Book Review - The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson

Title: The Kind Worth Saving
Series: Henry Kimball/ Lily Kintner # 2
Author: Peter Swanson
 
Description: There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball’s office asking him to investigate her husband, he can’t help feeling ill at ease. Just the sight of her stirs up a chilling memory: he knew Joan in his previous life as a high school English teacher, when he was at the center of a tragedy.
 
Now Joan needs his help in proving that her husband is cheating. But what should be a simple case of infidelity becomes much more complicated when Kimball finds two bodies in an uninhabited suburban home with a “for sale” sign out front. Suddenly it feels like the past is repeating itself, and Henry must go back to one of the worst days of his life to uncover the truth.
 
Is it possible that Joan knows something about that day, something she’s hidden all these years? Could there still be a killer out there, someone who believes they have gotten away with murder? Henry is determined to find out, but as he steps closer to the truth, a murderer is getting closer to him, and in his hair-raising game of cat and mouse only one of them will survive.
 
Review: When private detective and former teacher henry Kimball is hired by a former student to investigate her husband on infidelity, nothing is what is seems. When the supposedly simple case takes a weird turn, Kimball turns to the one person he can trust: Lily Kintner. “The Kind Worth Saving” is the sequel to the very loved “The Kind Worth Killing”.
 
“The Kind Worth Killing” is what introduced me to author Peter Swanson. This thriller instantly became a new favorite and might be the best book I’ve read in 2023. I think you could read this book if you didn’t read the first, because this is a sequel. But I recommend to read “The Kind Worth Killing” first, because otherwise you miss the shared history between the returning characters. And that is pretty important to understand them.
 
Like in the first book, “The Kind Worth Saving” has some great twists and reveals, but not as good and surprising. Again, the plot takes many unexpected turns and nothing is what it seems. I was hooked from page one and it was a page-turned. But it never lives up to the first book.
 
Rating: 3, 5/ 5