Already optioned for film, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is Peter
Swanson's electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock
and reminiscent of the classic movie Body Heat. It is the story of a
man swept into a vortex of irresistible passion and murder when an old
love mysteriously reappears.
On an ordinary Friday evening at his favorite Boston tavern, George
Foss's comfortable, predictable life is shattered when a beautiful woman
sits down at the bar, a woman who vanished without a trace twenty years
ago.
Liana Dector isn't just an ex-girlfriend, the first love George couldn't
quite forget. She's also a dangerous enigma and quite possibly a
cold-blooded killer wanted by the police. Suddenly, she's back--and she
needs George's help. Ruthless men believe she stole some money . . . and
they will do whatever it takes to get it back.
George knows Liana is trouble. But he can't say no--he never could--so
he makes a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of
lies, secrets, betrayal, and murder from which there is no sure escape.
Bold and masterful, full of malicious foreboding and subtle surprises,
The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is an addictive, nonstop
thriller--an ever-tightening coil of suspense that grips you right up to
its electrifying end.
