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travellingbookjunkie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
judithdcollins's review against another edition
4.0
From the author of [b:Lacy Eye|22373913|Lacy Eye|Jessica Treadway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403281310s/22373913.jpg|41786651] Jessica Treadway delivers her latest: HOW WILL I KNOW YOU, a haunting look at a family torn apart by dark secrets.
Joy, the budding artist. The girl everyone assumed drowned on Friday, the 13th of the previous month had in fact been murdered. The victim of a homicide: autopsy results showed she had actually, died of strangulation, after which the killer dumped her body in the woods.
What could have happened? Was someone following her, stalking, watching?
An intense mystery, we hear from four different characters with contrasting views, weaving back and forth in time.
• Susanne Enright: Joy's mother and a professor at the local art college
• Martin Willett: Black graduate student suspected of the murder- Suzanne's teaching assistant.
• Harper Grove: Joy's best friend and a potential eyewitness
• Tom: a rescue diver and son-in-law of the town's police chief
Instead of hidden under the surface, she had been right in plain sight the whole time, or what should have been plain sight. Sometimes what people were looking for was right in front of them, and they missing it because they were paying attention to something else.
Interim police chief Doug Armstrong was the arresting officer, determined to get a conviction with racial injustice. He had his own agenda.
Blackmail, drugs, secrets, guilt, betrayal, deception, fear, and lies. Love and loss.
Dark small town secrets which threaten to destroy. Was Susanne ultimately responsible for her daughter’s death, even though she may not have been the one to strangle her? What about her father Gil’s financial failures? How does each person’s action play a part in this unraveling? What goes on behind closed doors?
Compelling! Jessica Treadway delivers a rich character driven psychological suspense, with a literary twist. A slow burning intense mystery, keeping your turning the pages of this complex domestic saga, while slowly unraveling everyone’s dirty secrets. The author cleverly conceals the murderer's identity and the motive, until the novel’s explosive conclusion.
I enjoyed After-The Last with the “Souls on Board” Art Exhibit which parallels to the characters in the novel. Separate experiences of the same story. Revealing crucial details not originally noticed, as with the characters. Each contains critical pieces of information.
“We’re all souls on board this flight. Nothing is too small to matter, and even when we think we have the whole picture, there is still more to see.”
A special thank you to Grand Central and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
JDCMustReadBooks
Joy, the budding artist. The girl everyone assumed drowned on Friday, the 13th of the previous month had in fact been murdered. The victim of a homicide: autopsy results showed she had actually, died of strangulation, after which the killer dumped her body in the woods.
What could have happened? Was someone following her, stalking, watching?
An intense mystery, we hear from four different characters with contrasting views, weaving back and forth in time.
• Susanne Enright: Joy's mother and a professor at the local art college
• Martin Willett: Black graduate student suspected of the murder- Suzanne's teaching assistant.
• Harper Grove: Joy's best friend and a potential eyewitness
• Tom: a rescue diver and son-in-law of the town's police chief
Instead of hidden under the surface, she had been right in plain sight the whole time, or what should have been plain sight. Sometimes what people were looking for was right in front of them, and they missing it because they were paying attention to something else.
Interim police chief Doug Armstrong was the arresting officer, determined to get a conviction with racial injustice. He had his own agenda.
Blackmail, drugs, secrets, guilt, betrayal, deception, fear, and lies. Love and loss.
Dark small town secrets which threaten to destroy. Was Susanne ultimately responsible for her daughter’s death, even though she may not have been the one to strangle her? What about her father Gil’s financial failures? How does each person’s action play a part in this unraveling? What goes on behind closed doors?
Compelling! Jessica Treadway delivers a rich character driven psychological suspense, with a literary twist. A slow burning intense mystery, keeping your turning the pages of this complex domestic saga, while slowly unraveling everyone’s dirty secrets. The author cleverly conceals the murderer's identity and the motive, until the novel’s explosive conclusion.
I enjoyed After-The Last with the “Souls on Board” Art Exhibit which parallels to the characters in the novel. Separate experiences of the same story. Revealing crucial details not originally noticed, as with the characters. Each contains critical pieces of information.
“We’re all souls on board this flight. Nothing is too small to matter, and even when we think we have the whole picture, there is still more to see.”
A special thank you to Grand Central and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
JDCMustReadBooks
noelleishere's review against another edition
1.0
Normally, I don’t rate a book unless I’ve finished it. This one isn’t worth the time, though. Life’s too short. The writing is God-awful and the dialogue makes me cringe. I gave up when the chief of police said, “If that’s the case, we’re dealing with a pretty clever killer,” in response to the theory that a murder victim’s scarf was planted in a different location from her body to throw off detectives.
So stupid.
So stupid.
carlylottsofbookz's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good mystery.... Find out that people are not who we think they are our who we always want then to be...
lottie_c's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alnicholl77's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
kbranfield's review
4.0
4.5 stars.
How Will I Know You? by Jessica Treadway is an engrossing mystery about the murder of a teenage girl and the impact her death has on her family, friends and the local community.
Following her disappearance after an argument with her mother, Susanne, everyone beleives Joy Enright accidentally drowned in a local pond. Weeks later, her body is discovered in the woods and the autopsy reveals she was strangled. Eyewitness reports and police interviews lead interim police chief Doug Armstrong to arrest grad student Martin Willett. At the behest of Susanne, Armstrong's son-in-law Tom Carbone is running a parallel investigation into Joy's murder and the information he uncovers casts suspicion on the entire police investigation. Joy's childhood best friend, Harper Grove, also plays a prominent role in the Willett's arrest but can her version of events the day Joy was murdered be trusted?
A sculptor and professor at the nearby art college, Susanne cannot help but feel guilty for her role in the series of events that led up to Joy's murder. Their once close relationship had rapidly deteriorated in the months preceding Joy's death and Susanne is quite contemplative as she tries to pinpoint the reason for reason for the changes in her daughter's behavior. Susanne's marriage to husband Gil is also on shaky ground due to betrayals from both partners and the added strain of Joy's murder might be too much for their marriage to bear. Can they manage to repair their fractured bond in the in the aftermath of such a horrific loss?
Tom Carbone is caught between loyalty to his wife and father-in-law and uncovering the truth about Joy's murder. Initially believing Martin is involved in the teenager's death, Tom soon discovers shocking information about Joy that could destroy his already precarious relationship with his in-laws and ultimately, his marriage. Already reeling from stunning revelations about those closest to him, Tom questions whether or not he can trust his judgment after he learns unexpected news that could turn the investigation in a new direction. What will Tom do with this information that will have lasting repercussions on his loved ones?
During her interview with police chief Armstrong, Harper makes a decision that she immediately regrets but finds impossible to undo as events begin to snowball out of control. Soon realizing rectifying her mistake could have devastating consequences not only for the investigation but her family, she continues to wrestle with her guilt. Harper also tries to pinpoint why her friendship with Joy began to fall apart in the months leading up to her friend's murder. Although she easily forgives some of Joy's behavior, she also feels deeply betrayed by some her friend's actions. Harper cannot help but feel she could have done more to save Joy's life but is her assumption correct?
Martin Willett is immediately a person of interest in the investigation but is there any evidence to back up Armstrong's suspicions? He is certainly guilty of making a few bad decisions in the months before Joy's murder but did the police chief rush to judgment? Martin's brief interactions with Joy and his connection to Susanne provide Armstrong with legitimate reasons to look at him more closely but in his zeal to close the case, did he give the investigation into her murder the attention it deserved? Is Martin's arrest based on evidence or is his arrest racially motivated?
Weaving back and forth in time and written from four distinct points of view, How Will I Know You? is a disquieting novel that is part mystery and part character study. Secrets and lies are slowly revealed over the course of the investigation as each of the characters reflect on the roles they might have played in the events leading up to Joy's murder. Jessica Treadway masterfully conceals the murderer's identity and the motive for the crime right up until the novel's stunning conclusion. I highly recommend this poignant and thought-provoking mystery to readers of the genre.
How Will I Know You? by Jessica Treadway is an engrossing mystery about the murder of a teenage girl and the impact her death has on her family, friends and the local community.
Following her disappearance after an argument with her mother, Susanne, everyone beleives Joy Enright accidentally drowned in a local pond. Weeks later, her body is discovered in the woods and the autopsy reveals she was strangled. Eyewitness reports and police interviews lead interim police chief Doug Armstrong to arrest grad student Martin Willett. At the behest of Susanne, Armstrong's son-in-law Tom Carbone is running a parallel investigation into Joy's murder and the information he uncovers casts suspicion on the entire police investigation. Joy's childhood best friend, Harper Grove, also plays a prominent role in the Willett's arrest but can her version of events the day Joy was murdered be trusted?
A sculptor and professor at the nearby art college, Susanne cannot help but feel guilty for her role in the series of events that led up to Joy's murder. Their once close relationship had rapidly deteriorated in the months preceding Joy's death and Susanne is quite contemplative as she tries to pinpoint the reason for reason for the changes in her daughter's behavior. Susanne's marriage to husband Gil is also on shaky ground due to betrayals from both partners and the added strain of Joy's murder might be too much for their marriage to bear. Can they manage to repair their fractured bond in the in the aftermath of such a horrific loss?
Tom Carbone is caught between loyalty to his wife and father-in-law and uncovering the truth about Joy's murder. Initially believing Martin is involved in the teenager's death, Tom soon discovers shocking information about Joy that could destroy his already precarious relationship with his in-laws and ultimately, his marriage. Already reeling from stunning revelations about those closest to him, Tom questions whether or not he can trust his judgment after he learns unexpected news that could turn the investigation in a new direction. What will Tom do with this information that will have lasting repercussions on his loved ones?
During her interview with police chief Armstrong, Harper makes a decision that she immediately regrets but finds impossible to undo as events begin to snowball out of control. Soon realizing rectifying her mistake could have devastating consequences not only for the investigation but her family, she continues to wrestle with her guilt. Harper also tries to pinpoint why her friendship with Joy began to fall apart in the months leading up to her friend's murder. Although she easily forgives some of Joy's behavior, she also feels deeply betrayed by some her friend's actions. Harper cannot help but feel she could have done more to save Joy's life but is her assumption correct?
Martin Willett is immediately a person of interest in the investigation but is there any evidence to back up Armstrong's suspicions? He is certainly guilty of making a few bad decisions in the months before Joy's murder but did the police chief rush to judgment? Martin's brief interactions with Joy and his connection to Susanne provide Armstrong with legitimate reasons to look at him more closely but in his zeal to close the case, did he give the investigation into her murder the attention it deserved? Is Martin's arrest based on evidence or is his arrest racially motivated?
Weaving back and forth in time and written from four distinct points of view, How Will I Know You? is a disquieting novel that is part mystery and part character study. Secrets and lies are slowly revealed over the course of the investigation as each of the characters reflect on the roles they might have played in the events leading up to Joy's murder. Jessica Treadway masterfully conceals the murderer's identity and the motive for the crime right up until the novel's stunning conclusion. I highly recommend this poignant and thought-provoking mystery to readers of the genre.
dblue236's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
wombat_88's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
ellekeene's review against another edition
4.0
Holy unlikable characters, Batman! A multifaceted story of a family, a town and its secrets. Surprising twists. Points subtracted for an end that felt emotionally manipulative, and for name-checking The Lovely Bones. It feels like a first cousin of Sebold's novel.