s grand apartment on Beacon Hill, Kate makes a shocking discovery: his next-door neighbor, a young woman named Audrey Marshall, has been murdered. When the police question her about Corbin, a shaken Kate has few answers, and many questions of her own—curiosity that intensifies when she meets Alan Cherney, a handsome, quiet tenant who lives across the courtyard, in the apartment facing Audrey’s. Alan saw Corbin surreptitiously come and go from Audrey’s place, yet he’s denied knowing her. Then, Kate runs into a tearful man claiming to be the dead woman’s old boyfriend, who insists Corbin did the deed the night that he left for London.

When she reaches out to her cousin, he proclaims his innocence and calms her nerves . . . until she comes across disturbing objects hidden in the apartment—and accidently learns that Corbin is not where he says he is. Could Corbin be a killer? And what about Alan? Kate finds herself drawn to this appealing man who seems so sincere, yet she isn’t sure. Jetlagged and emotionally unstable, her imagination full of dark images caused by the terror of her past, Kate can barely trust herself . . . So how could she take the chance on a stranger she’s just met?

Yet the danger Kate imagines isn’t nearly as twisted and deadly as what’s about to happen. When her every fear becomes very real.

And much, much closer than she thinks.

Told from multiple points of view, Her Every Fear is a scintillating, edgy novel rich with Peter Swanson’s chilling insight into the darkest corners of the human psyche and virtuosic skill for plotting that has propelled him to the highest ranks of suspense, in the tradition of such greats as Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, Patricia Highsmith, and James M. Cain.

Unique!

Very different storyline than I have heard before and the narration was outstanding. If psychological thriller is what you like, I highly recommend this book.

It was okay...

It was entertaining but also predictable. Definitely not as good as The Kind Worth Killing

Love it!

Peter Swanson has done it again! What, you may ask. He has written another awesome book! I love it. This isn’t your typical who done it mystery. I figured the who pretty early, but the how and why, and all the details just sucks you into the depths of it.
Also, the narrator did a great job of telling the story.
I throughly enjoyed listening to this book.

Ok book

This was an ok story. Had potential to be better but it was ok. The narrator was awesome! I would love to listen to more by her

Left Feeling Annoyed

There were parts of this story that I loved, that I found truly fascinating, and others that were so disturbing I wondered how I person could write about them and still sleep at night. I hated every single character, even the protagonist. The things she did felt foolish and not well thought out. You could tell this book was written by a man. I didn't feel for any of the characters AT ALL, even when I knew I was meant to. I know Corbin was meant to be sympathetic in some ways but he really just felt like I misunderstood loser. He doesn't really end up doing anything of note. Alan/Allen, however it's spelled, was a total waste. Were we meant to like him? Was he meant to be a good guy that just does some stupid things? Nope, I'm out. The performance was great, she reads really and flips over the accents convincingly, but this was not a good read.