“A young bride, a lonely single mother, and an amnesiac man of dubious origin lie at the heart of New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell’s next suspenseful drama that will appeal to fans of Liane Moriarty and Paula Hawkins.
In a windswept British seaside town, single mom Alice Lake finds a man sitting on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside.
Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed.
Twenty-three years earlier, Gray and Kirsty are teenagers on a summer holiday with their parents. Their annual trip to the quaint seaside town is passing by uneventfully, until an enigmatic young man starts paying extra attention to Kirsty. Something about him makes Gray uncomfortable—and it’s not just that he’s playing the role of protective older brother.
Two decades of secrets, a missing husband, and a man with no memory are at the heart of this brilliant new novel, filled with the “beautiful writing, believable characters, pacey narrative, and dark secrets” (London Daily Mail) that make Lisa Jewell so beloved by audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.”
Having previous read The Girls (review here…) when I Found You appeared on my kindle recommended books I couldn’t resist.
A missing husband and a man with no memory. You think you have it all sussed out yet still Lisa Jewell manages to catch you out. For me, I loved how the book cleverly wove in two stories from the present along with a story from the past into one.
I have to admit it is slow moving, but it’s got some very dark storylines intertwined so the slow pace felt necessary and in my opinion only added to the charm. Furthermore, it’s nice to have a suspense novel set in England for a change (as usually it’s America which is featured).
Lisa for me is slowly becoming a go to author and I’m looking forward to coming across many more of her books.
I gave this book 5 stars for a fantastic and well intertwined plot…
The Midnight Reader xo
In June 2014, Julia White – a beautiful and intelligent young woman – blows up a coffee shop in central London, killing twenty-four people before turning herself in to the police. Apart from publishing a potentially ironic manifesto, she refuses to explain the reasons for her actions…Clare Hardenberg, an investigative journalist, has been commissioned to write a biography of Julia but at the start of the novel she is on her way to prison herself. What has brought her to this point?
James, with Bob’s help, has begun to find his way back to the real world.
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