Synopsis
For fans of He Said/She Said and Anatomy of a Scandal, Penny Hancock’s I Thought I Knew You is about secrets and lies – and whose side you take when it really matters.
Who do you know better? Your oldest friend? Or your child?
And who should you believe when one accuses the other of an abhorrent crime?
Jules and Holly have been...
Details
05 September 2019400 pages
9781509867875Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Enthralling and addictive with relationships so real I can't believe they're not still continuing somewhere . . . Utterly brilliantLisa Jewell
A truly compelling story that captures exactly the complexity of friendship and motherhood and how everything we think we know can be challenged in one heartbreaking instant . . . WonderfulJenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl
Guaranteed to send chills down every mother’s spine, cutting to the heart of what it means to be a parent. It’s also an incredibly clever, nuanced analysis of female friendship and its limits . . . Beautiful, highly atmospheric prose and superb plottingKate Rhodes, author of Hell Bay and Burnt Island
Emotionally compelling, I Thought I Knew You gets under the skin of the conflict between family and friendship, loyalty and suspicion when a terrible crime is committed. The portrayal of a lost teenage boy is heart-wrenching, while both sides of the story are painted with equal plausibility, leaving only instinct and unflinching maternal loveDebbie Howells, author of The Bones of You and Her Sister's Lie
