Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. You can listen online to free English audiobook “Before She Knew Him” by Peter Swanson on our website.Published by William Morrow on March 5, 2019īuy from Amazon| Buy from Barnes & Noble| Buy from Book DepositoryĬatching a killer is dangerous-especially if he lives next doorįrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder. Yes, she chooses to stalk her neighbour, whilst of course keeping this a secret from her husband, who is likely to worry far too much that she needs to go back to the doctor and have her medication altered. What are the chances? Hen convinced that Matthew is, in fact, hiding some huge dark secret does what anyone would do in such a situation. So they go and in one of those weird coincidences that occur in real life as well as novels, Hen makes a connection between Matthew and a victim of a murder who lived close to them in their previous home. Hen, who has suffered from her mental health isn’t keen but Lloyd wants them to get out and mix. Their neighbours Mira and Matthew invite them for a dinner party. They love their new house, they’ve left behind what appears to have been a few bad memories and Hen is now following her artistic path as an illustrator in the new neighbourhood. In Before She Knew Him, Hen Mazur and her husband Lloyd have recently moved house to a small suburb in Boston.

His books have been translated into 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. Peter Swanson is the author of four novels: The Girl With a Clock For a Heart, an LA Times Book Award finalist The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and a finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.

Before she knew him by peter swanson