Saturday, August 18, 2018

William Morrow in September

I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan
Twenty years ago, Cody Swift’s best friends, 11-year-old Scott and 10-year-old Charlie were beaten to death in Bristol, England.  In 2017, Sidney Noyce, the man convicted of the killings, hangs himself in prison, and Cody returns to Bristol as a pod-caster who is reinvestigating the murders, casting doubt on Noyce’s guilt.  The plot cleverly unfolds as it is told in the present day through Cody’s podcast, from Charlie’s mother’s point of view who is desperately trying to keep Cody away from her, and from the point of view DI John Fletcher who originally investigated the case, who is currently investigating another body found in the same location, his sections shifting seamlessly back twenty years ago.  The structure of the novel is inventive and effective; Jess is a well-developed character as she moves from a single mother with dangerous habits to a wife and mother strong enough to face the past while protecting her future, all with an unexpected outcome.  Don’t look away for a moment.

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