The basics of a whodunit are just that. You are trying to unravel the who, what, when and where of a dastardly crime. Well, Peter Swanson's new thriller, "Kill Your Darlings," turns all that on its ...

Swanson’s ambitious if uneven latest (after A Talent for Murder) tells a murder mystery in reverse. Thom and Wendy Graves appear to have it all: a beautiful home, flourishing careers, a successful son ...

One Thursday night in 1997, I was doing homework near the little kitchen TV when “Seinfeld” started in reverse, and my 15-year-old mind melted. The episode, titled “The Betrayal,” opened with the ...

Peter Swanson talks with Jeremy Finley about his novel A TALENT FOR MURDER. Martha, a librarian, marries Alan, a charming salesman often away for work. When she discovers a suspicious bloodstain on ...