Release date - 23rd January 2018 (Hardback)
Book length - 400 pages Publisher - Harper Collins Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Paul from Harper Collins for providing me with a copy of this book for review via Edelweiss. ABOUT THE BOOK A woman in a coma. The man who could save her life—if only he could speak. When young, beautiful Cassie Jensen arrives unconscious to the intensive care ward at St. Catherine’s hospital after being struck in a hit-and-run while out walking her dog, chief nurse Alice Marlowe thinks she looks familiar. She starts digging deeper into Cassie’s relationships, only to discover something about her patient that she’d been keeping secret from everyone, including her devoted husband and family. Soon Alice finds herself obsessed with her patient’s past and future, even willing to put her own career on the line in her single-minded search for answers. Frank, a patient on the same ward who has locked-in syndrome, can hear and see everything around him but cannot speak. Soon he comes to understand that Cassie’s life is still in danger. While the police continue to look for clues, only Frank holds the truth, but he’s unable to communicate it. As the novel flashes between points of view, the reader will get closer and closer to the truth of who Cassie Jensen was, and why she was out on the road that fateful night . . . MY REVIEW How have I never heard of this book before now?!? A gripping psychological read, this story hooked me from the very first line and kept me on the edge of my seat to the last. Centred around a hospital ward, we get to know Alice who is excellent at her job and really connects and cares about her patients. There is Frank who she believes is suffering from locked-in syndrome, even though her boss disagrees, and the close-knit group of staff who feel like family. But Alice is struggling with her personal life in many ways and at times feels overwhelmed by what she thought her life would be like. But when young, beautiful Cassie Jensen arrives on her ward in a coma after a hit and run, Alice feels a strong connection to this woman, and as Alice begins to uncover snippets of Cassie's life she feels compelled to find out exactly what happened to this young woman. Frank may hold all the answers if only he could find some way to communicate ... This thrilling story is told from the point of view of Alice, Frank, and Cassie and moves easily from past to present to give us the whole picture. This is not a high-action, fast-paced novel but rather a tense, creepy, and disturbing tale of love, loss, and betrayal of the highest order. IF YOU KNEW HER by Emily Elgar is a compelling psychological thriller that really got under my skin and I could easily imagine it on our tv screens as a crime drama - a fantastic story by a new author and I cannot wait for more from Emily Elgar. Author Bio: I’m an 80’s child and grew up mostly in the West Country, but I’ve had spells in New York, London, and Southern Africa. I now live in East Sussex with my husband and our cat, A-Dog. I started taking writing seriously when I was accepted onto the Faber Academy six month novel writing course in 2012. At the time, I was a support worker for male, female and transgender sex workers in London. I took the course because I love writing, not because I was necessarily seeking a change in career. It felt too audacious to transform myself into a novelist! After some knocks, I wrote – in a frenzy at 4am one morning – what is now the preface to If You Knew Her. From the off, it felt different to everything I’d written before. The words galloped out of me. I met my agent, the brilliant Nelle Andrew, soon after the course finished. Nelle sent an early draft of If You Knew Her to publishers and in October 2014 I signed a contract with the fantastic Lucy Malagoni at Little, Brown. What followed was an intense, but enjoyable, two years of completely reworking the book. The result is If You Knew Her. I really hope you enjoy it. For more information: Website - emilyelgar.com Twitter - twitter.com/emily_elgar
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