āGripping!ā āMargaret Atwood via Twitter (@MargaretAtwood)
In the vein of Gillian Flynnās Sharp Objects and A.S.A. Harrisonās The Silent Wife, The Devil You Know is a thrilling debut about a rookie reporter, whose memories of the murder of her childhood best friend bring dangerāand a stalkerāright to her doorstep.
The year is 1993. Rookie crime beat reporter Evie Jones is haunted by the unsolved murder of her best friend Lianne Gagnon who was killed in 1982, back when both girls were eleven. The suspected killer, a repeat offender named Robert Cameron, was never arrested, leaving Lianneās case cold.
Now twenty-one and living alone for the first time, Evie is obsessively drawn to finding out what really happened to Lianne. She leans on another childhood friend, David Patton, for helpābut every clue they uncover seems to lead to an unimaginable conclusion. As she gets closer and closer to the truth, Evie becomes convinced that the killer is still at largeāand that heās coming back for her.
From critically acclaimed author Elisabeth de Mariaffi comes an āexceptional bookā¦full of surprisesā (Suspense Magazine) about secrets long buried and obsession that cannot be controlled.