Before you meet him

By Peter Swanson ... The author of "A Reason to Kill" - talented and heavy-handed - delights us with an exciting and wonderful story of a young wife, an artist from the suburb of "Hain," who is haunted by a history of psychological instability, whose fears about her new neighbor lead to murder. After exhausting years of attempts, Hain settled on the right medications to control her bipolar disorder. And finally, she found some reassurance and peace. But when she meets the couple living in the neighboring house, the calm that envelops Hain is shattered when she notices something familiar in the husband's office room. It looks exactly like something related to a murder that happened years ago, one of the few pieces of evidence in a disturbing and intractable case. Hain immediately recognized this thing, as her long-standing obsession with that cold case against the unknown had controlled her for years — an obsession she no longer talks about, but couldn't let go of either. Could her neighbor Matthew be the killer? Or could this be the start of another manic episode like the one she suffered in college when she was drained by guilt over a friend, which ultimately led her to harm someone else? The more Hain watches Matthew, the more her suspicions grow that he is planning something truly terrifying. Number of pages: 440 Year of publication: 2021 Publisher: Aseer Books for Publishing and Distribution