I Know You Know: A Novel
From New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan comes this original, chilling and twisty mystery about two shocking murder cases twenty years apart, and the threads that bind them.
Twenty years ago, eleven-year-olds Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby were murdered in the city of Bristol, their bodies dumped near a dog racing track. A man was convicted of the brutal crime, but decades later, questions still linger.
For his whole life, filmmaker Cody Swift has been haunted by the deaths of his childhood best friends. The loose ends of the police investigation consume him so much that he decides to return to Bristol in search of answers. Hoping to uncover new evidence, and to encourage those who may be keeping long-buried secrets to speak up, Cody starts a podcast to record his findings. But there are many people who don’t want the case—along with old wounds—reopened so many years after the tragedy, especially Charlie’s mother, Jess, who decides to take matters into her own hands.
When a long-dead body is found in the same location the boys were left decades before, the disturbing discovery launches another murder investigation. Now Detective John Fletcher, the investigator on the original case, must reopen his dusty files and decide if the two murders are linked. With his career at risk, the clock is ticking and lives are in jeopardy…
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Community Reviews
Potential.
This had so much potential.
The murder of two young boys twenty years ago. A newly discovered dead body that may be linked to those murders. The now grown up best friend of the two boys murdered years ago who is trying to reexamine the case and possibly prove the innocence of the man who was convicted all those years ago. A whole cast of shady characters. So many good things going for this!
I was having a really good time for much of the book. I was enjoying the grimy characters getting under my skin and making it crawl. I wanted to pick this up each time I had to put it down which is always a solid indication of a good thriller. I was ready to throw four stars at it, easily.
But then it just kind of...fizzled out. That ending? YUCK. I read the last thirty pages or so feeling the most awful kind of amazement. Like...this can't actually be the ending...can it? And as those few remaining pages dwindled, I kept (foolishly) hoping that the ending would get better and have at least one jaw-dropping POW moment that would redeem the snoozefest cop-out ending I was getting.
Nope. Didn't happen. What a disappointment.
I would, however, give this author another chance based on the writing (quite readable) and the intrigue that was building (which ultimately and unfortunately fell completely flat in this book) and the fact that I've realized that I've already purchased several other books by her.
2.5 Stars
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