L.A.'s Reviews > I Have Some Questions For You

Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by TIME, NPR, The Seattle Times, Good Housekeeping, Today, Southern Living, and CrimeReads. The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers. What an outstanding author and book! I was blown away by her talent!

In 1995, a murder has been committed on the grounds of a boarding school in New Hampshire. A student at the time, Bodie was roommates and friends with Thalia the girl who was found in the campus pool with blunt force trauma to her head and several other markings.

Twenty three years later, Bodie has been asked to teach a class for two weeks. In her class are two students that want to start a podcast on behalf of Thalia's death. The athletic coach on campus, Omar was convicted of the crime and in its questionable state of his time in prison for these 23 years, there are questions Bodie has that unfold.

The most interesting part of the book is her addressing her questions in her mind to who she thinks is the real killer. A music teacher that gave everyone an eerie feel especially Bodie. She stands alone in her beliefs most of the time as a teenager and now as an adult. While she recollects the friends and evidence that the police never questioned, the case is reopened. Without giving more away, I would like to address that the setup is genius. The problem is Bodie is a questionable character for people that know her. She appeared Gothic and unstable due to her childhood scars....some even feared her.
As the drama unfolds, you will be blown away by a multitude of characters, racial indifference, the vulnerability of teenagers and the hunt for the truth. Some things are rearranged in their minds as years have passed, but as the courtroom lifts the gates to the truth, this mystery will unravel and leave you asking the questions.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Viking Group for this incredible ARC in exchange for my honest review.