"I Found You” is a novel of three interwoven stories: Lily, a young bride from the
Ukraine, with a recently missing husband; Alice, a middle-aged woman with a
houseful of kids and dogs who finds a man on the beach who cannot remember his
name or his circumstance; and the Ross family, who twenty years ago, goes on
what turns out to be a nightmare vacation. Lisa Jewell weaves these stories
together with a deft hand into one un-put-down-able, character-driven suspense
novel.
Who
is this man on the beach and why is he there? He seems like a good guy, but
maybe his amnesia is making him forget what a jerk he was. Or, maybe he’s just
pretending to be kind and gentle. Maybe his motives for being on the beach are
to hide from a wife he shouldn’t have married or maybe he’s trying to escape a
past. Is he Lily’s husband or did he kill Lily’s husband? Is he the man who, as
a teenager, watched his sister get assaulted by another teenager? Or is he the
one who got away with it?
This
is one of those rare novels that is both addictive and well-written. The story
lines are complicated, the characters are compelling, and the pacing is fast
and satisfying.
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