BOOK DESCRIPTION
No-one confesses to a murder they didn’t commit, do they?
I haven’t seen my brother for twenty years. Not since he killed the man I loved.
Now he’s back.
I have imagined this scene a million times. What would he say to me?
But nothing could prepare me for this. What he’s saying is impossible:
“I didn’t do it.”
He must be lying. Who confesses to a murder they didn’t commit?
Everyone in our town wants him gone. Everyone’s scared of him. Even me.
But maybe one of them is more scared of being found out…
And when I see something in his eyes that reminds me of everything we used to be, I realise I need to know the truth.
No matter what it costs me. No matter who wants to keep it hidden…
This unputdownable, gripping thriller is written in chapters that are set in a number of time frames and narrated almost entirely from the perspective of the main character Evie. The story opens with the shocking death of Evie's father Andrew, the one person who has been her rock since that terrible night in 1994. The night when Evie's boyfriend Michael was murdered by her older brother Ethan, a night that Evie's brain has blocked from her memory. Ethan has spent twenty years in prison for Michael's murder and during all that time Evie never once doubted his guily. But now he has returned along with their overbearing mother Carole to the small isolated town where they grew up and is insisting that he is innocent. Evie finds herself torn between her loyalties to her father and the other residents of the town who all believed that Ethan was guilty and helping Ethan uncover the truth because of Ethan didn't murder Michael then who did? But how can she uncover the truth when she has no memories of what happened on that terrible night during the hot summer of 1994, the summer when the lives of Evie, Ethan and their friend Ashley were changed forever after Michael walked into their lives. I really felt a lot of sympathy and empathy for Evie as she struggled with her loyalties whilst being torn in opposite directions between her family and the residents of the town including her friend Ashley. Evie was treated the same way by her mother as I was by my own so I could totally understand her feelings of frustration during her interactions with Carole. I also felt a lot of sympathy for Ethan as the story unfolded and his relationship with Andrew was revealed. This story doesn't have a large cast of characters but the ones who did appear were a mixed bag of vivid, diverse individuals, some likeable, some not so likeable. I loved the setting for this Book I would love to have grown up having a woods to explore right on my doorstep, a lake to swim in and cabins to hand out in when it rained. Did Ethan kill Michael? What happened in the woods that night? Will it help Evie knowing the truth or would it be better if she carried on living in ignorance?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Harvey is a Scottish writer now living in The Netherlands.
She is the author of three novels.
Her short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines in the US and the UK, such as Bare Fiction, Litro Online, Carve Magazine, Folio, and The Lonely Crowd.
She has been shortlisted for various short story prizes including the Bristol Prize, the University of Sunderland Short Story Award and the Bridport Prize. Her radio dramas have won prizes and commendations from the BBC World Service. She has been longlisted twice for the Bath Novel Award.
Author Social Media Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenAnneHarvey1 (@JenAnneHarvey1)
Website: http://www.jenharvey.net/
PUBLICATION DATE: 21st October 2020
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