Someone Knows
Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent.
Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable secret.
Twenty years earlier, a horrific incident shattered the lives of five teenagers, including Allie. Drinking and partying in the woods, they played a dangerous prank that went tragically wrong, turning deadly. The teenagers kept what happened a secret, believing that getting caught would be the worst thing that could happen. But time has taught Allie otherwise. Not getting caught was far worse.
Allie has been haunted for two decades by what she and the others did, and by the fact that she never told a soul. The dark secret has eaten away at her, distancing her from everyone she loves, including her husband. Because she wasn't punished by the law, Allie has punished herself, and it's a life sentence.
Now, Allie stands on the precipice of losing everything. She's ready for a reckoning, determined to learn how the prank went so horribly wrong. She digs to unearth the truth, but reaches a shocking conclusion that she never saw coming--and neither will the reader.
A deeply emotional examination of family, marriage, and the true nature of justice, Someone Knows is Lisa Scottoline's most powerful novel to date. Startling, page-turning, and with an ending that's impossible to forget, this is a tour de force by a beloved author at the top of her game.
Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable secret.
Twenty years earlier, a horrific incident shattered the lives of five teenagers, including Allie. Drinking and partying in the woods, they played a dangerous prank that went tragically wrong, turning deadly. The teenagers kept what happened a secret, believing that getting caught would be the worst thing that could happen. But time has taught Allie otherwise. Not getting caught was far worse.
Allie has been haunted for two decades by what she and the others did, and by the fact that she never told a soul. The dark secret has eaten away at her, distancing her from everyone she loves, including her husband. Because she wasn't punished by the law, Allie has punished herself, and it's a life sentence.
Now, Allie stands on the precipice of losing everything. She's ready for a reckoning, determined to learn how the prank went so horribly wrong. She digs to unearth the truth, but reaches a shocking conclusion that she never saw coming--and neither will the reader.
A deeply emotional examination of family, marriage, and the true nature of justice, Someone Knows is Lisa Scottoline's most powerful novel to date. Startling, page-turning, and with an ending that's impossible to forget, this is a tour de force by a beloved author at the top of her game.
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Community Reviews
I liked it (3/4 of it anyway) but there were way too many characters and then it just became too ridiculous. Too many subplots going on. I am not a big fan of Lisa Scottoline so I wasn't really disappointed.
Allie Garvey is going home to the funeral of a childhood friend. However, she is grief stricken by a terrible secret she's kept for 20 years. One night, while in high school, Allie and 3 other friends played a horrible prank on someone that went terribly wrong. But these people weren't really Alli's friends. Allie didn't hang out with them. She just happened to randomly stumble upon them and what occurs takes place over about 4 days maybe. The secret has affected Allie her entire adult life. And going back to the funeral brings other things to light. None of these characters is really likeable. The shocking conclusion at the end is just too much. It's like the author tried to do everything with this story.
Allie Garvey is going home to the funeral of a childhood friend. However, she is grief stricken by a terrible secret she's kept for 20 years. One night, while in high school, Allie and 3 other friends played a horrible prank on someone that went terribly wrong. But these people weren't really Alli's friends. Allie didn't hang out with them. She just happened to randomly stumble upon them and what occurs takes place over about 4 days maybe. The secret has affected Allie her entire adult life. And going back to the funeral brings other things to light. None of these characters is really likeable. The shocking conclusion at the end is just too much. It's like the author tried to do everything with this story.
This book makes you think about something you may do when you're a kid that lingers with you forever. I enjoyed this book.
I was so worried that this book wouldn't address details that were mentioned at the beginning of the book. But! It did and I enjoyed reading it
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