Everything We Didn't Say
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Nicole Baart
From the author of Little Broken Things, a “race-to-the-finish family drama” (People) following a mother who must confront the dark summer that changed her life forever in order to reclaim the daughter she left behind.Juniper Baker had just graduated from high school and was deep in the throes of a summer romance when Cal and Beth Murphy, a childless couple who lived on a neighboring farm, were brutally murdered. When her younger brother became the prime suspect, June’s world collapsed and everything she loved that summer fell away. She left, promising never to return to tiny Jericho, Iowa. Until now. Officially, she’s back in town to help an ill friend manage the local library. But really, she’s returned to repair her relationship with her teenage daughter, who’s been raised by Juniper’s mother and stepfather since birth—and to solve the infamous Murphy murders once and for all. She knows the key to both lies in the darkest secret of that long-ago summer night, one that’s haunted her for nearly fifteen years. As history begins to repeat itself and a dogged local true crime podcaster starts delving into the murders, the race to the truth puts past and present on a dangerous collision course. Juniper lands back in an all-too-familiar place with the answers to everything finally in her sights, but this time it’s her daughter’s life that hangs in the balance. Will revealing what really happened mean a fresh start? Or will the truth destroy everything Juniper loves for a second time? Baart once again brilliantly weaves mystery into family drama in this expertly-crafted novel for fans of Lisa Jewell and Megan Miranda.
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Author
Nicole Baart
Pages
368
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2021-11-02
ISBN
1982115084 9781982115081
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"Boring, so boring"
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Cailin Zoltak
"I loved the juxtaposition of the past and present chapters. The summer where it all began during Juniper’s teenage years vs. The winter where it all came unravelled during her adulthood. Excellent story. Loved the small town vibes."
Rhiannon Rabby
"The writing was very descriptive. You felt like you could see everything. Good book with mystery and family drama / secrets. "
Maria E
"I enjoyed this book. I liked the dual timeline and I loved that it had me guessing into the end"
ilovebooks718-noelia
"Although this book had a very slow start the overall story was definitely worth me finishing the book. At some point I started to feel like a detective and started to help June unravel the truth who of killed the Murphy’s.
The author did a great job of being able to bounce back and forth between the past and the present, and this is not easy to do."
Tiffany Ferrell
"Another great mystery/thriller previously featured in the Book of the Month box, it was not an exaggeration when I was told it was a must read.<br/><br/>Pros:<br/><br/>One of the biggest strengths of this book is that it is all told from the point of view of one character. We are able to very clearly see things as she does, pull things together as she does and relate to her surprise and upset about things.<br/><br/>I appreciate that the book was really family focused rather than about finding a partner. You get to see the struggles in those relationships and slowly learn where the various hurts came from. We even get to see some of the work that goes into healing things and how family can lead us to do questionable things.<br/><br/>Cons:<br/><br/>I think that it will bother people that part of the ending involves a man leaving his wife. Not because it doesn’t happen, but to end a relationship of over a decade for someone you were with years before is very questionable especially with children involved and so little explanation or showing the process.<br/><br/>"
Rene Burrows
"I really enjoyed this book…good mystery!"
pwiese2
"This book got me out of a reading slump, it was captivating right from the start. This is the second book I've read by this author. Thank-you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I look forward to more books written by #NicoleBaart. I enjoyed the back and forth with the 2 time lines with the main character June remembering her past and how it relates to her here and now. An exciting psychological thriller."
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Y Bennett
"A novel about an unsolved murder case, that involves several people trying to solve the puzzle of (3) murders, and a main character that takes a few pages to warm up to, and a few more pages to try to read.. This book will make you think harder, second guess yourself a little too many times, and the alternate time span narratives makes it more of a slow burn for the reader to try and connect the dots. <br/>But once it picks up, it pick up!! <br/>Family drama, murder cases, characters you think you know.. but oh, no you don’t.. I loved the creepy setting, and the fact that I haven’t been surprised by a mystery book in a little while this way, but also I felt it was a little slow rolling at first. <br/>Overall a great mystery, tons of twists and turns, and and ending I DID NOT see coming.<br/>"
Ellie
"This book took some time to grab me, but I am so glad I stuck with it. True twists you don’t see coming. "
Dixie Scudiero
