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Published Feb 2019
336 pages
Genre: Thrillers
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When a video call between friends captures a shocking incident no one was supposed to see, the secrets it exposes threaten to change their lives forever.
Molly and Liza have always been enviably close. Even after Molly married Daniel, the couple considered Liza an honorary family member. But after Liza moved away, things grew more strained than anyone wanted to admit - in the friendship and the marriage.
When Daniel goes away on business, Molly and Liza plan to reconnect with a nice long video chat after the kids are in bed. But then Molly leaves the room to check on a crying child.
What Liza sees next will change everything.
Only one thing is certain: Molly needs her. Liza drives all night to be at Molly's side - but when she arrives, the reception is icy, leaving Liza baffled and hurt. She knows there's no denying what she saw.
Or is there?
In disbelief that their friendship could really be over, Liza is unaware she's about to have a near miss of her own.
And Molly, refusing to deal with what's happened, won't turn to Daniel, either.
But none of them can go on pretending. Not after this.
Jessica Strawser's Forget You Know Me is a "twisty, emotionally complex, powder keg of a tale" (bestselling author Emily Carpenter) about the wounds of people who've grown apart. Best, friends, separated by miles. Spouses, hardened by neglect. A mother, isolated by pain.
One moment will change things for them all.
"Starred Review. Strawser's novel expertly dials up the danger; it works equally well as an airtight thriller and a memorable depiction of an old friendship growing increasingly strained. Fans of well-written suspense are in for a treat." - Publishers Weekly
"Strawser is a clear master of the craft." - Booklist
"Forget You Know Me is that book you can't put down, and can't stop thinking about when you are finished." - Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Family Next Door
"Gorgeously written, suspenseful and full of characters who feel like old friends. I loved this book and didn't want it to end." - Michele Campbell, author of It's Always the Husband and She Was the Quiet One on Forget You Know Me
"A fantastic, tautly-paced novel that will have you racing to unravel its many questions and half-truths." - Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, bestselling authors of Girls' Night Out
"Friendships crack, marriages erode, and dangerous deceits rise to the surface in this twisty, emotionally complex, powder keg of a tale." - Emily Carpenter, bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls and Every Single Secret
"Sinister, sophisticated, and teeming with secrets...completely irresistible." - Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of Trust Me
"A taut and immensely satisfying novel of domestic suspense. Come for the sinister premise, stay for the insightful portrayals of a friendship crumbling apart, a marriage strained to its breaking point, and at least one character who finds themself suddenly - and dangerously - in over their head." - Kathleen Barber, bestselling author of Are You Sleeping
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Jessica Strawser is the editorial director of Writer's Digest magazine and the author of Almost Missed You and Not That I Could Tell. She has written for The New York Times "Modern Love", Publishers Weekly and other fine venues, and lives with her husband and two children in Cincinnati.
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