Before You Knew My Name: A NovelWinner of Crime Debut and Readers’ Choice Awards—Sisters in Crime Editors’ Choice/Staff Pick by The New York Times Book Review “A brave and timely novel.” —Clare Mackintosh, internationally bestselling author of Hostage This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought together in the dark underbelly of New York City to solve a tragic murder. When she arrived in New York on her eighteenth birthday carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera, Alice Lee was looking for a fresh start. Now, just one month later, she is the city’s latest Jane Doe. She may be dead but that doesn’t mean her story is over. Meanwhile, Ruby Jones is also trying to reinvent herself. After travelling halfway around the world, she’s lonelier than ever in the Big Apple. Until she stumbles upon a woman’s body by the Hudson River, and suddenly finds herself unbreakably tied to the unknown dead woman. Alice is sure Ruby is the key to solving the mystery of her short life and tragic death. Ruby just wants to forget what she saw…but she can’t seem to stop thinking about the young woman she found. If she keeps looking, can she give this unidentified Jane Doe the ending and closure she deserves? A “heartbreaking, beautiful, and hugely important novel” (Rosie Walsh, New York Times bestselling author), Before You Knew My Name doesn’t just wonder whodunnit—it also asks who was she? And what did she leave behind? |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 10 |
Section 4 | 11 |
Section 5 | 25 |
Section 6 | 26 |
Section 7 | 36 |
Section 8 | 37 |
Section 21 | 154 |
Section 22 | 167 |
Section 23 | 181 |
Section 24 | 182 |
Section 25 | 190 |
Section 26 | 207 |
Section 27 | 219 |
Section 28 | 230 |
Section 9 | 46 |
Section 10 | 54 |
Section 11 | 55 |
Section 12 | 68 |
Section 13 | 69 |
Section 14 | 89 |
Section 15 | 90 |
Section 16 | 104 |
Section 17 | 111 |
Section 18 | 127 |
Section 19 | 134 |
Section 20 | 153 |
Section 29 | 246 |
Section 30 | 247 |
Section 31 | 252 |
Section 32 | 253 |
Section 33 | 267 |
Section 34 | 281 |
Section 35 | 294 |
Section 36 | 295 |
Section 37 | 308 |
Section 38 | 309 |
Section 39 | 311 |
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