A review by mlsweeten
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

What this book is about: “A lonely woman and a lonely dead girl together in New York. Ruby Jones and Alice Lee. Stuck in our tug-of-war between the living and the dead.” What makes the book unique is that Alice is telling the story after she’s been brutally murdered. This is not a typical mystery, although we do eventually find out who the murderer is. The first half of the book moves right along. The second half is a bit slow as it focuses on how Ruby was affected by finding Alice’s dead body.