Publisher's Weekly Review
After a whirlwind romance, New York gallery assistant Susannah Garcia weds charming artist Max Westmoreland, but each of them hides a history that threatens their idyllic marriage, in this riveting novel from Greene (If I Forget You). With Susannah's 15-year-old son, the couple move from New York City to a grand old house in the hills above Burlington, Vt., where Max has landed a plum university position and, as his profile rises, they enjoy their new affluence. Then Susannah discovers a note on their door that reads, "I know who you are." As subsequent notes follow, she learns that her husband isn't the person she believed him to be-but he doesn't know everything about her, either. With adroit pacing, Greene reveals the decisions that shaped them both, brought them together, and now jeopardize their future. Shifting perspectives illuminate the gap between how they perceive themselves and how they view each other. Despite a rushed climax, fans of domestic suspense will be well satisfied. Agent: Marly Rusoff, Marly Rusoff & Assoc. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Greene, author of five previous novels, including the best-selling The Headmaster's Wife (2014), returns with another high-stakes puzzler. For both the protagonists and the reader, the trick is to figure out just who is the perfect liar. Greene leads readers (and his protagonists) down some very twisty avenues of reasoning that abruptly end. He begins with a depiction of a seemingly perfect couple but introduces a tinge of dependency and anxiety on the wife's part that later amps up the tension. Widow Susannah has married Max, whose innovative art work has landed him a faculty position at a small university in Vermont. Cue to-die-for house in idyllic setting disrupted by a note on the door that says, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Then a colleague of Max's comes to dinner and turns up dead the next day, and another accusatory note is left on the couple's front door. The steadily shocking tone could be more varied, but this stands as an absorbing mystery about who is predator and who is prey.--Connie Fletcher Copyright 2018 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Widowed Susannah and her teenage son Freddy are living a seemingly perfect life. Her marriage to Max, an acclaimed artist, speaker, and professor, has taken them from New York City to a quiet university town in Vermont. However, both Max and Susannah harbor their own secrets, which could ruin their marriage and the life they've built together. The first warning comes in the form of a note Susannah finds taped on their door, stating, "I know who you are." As Max and Susannah try to decipher the meaning, more messages follow, and mysterious accidents occur around them, raising suspicions even higher. Greene (The Headmaster's Wife) returns with a psychological novel that will keep readers riveted. Told in alternating perspectives between Max and Susannah, it considers mental illness and fear, and a sense of panic sets the pace, as Susannah suspects Max of lying to her, while he remains dismissive. VERDICT For fans of twisty stories and domestic suspense, this novel creates a slow burn with not one but two shocking climaxes, causing readers to wonder who is safe.-Erin Holt, Williamson Cty. P.L., Franklin, TN © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
