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A pulp novel has a book critic wondering if his new wife is out to kill him in this thrilling story by the New York Times�bestselling author of Nine Lives. When Henry arrives with his wife, Alice, for their honeymoon at a New England lake house, he encounters a strange sense of d�j� vu. Plenty of vacation homes have shelves full of books, but this one has midcentury-American crime novels by the likes of John D. MacDonald, Ed McBain, Rex Stout, Patricia Highsmith, and more. It�s just like Henry�s collection back home. There is one book, however, that�s unfamiliar: The Honeymoon Trap. As Henry reads it, he finds the story has uncanny similarities with his own situation�newlyweds on a honeymoon after a whirlwind romance. When Alice begins to act suspiciously, Henry�s grip on reality slowly comes loose. He can�t stop reading the book and wondering what his wife is up to. He also believes he may be caught in a trap, and getting out of it is going to be murder . . . Praise for Peter Swanson �Swanson specializes in writing mesmerizing thrillers that subvert readers� expectations.� �Wall Street Journal �If you�re looking for the suspense techniques of Alfred Hitchcock translated to the page, Swanson�s your man.� �Financial Times �[Swanson�s] the real deal.� �Joe Hill, author of NOS4A2