What She Knew: A Novel

Gilly Macmillan

Dec 2015 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this eBook

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In her enthralling debut, Gilly Macmillan explores a mother’s search for her missing son, weaving a taut psychological thriller as gripping and skillful as The Girl on the Train and The Guilty One.

In a heartbeat, everything changes…

Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry—until Ben vanishes.  

Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from Rachel’s newly married ex-husband to her mother-of-the-year sister. Inevitably, media attention focuses on Rachel too, and the public’s attitude toward her begins to shift from sympathy to suspicion.

As she desperately pieces together the threadbare clues, Rachel realizes that nothing is quite as she imagined it to be, not even her own judgment. And the greatest dangers may lie not in the anonymous strangers of every parent’s nightmares, but behind the familiar smiles of those she trusts the most.

Where is Ben? The clock is ticking...

Ratings and reviews

As a grandmother of six beautiful babies this type of storyline is always difficult for me to read. "What She Knew" had me hooked from the very beginning to the end. I loved how the author told the story from different view character viewpoints. Great read, I highly recommend it.

A little slow to start but once it got going, I couldn't put it down! A gripping story that kept me guessing until the end!

I really enjoyed this book. I was completely drawn in by the first chapter. It is beautifully written. You are invested in the characters and seeing this terrible crime from different points of view just makes it that much more engaging. I would recommend this book.

About the author

Gilly Macmillan is the internationally bestselling author of seven other novels including What She Knew, The Nanny, and The Long Weekend. She lives in Bristol, England.