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A highly addictive, sublimely plotted psychological thriller about marriage, private security and journalistic scandal.
A young pickpocket is pulled from the tracks of a subway station seconds before an oncoming train's arrival. When a video of the incident briefly emerges it unlocks a mystery that goes back over a decade.
A top class read from one of the finest young crime writers around.
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If You Were Here Synopsis
WATCH THE AMAZON TV ADAPTATION OF THE BETTER SISTER STARRING JESSICA BIEL AND ELIZABETH BANKS
Bestselling author of The Ex,The Wife and The Better Sister
'Highly addictive' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'A major talent' HARLAN COBEN
Your past can change everything...
When McKenna Jordan, a magazine journalist investigating the story of a heroic and unidentified woman, finds the video footage, she thinks she recognizes her as Susan Hauptmann. But Susan disappeared without a trace ten years earlier, having just introduced McKenna to her future husband, Patrick.
In this sublimely plotted mystery about marriage, private security and journalistic scandal, McKenna's complex search for her missing friend forces her to unearth secrets that lie deep in all their pasts.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780571302291 |
| Publication date: |
3rd April 2014 |
| Author: |
Alafair Burke |
| Publisher: |
Faber & Faber |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
369 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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Alafair Burke Press Reviews
'I absolutely love Alafair Burke - she's one of my favorite authors. I know it's summer when I have one of her books in my hands. IF YOU WERE HERE is her best yet. Highly recommended.' Karin Slaughter
'After finishing If You Were Here, I don't feel I can trust anyone ever again, except Alafair Burke to provide a cracking good read.' Linwood Barclay, author of No Time For Goodbye
'If You Were Here is a winner: a suspenseful, tightly plotted story of friendship, lies, and betrayal. Alafair Burke writes deftly about secrets buried close to home. An accomplished novel by an assured author.' Meg Gardiner, author of The Shadow Tracer
'Outstanding...Burke's accuracy in legal and judicial technicalities is impressive although most readers will find simpler pleasures in her sharp writing, well-constructed plot, and dimensional characters.' Publishers Weekly
'Exciting...Lawyer turned-journalist McKenna finds her life turned upside down when she recognizes a friend from her college years who disappeared without a trace a decade before on a video of a near-tragedy on the subway...Will engage [Burke's] growing audience.' Booklist
'Burke's first class adventure has murder and mayhem wrapped up in an intricate, innovative plot. Gripping from the first page...Will keep readers guessing until the end.' RT Book Reviews
About Alafair Burke
Alafair Burkeis the Edgar-nominated, New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels of suspense, including Find Me, The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and the co-author of the best-selling ‘Under Suspicion’ series with Mary Higgins Clark. The Better Sister is being adapted for television by Amazon Prime, and will star Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks. A former prosecutor, and now a professor of criminal law, she recently served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded the prestigious Pinckley Prize in 2023. She lives in New York.
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