Girl with a Clock for a Heart

<p>Already optioned for film <em>The Girl with a Clock for a Heart</em> is Peter Swanson's electrifying tale of romantic noir with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie <em>Body Heat</em>. It is the story of a man swept into a vortex of irresistible passion and murder when an old love mysteriously reappears.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Bold and masterful full of malicious foreboding and subtle surprises <em>The Girl with a Clock for a Heart</em> is an addictive nonstop thriller--an ever-tightening coil of suspense that grips you right up to its electrifying end.</p>