'July is such a brilliant creation - smart, inquisitive and determined' T.M. LOGAN
'Tenderly told and utterly compelling, Full of twists and surprises' EMMA STONEX
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JULY KNOWS 18 THINGS ABOUT HER MOTHER.
Like number thirteen: she loved dancing on the kitchen table. And number eight: she was covered in freckles.
BUT HER DEATH REMAINS A MYSTERY.
All she knows is her mum died after being hit by a car (number two). Her dad won't tell her anything else, and only gets angry when she asks. So July has stopped asking.
UNTIL NOW.
When an anonymous note is slipped into July's schoolbag, she realises everything her family has told her is a lie. Determined to discover what really happened, July begins to investigate, cycling around the neighbourhood where her family used to live. There she meets someone who might finally have the answers.
THE SECRETS OF HER FAMILY ARE GOING TO COME TO LIGHT. BUT DOES JULY WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH.
*A moving mystery set in the 90s, What July Knew is an unforgettable story perfect for fans of Joanna Cannon's The Trouble With Goats and Sheep.*
Emily Koch is an award-winning journalist and author of two novels, If I Die Before I Wake and Keep Him Close. Her books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, won France's Prix du Bureau des Lecteurs Folio Policier, longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and been selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Waterstones said her second novel 'cements Koch's place as one of the most exciting new crime writers of our day.' She lives in Bristol.
Title: What July Knew: If you liked ELIZABETH IS MISSING, you'll LOVE this
Author: Koch, Emily
ISBN: 9781787301030
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Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 2023-02-09
Number of Pages: 336
Weight: 0.5402 kg
Touchingly effective in conveying a childhood loved in fear * The Sunday Times *
If you liked Elizabeth is Missing, you'll love this * Cara Hunter *
Big-hearted novel. By turns charming and shocking, it's both a deftly-woven mystery and a redemptive family drama - and I was cheering July on all the way * Emylia Hall *
A heartstopping, heartbreaking, heartwarming drama. I was with brave and funny July down every alley, wrong turn and misstep until she finally found out the shocking truth. She'll live on in my imagination for a long time * Joanna Nadin *
Tenderly told and utterly compelling, this coming-of-age mystery is as full of twists and surprises as it is of heart. July is an unforgettable lead - I loved following her back to the 90s! * Emma Stonex *