The story is told via the points of view of all nine people on the list, plus the investigating officers. Sam is an absolute honey. Nine Lives involves a list with nine names on it. Every person on that list is marked for death, and they all get sent a copy to their homes. As people start being killed there is a race to try and find out what they have in common, and who is behind this.

And *sighs* Both the reveal of the killer (just not enough clues) and the why were such an underwhelming let down! I didn't like the reasoning, the how, the why, the justification. Just urgh! but i suppose we can write off all the flawed logic as ████, right? what a tepid end to a pretty hooky book. it's pretty clichéd to punish ████████████ by ████, but it's even worse because most of the victims were ████████████ so who's being ████ here?. ditto for a ████ with ████. and maybe for the ████, if the ████ genetic legacy more than emotional weight. but that one doesn't matter, right because I HAVE ANOTHER NOTE:Nine strangers receive the most puzzling piece of mail: an identical list with their names on it. What could it possibly mean? They each chalk it up to nothing, and move on. But soon, bad things start happening to them, one by one, and they can no longer dismiss it as coincidence. DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Faber and Faber Limited via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Nine Lives by Peter Swanson for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions. Ninestrangers, one list, and onesecret that binds them all...but this is far from your average '911' call... WHY? Why was also a prevalent theme in that book. He is convinced that it holds the key to this situation if he can just decipher the WHY, of how they were selected…..

strangers receive a letter containing 9 names including their own. Then, when those very people start to die, there is a clear target on that list. But why? One-by-one, people on the list are systematically singled out. Never knowing when their number would be up. So who is behind this list? And what is their end-game?The book even mimics Christie's style. It's pretty common for her to introduce all her characters in one go while providing a list at the beginning for easy reference. And so we have the same here. I found it useful reading a physical copy of the book and being able to flip to the character list whenever I needed it. If you're reading an ebook, I recommend taking a snapshot of the character list or just copying it out beforehand. It'll make for a much more pleasant reading experience. P.S. I love idioms and hardly a review escapes me without using one. So just for fun, an alternate title with a nod to the chapter numerations and familiar sayings: