Such a good book! When Rachel finds her current flings wife dead on her morning walk, she fleas. Come to find out, Rachel is actually Casey and has been charged with murder before. Did she do it or is someone framing her? The book is suspenseful and told from Rachel and Casey’s point of view.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle by Amazon Publishing UK and #NetGalley for my honest opinion.

I couldn’t put this thriller down. It kept me on the end of my seat and up all night reading.

I know You (Claire McGowan) started a little slow for me, but that changed in a hurry! Chapters go back and forth between Rachel (now) and Casey (then). McGowan does an excellent job of keeping the reader guessing what happened now, and previously. I want to thank Amazon UK and Thomas & Mercer for an early copy to review.

I loved this book, I read it quickly in one sitting as I needed to know what happened. It was tense, twisty and dark and had me hooked right from the first page up until the last. A really enjoyable read and a great author

As Rachel is walking her dog in the English woodlands, she comes across a body but runs away, failing to report it to police or even check for life signs. So begins I Know You by Claire McGowan becoming immediately more complicated, given the victim is her boyfriend’s ex-wife. Another story told in a flashback to America in the year 2000 is that of Casey, an English nanny working in a struggling family. As both stories unfold, complications occur, revealing the darker side of human nature. An enjoyable domestic noir with interesting characters and inevitable twists – an above average three-and-a half-star rating.

This fast-paced mystery features dual timelines and a protagonist at the heart of two separate murder investigations, 20 years apart.

The twisty storyline will keep you reading, although the writing often feels disjointed. The plot was engaging, and I didn't see the ending coming.

I definitely recommend this book for fans of thrillers!

A thank you to Netgalley for sharing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Once again, hmm...comes to mind. I have to admit that I'm perplexed about the number of rave reviews. Not terrible, but serviceable. My main complaint is that the alternating timelines (which I enjoy when done right) is that each back and forth seemed to be stuck on repeat like an old-school CD player. She just kept saying the same thing over & over and I I think "I didn't do it" was stated at least twice on every page. The conclusion did come as a bit of a surprise, so that was welcome.

I enjoyed this book - it really pulled me into the story & kept me wanting to know what was happening. I loved the dual timeline and seeing what had happened in Rachel's past, when she was Casey & convicted of the murder of all but one member of the family she nannies for. There's lots of twists and tension, and it ends in a way that I didn't see coming.

Wow! What in the twists and turns! Enjoyable, quick and highly recommended!

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

I Know You by Claire McGowan
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An incredible psychological thriller. A total roller coster. Someone knows all about Rachel's past and they're making themselves known. In creepy ways 😕brilliant. A perfect Halloween story.
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This is my fourth book by Claire McGowan and I have loved every one of them, but this one bummed me out. This is the story of Casey/Rachel. Casey was accused of murdering the family she nannies for, was convicted and spent years in jail until she won an appeal. Rachel as she goes by now is accused of murdering her boyfriend's soon to be ex-wife.

The writing itself was really suspenseful and I loved the two timelines with bits of podcasts, newspaper articles and web forums added to the mix. What I didn't like was figuring out who the killer was in both murders and the big reveal I had guessed by page thirty. Maybe I read too many thrillers?

Rating: 4.0/5

When Rachel comes across a dead body in the woods she decides not to report it, but to run. Why? Because twenty years earlier she also came across a murder scene and reported it - but that resulted in her being accused and convicted of the crime. However, it isn't long before the police discover that she ran from the scene and the finger of suspicion starts to point in Rachel's direction once again. Was it pure chance that Rachel happened across this body in the woods, or is someone trying to frame her? Or perhaps it is Rachel, herself, who is being less than honest and who has something to hide.

Prospective readers could be forgiven for thinking that the premise for this story is a little far-fetched and that it stretches credulity somewhat to think that one person could find herself in the same dramatic predicament on two separate occasions. Yet Claire McGowan manages to construct the scenario in such a way that this seemingly implausible set of circumstances becomes something that the reader is not only prepared to accept, but view as (almost) entirely credible.

The storyline takes place across two time frames: the present day in Cumbria and approximately twenty years earlier in California. The novel is narrated throughout in the first person by Rachel, though in the earlier sections in California she is known as Casey. The choice of the first person narrative is very effective for this type of novel. The reader is regularly required to question how much they can rely on this person's version of events. Rachel's account is occasionally interspersed with newspaper reports and excerpts from online forums, which provide alternative perspectives and give the reader further food for thought - but are these accounts any more or less reliable than Rachel's?

If you are the kind of person who likes their mystery thrillers to move along at a rip-roaring pace from the outset, then this is probably not the book for you. It certainly has its moments of suspense, tension and excitement, but it is constructed in a manner that builds towards its climax, with relevant background information being gradually drip-fed into the proceedings. Although there were occasions when the pace seemed a little becalmed for longer than I would have liked, on the whole this approach was clever, effective and well-handled.

Overall, Claire McGowan has produced a captivating thriller that draws the reader in and delivers the kind of read that most avid readers of the genre should enjoy.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for supplying an ARC in return for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. The plot was very well thought out and covered some really interesting themes. I loved the two separate timelines and was equally interested in discovering who was behind each of the murders. The side characters were very vividly written and I could definitely picture them.

The only thing I didn't like, and the thing that is preventing this book from being a firm favourite is that I didn't like the main character Rachel. I get that she had been through a lot and had her walls up, but she came across as a bit of a non-person with no discernible personality. She was a bit better when she was Casey but even then her main personality traits seemed to be being nineteen, British and small.

Overall I really enjoyed reading this and would recommend it, I just wish that I'd cared a bit more for the main character.

A fast paced and twisty crime thriller. Fantastic for anyone who likes a who dun it. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an open and honest review.

When Rachel finds a body in the woods she is terrified history is about to repeat itself and that she may again be framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Having been let down by the system before; scared and alone Rachel turns and runs back home leaving the dead body lying on the floor pretending to know nothing about it.

Later it turns out the body is Anna’s who’s husband Alex Rachel happens to be having an affair with. Although the evidence is mounting up against Rachel she knows she is innocent, determined to prove she is not guilty of murder Rachel is convinced she is being framed and sets out to discover who it is that is framing her. One thing is for sure Rachel cannot go back inside.

Of course once the police and of course the press discover that Rachel isn’t actually Rachel and is in fact Casey who at the age of 19 was sentenced to life in prison and is set to receive the death penalty for murdering the family she was working for, the mother Abby who was Stabbed to death, the father David who was shot and the 5 year old Madison who was smothered to death.

With the circumstances of Anna and Abbys death having so many similarities the police are convinced that Rachel is their woman and will do what they can to prove her guilty but Rachel on the other hand is determined to prove her innocent. Is Rachel really unlucky to have found herself in this unfortunate situation or is there more to Rachel’s story than meets the eye.

This book is told from Rachel’s point of view in the current day and from Casey’s 20 years ago. One of the things I really loved about this book is that the author didn’t over complicate things the plot was easy to follow but at the same time there was plenty to hold the reader interest to keep them wanting to come back for more.

This is a very addictive and fast-paced thriller. How many murder victims can one person find? Rachel apparently just stumbled into her second, but she can’t call the police because, when this happened to her in the past, she was convicted of the murders. The novel tells both stories, the original crime in 2000, when Rachel, then Casey was a teenage nanny, and the new case, when the victim is the estranged wife of her boyfriend. If she went to death row in California last time, she doesn’t want to go back to prison back home in England. Rachel is such a likable character that I could not help but rooting for her. She volunteers in an animal shelter and loves all critters so, even when she was acting stupid, I wanted her to do well. The story set in the present was a little predictable. I saw the twists coming and knew whodunit almost from the beginning. I still wanted her to figure it out, so I kept reading. The murders in the past, however, kept me in the dark. I thought I knew what had happened but was totally off base. The reader knows that she obviously was somehow released from death row and made it back to England, but it’s not clear who the murderer was. I liked the ending of both stories. One small detail is that, as an American, it bothered me a little how she compared both Justice systems and declared the US to be corrupt and the lawyers too expensive. This is not the place for a political discussion and I’m not saying that in some cases it may be so, but I doubt if the UK’s system is perfect and I assume Prince Andrew’s lawyers don’t come cheap. That said, I enjoyed this novel.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, #NetGalley/#Amazon Publishing UK,# Thomas & Mercer!

An excellent novel that is full of intrigue with plenty of twists and turns that keep you glued to the pages. The story opened up and developed in a very clever way with the past/present in individual chapters on Casey and Rachel. A wonderful twisty, thought provoking conclusion that wrapped up a brilliantly written novel. Well done Claire McGowan on this highly recommended book which deserves a solid five stars.

This book was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! This is my first by Claire McGowan but definitely not my last. I was on the edge of my seat biting my nails with every page. I highly recommend this book

I really enjoyed this domestic thriller! Amazing characters that I really connected with. A well woven tale delivered with expertise. Nice POVs of past and present as the story unfolded.
Highly recommend
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

Thank you to Net Galley for the opportunity to read this!

I really do look forward to reading to all of Claire McGowan's new books!

This one was no exception.

Casey has two identities; one that was guilty of murder and then found to be innocent later on. Her new identity is also now accused of murder. How on earth does the same woman come across multiple murders, and be arrested for being the murderer in each case?

I love the flashbacks between the two timelines and Casey/Rachel. Poor girl has been stuck with a lot of bad luck being in the wrong place at the wrong time. However; do we really know if she has bad luck or is she the cause of the murders? I'm looking forward to another book Claire!

What a DELIGHT!! Absolutely thrilling non stop page turning addictive read!!! So refreshing to have a nice paced suspense story hold my attention from the very start to the very end!

Casey, a 19 year old girl from the UK who heads over to the states to be a nanny for a washed up actress named Anna, a producer husband named David, their starlet glamour daughter who is 5 named Madison and a happy little 6 month old baby boy named Carson. She thinks this will be her pass to make it to Hollywood but disaster happens. She comes home one day and finds the family murdered and all signs point to her. She spends 5 years in jail and finds freedom and fast forward to 15 years after that and she has reinvented herself as Rachel back in the UK. All is well until one morning she’s out on her usual walk with her pup and comes across a dead body. All her instincts tell her to run, so she does, but was that a mistake towards the uphill battle of once again finding herself looking guilty.

Oh the fun this book was! It was paced beautifully and presented back and forth between Rachel and her present nightmare and when she was Casey and the lead up to the day she found the family murdered. I was completely caught up with the characters and the words made you feel the frustrations the anxiousness the GAHH of it all!! Absolute captivating read and one I recommend!

Thank you to Amazon Publishing UK and netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.