Before You Knew My Name

A Novel

By: Jacqueline Bublitz

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins

Winner of Crime Debut and Readers’ Choice Awards—Sisters in Crime
Editors’ Choice/Staff Pick by The New York Times Book Review

“A brave and timely novel.” —Clare Mackintosh, internationally bestselling author of Hostage

This is not just another novel about a dead girl. Two women—one alive, one dead—are brought together in the dark underbelly of New York City to solve a tragic murder.

When she arrived in New York on her eighteenth birthday carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera, Alice Lee was looking for a fresh start. Now, just one month later, she is the city’s latest Jane Doe. She may be dead but that doesn’t mean her story is over.

Meanwhile, Ruby Jones is also trying to reinvent herself. After travelling halfway around the world, she’s lonelier than ever in the Big Apple. Until she stumbles upon a woman’s body by the Hudson River, and suddenly finds herself unbreakably tied to the unknown dead woman.

Alice is sure Ruby is the key to solving the mystery of her short life and tragic death. Ruby just wants to forget what she saw…but she can’t seem to stop thinking about the young woman she found. If she keeps looking, can she give this unidentified Jane Doe the ending and closure she deserves?

A “heartbreaking, beautiful, and hugely important novel” (Rosie Walsh, New York Times bestselling author), Before You Knew My Name doesn’t just wonder whodunnit—it also asks who was she? And what did she leave behind?

Incredible story

This book will stay with me a long time. One of the best I’ve read recently!

Good book

It took awhile for me to get into but halfway through I got into it. Enjoyed the book.

Beautifully Written

Beautifully written novel. The story was seamless from beginning to end . The voice of the storyteller and narrator complement each other well. The characters are complete and easy to love. Would recommend 100 percent.

This was a great story to follow

I enjoyed this book! I enjoyed the focus of the main characters and their stories and how they flowed together.

Beautifully tragic

Amazingly tragic and equally beautiful. I will re-read it again and again and will be getting the hard cover for my trophy shelf. Beautifully written story that for once focuses on the victim and not the murderer. The focus is on the women. On the injustices of life.