Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bubitz

Publication date: November 1, 2022
NetGalley/Edelweiss 
Original published May 4, 2021
Atria Books/Emily Bestler Books
350 pages
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Digital, fiction, mystery, audio
2/5/23-2/18/2023

This is a complex story of mystery and suspense about two girls who went to New York in search of a new beginning. The only problem is one is dead and discovered by the other. Ruby Jones is 36 years old and travels to New York City from Melbourne, Australia after her boyfriend, Ash, is already engaged and planning on marrying someone else. Even in NYC, Ash keeps messaging her. Her life becomes complicated when she finds a young woman's body while walking along the Hudson River. She can't seem to forget the "Jane Doe" and the circumstances that brought her to that place. 

Alice Lee is an 18-year-old who wants a fresh start and is drawn to New York City where her mother once lived and worked as a model. She has only $600 in her pocket, a few clothes and a camera she stole from her high school art teacher, Jamie Jackson. Unfortunately, she ends up dead but narrates from beyond the grave as she believes that Ruby is the key to finding out what happened to her. Ruby feels compelled to discover the identity of the Jane Doe but isn't prepared for what she discovers. She ultimately learns more about herself and her past bad decisions and how she can change her future. 

Thank you NetGalley and Edelweiss and Atria Books for providing me this book for review consideration. My review is my unbiased opinion.

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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4850065632

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