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Winner of Crime Debut and Readers Choice AwardsSisters 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 womenone alive one deadare 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 citys latest Jane Doe She may be dead but that doesnt mean her story is over

Meanwhile Ruby Jones is also trying to reinvent herself After travelling halfway around the world shes lonelier than ever in the Big Apple Until she stumbles upon a womans 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 sawbut she cant 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 doesnt just wonder whodunnitit also asks who was she And what did she leave behind