02566cam a2200409 i 4500 1859098798 TxAuBib 20250116120000.0 240227s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063360181 paperback 0063360187 paperback (OCoLC)1428821966 TxAuBib rda Swanson, Peter, 1968-, Author. A talent for murder. 3 : a novel / Peter Swanson. Large print edition. New York, NY, 2024. ©2024. 384 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Regular print edition published by William Morrow & Company. "Martha Ratliff conceded long ago that she'd likely spend her life alone. She was fine with it, happy with her solo existence, stimulated by her job as an archival librarian, constantly surrounded by thought-provoking ideas and the books she loved. But then she met Alan, a charming and sweet-natured divorcée with a job that took him on the road for half the year. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, even though he still felt a little bit like a stranger. A year in and the marriage was good, except for that strange blood streak on the back of one of his shirts he'd worn to a conference in Denver. Her curiosity turning to suspicion, Martha investigates the cities Alan visited over the past year and uncovers a disturbing pattern-five unsolved cases of murdered women. Is she married to a serial killer? Or could it merely be a coincidence? Unsure what to think, Martha contacts an old friend from graduate school for advice. Lily Kintner once helped Martha out of a jam with an abusive boyfriend and may have some insight. Intrigued, Lily offers to meet Alan to find out what kind of man he really is ... but what Lily uncovers is more perplexing and wicked than they ever could have expected"-- Provided by publisher. 20250116. Women librarians Fiction. Spouses Fiction. Suspicion Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Serial murders Fiction. Women Crimes against Fiction. Domestic fiction. fast Detective and mystery fiction. fast Psychological fiction. fast Thrillers (Fiction.) fast