Jane Larkin appeared happy in her life in 1975. So when she disappears, everyone suspects her husband had something to do with it. Did he kill her? Or did he make her life miserable behind closed doors so as to force her to leave her life behind and never look back?
As the case grows cold, we see the lives of her three children; Jeff, Miranda and Alex as hey grow up without their mother and each have their own theories as to what could have happened. Their father is growing old and is suffering from dementia. Can they prove what happened to her finally before it’s too late? Their family friend decides ti write a book about the case in order to break his writers block, which opens up the family divide all over again.
This book is one that will stick with me for a while. It is broken down into three separate books to tell the stories from various points of view that are filled with complex family drama.
The investigation had run its course and had been considered a cold case but one investigator never gave up and wanted to make sure that justice was served, no matter what the outcome was, and I liked him. There was a couple of twists to the story that left me wondering what was real and what wasn’t which is always a good thing!
Thanks to Ballantine/Bantam and NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my review.

Jane Larkin and Dan have three lovely children. When she goes missing in November 1975, the family is frantic.

The police start an investigation into the disappearance and are unable to find anything regarding Jane’s whereabouts. The case lingers with the first suspect being Dan, but there is no evidence to connect him with the crime. Surely she would not have abandoned her children.

This novel is very well structured and developed with a number of twists and turns. I developed a real empathy for the characters and their sudden loss of a very beloved mother.

William Landay has written a very interesting novel about a family torn apart by the disappearance of the wife and mother and subsequent turmoil of ongoing suspicion. I found the novel engaging, disturbing, and sad. 4.5 stars – CE Williams

In the fall of 1975 a mother Jane Larkin disappears. Years later her second son gets his friend to write a book about the disappearance, We get different viewpoints, the daughter, the father and the mother's.
I changed my opinion with each person's account This is a very intriguing book.
Thanks to NetGallley for the ARC and to the publisher Bantam Books.

This is a great suspense novel - it handles a family saga of suspense and anguish. You never know what will happen and it truly kept me on my toes throughout the entirety of the novel. While it is long, it really does not feel like it!

3.5 stars. I was a big fan of Defending Jacob, but unfortunately this one fell a bit flat. Broken into four "books," the story felt a bit disjointed and long. I also predicted elements of the ending fairly early on, which left me a bit underwhelmed. That said, Miranda (Mimi) was the star of this story. The way Landay portrayed her character, particularly her grief/depression, was really well done.

This book is divided into four sections told by different narrators. The first part begins years after the disappearance of Jane Larkin. An author and family friend wants to write the story and set the facts straight. In the mid-70s, Jane Larkin went missing from her suburban home in MA. No note, no indication of violence, no warning. She left a big hole in the life of her young daughter, vague suspicions in her son Jeff, and a distanced memory for her oldest son, Alex. Of course, the police are suspicious of the husband, an egotistical, cold and arrogant defense lawyer, Dan. It doesn’t help that Dan has difficult relationships with Miranda and Jeff, as well as his sister-in-law.

The author reconstructs the family dynamics through different viewpoints. Reader’s beliefs as to innocence and culpability may shift during the narrative. Most interesting is how the family is shaped because Jane continues to be missing over so many years. This is a slow burn of a mystery…more of a character study, than a thriller. Not sure why the character of Alex was even given page time, other than as a self-interested supporter of his father. When the book picks up, so does the pacing of the dialog. By that time the book becomes more of a legal thriller. Then it returns to the aftermath and an ending where more is revealed.

Well-written but at a slower pace than necessary/ appreciated...rounding up to 4 stars. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this title.

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me begins with a young girl, Miranda, coming home from school and finding her house empty. Her mother is not home and nowhere to be found. No one knows whether she left voluntarily for whether foul play was involved. When she doesn't return, her husband is the prime suspect in her disappearance, but there is no evidence of any wrongdoing. The book is broken into four sections which are told from a different person's perspective. I was so excited to read this book, but unfortunately it fell flat for me. I would still recommend it though, especially for those who read Defending Jacob. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Landay’s Defending Jacob is one of the best courtro9m dramas I've read so I anticipated another character-driven suspense drama. In 1975, young Miranda came home from school to an empty house. Her mother was still missing when her older brothers arrived. Time passed and everyone including the detective assigned to the case thought their father, an egotistical defense attorney, had killed her. After their mother’s body was found in 1993, the siblings and their mother’s sister were divided, with older brother Alex thinking their father innocent and the younger siblings and their aunt certain their
father had killed their mother. The novel is narrated in separate sections set in distinct times and told by different characters including their dead mother. The concept is intriguing, but it isn’t cohesive or compelling.

My favorite part of this story was the alternating between narrators...seeing the different perspectives. The character development was excellent.
What I did not enjoy was the language. The story has alot, alot of language! Also, if you have issues with triggers, this book may not be for you.
Excellently paced plot that will keep you reading. Give your family peanut butter and jelly for dinner kind of tale.
Four star book, that I knocked an additional star off of for content issues. But I had to add that star back on with the finale of the story. The ending packed a punch. Wow.

Thank you so to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ahead of publication date in exchange for an honest review.

The author sets the stage for a completely absorbing novel and then carefully adds details that make this a totally unforgettable book. From the moment Jane disappears, her family's lives are never the same. Many of the family members are positive her husband, Dan murdered her, but without a body, no one can be sure she is even dead.

Dan doesn't have good relationships with two of his children, Miranda and Jeff. Both of them feel that he was behind her disappearance, and as the years go by, that has a negative effect on their relationship with him and even in their personal lives. The oldest son, Alex just wants to move on and give his father the benefit of the doubt.

When Jane's bones are found near where the family once stayed, many years later her children and sister are looking for the truth.

This was so well written it was easy to get caught up in the story.

I really enjoyed this combination of mystery, family drama, and legal case. The book is broken up into four parts and each one examines the disappearance of Jane Larkin from a different point of view. I was fascinated to hear how each character experienced the mystery and the suspicion surrounding her husband over the years it took to uncover her remains. This reads more as a character study and tale of human experience than a true mystery but I think fans of both types of novel will be invested. I couldn't wait to see how the story wrapped up and if the author would leave the reader shocked like he did in his other work, Defending Jacob. I highly recommend this book and I'm sure it will be a bestseller. Thanks to William Landay, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

In 1975, ten year old Miranda comes home from school one day to find that her mother is missing. Suspicion falls on her father and, in time, as adults, Miranda and her brother, Jeff, along with her aunt believe he may be guilty of killing her while brother Alex supports him. There is no evidence, just suspicion. Jeff enlists a friend, Phil, to write a book about the case.

Landay employs a unique literary device of four books within the book, each told from a different point of view. It is an engrossing read, although somewhat of a slowburn. I read late into the night, not wanting to put it down. The characters are well developed. The father is a pig and what the disappearance did to Miranda and Jeff and their emotional well being is heartbreaking. You may have some questions when finished, but will not be left hanging. The ending may stay with you for a while….it did me.

This is the second book I have read that does not use quotation marks for dialog. More accustomed to that style now, I did not find it as unsettling as the first time I encountered it.

From the author of Defending Jacob, this is sure to be a best seller.

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Jane Larkin disappeared on November 12 1975. Her daughter Miranda came home from school and her mother was not there. There is no trace of her, she just vanished. Her pocketbook was found in the front hallway in its usual place.


There is only one suspect and that is Dan Larkin. He is Jane Larkin's husband. He is a criminal defense attorney. He is such a jerk.
Miranda also has two brothers, Jeff and Alex. The three of them are
left to be raised by the man who may have killed their mother.

What happened to Jane Larkin? Did Dan Larkin murder her?


I loved William Landay's book, Defending Jacob!. So I was so excited to get a copy of this book.
This has a slow burn but then the second half is on fire! It is so good.
I felt so sorry for Miranda losing her mom at a young age. She was only ten years old. Dan Larkin was such a jerk. He was a scary liar. All of the characters were done very well.
This is a coming of age story. Its also a family drama, a thriller and a mystery. After you get passed the slow burn its a gripping read. I loved the ending. My jaw dropped to the floor. It was such a great twiat. This book Rocked!

I want to thank Netgalley, Random House Publishing Group, Bantam for the copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

I found this to be a unique way of doing crime fiction and appreciated the author’s creativity. The characters were interesting and I especially liked Miranda and felt for her. It’s always the husband when a wife suddenly goes missing…right? Or is it? If there is a motive, is he most likely guilty? What are the consequences or choose sides, and choosing wrong? This story examines family loyalty and the complex lines that can be drawn. Fans of crime storylines will enjoy this one!

This book was told in such a unique way. Each of the 4 parts was told from a different POV. The disappearance of Jane Larkin is written about, discussed, investigated, and remembered by different people and their perspectives keep you guessing. It's hard to say too much about the story without giving away important plot points that really pull you in and keep you reading.

Although overall it was a slow burn, it was also very captivating since it keeps you thinking about Jane and her family and what may have happened to her.

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay is a great story about family secrets and revenge. I was hooked as soon as I started reading this book.

I like the fact that story was told in alternate timelines 40 years apart and multiple points of view.

This is a complicated family drama that was really well written.

I found the author’s previous novel Defending Jacob a good enough if rather old-fashioned mystery but this new legal/crime/family drama is a whole lot of “Huh?” that feels like the author was experimenting with voice and format and then accidentally submitted it to the publisher who accidentally published it.

In 1972, Jane Larkin, wife and mother-of-three, disappears. Despite a dogged detective on the case, the mystery is never solved though many, including the police and some of her family, believe her husband, Dan, murdered her.

The novel’s four “books” are all set at different times between Jane’s disappearance and some point in the future with a different narrator for each section: Phil, a novelist friend of the family, Jane herself, Jeff, the middle child, and Dan. This gives the book a rather lumpy structure and the lack of chronological order makes it confusing. The mystery is resolved at the end but in a pretty meh way as though to say that it didn’t really matter if Jane was killed and by whom.

The author writes well on the family dynamics and how the trauma of a missing mother changes these dynamics as well as the individuals. The characters themselves are deftly drawn and developed with the exception of Dan who remains something of a void even in his own section.

As with Defending Jacob, the tone feels old fashioned, even the parts set in the present day. I’m ok with that slower pacing but I feel words like “workmanlike” and “competent” come to mind to describe the novel rather than, say, “gripping” or “exciting.”

Looking at other reviews on Goodreads, I’m clearly in a minority. Perhaps my ability to appreciate well-crafted mysteries has been worn down by all the fast-paced flashy thrillers I’ve been reading.

Thanks to Ballantine and Netgalley for the digital review copy.

Wow. I am almost speechless. Really loved this book! Sucked me right in and I couldn’t put it down. I finished it in two nights. I loved the different points of view each “book” was written in, and I felt like I got well-rounded insight into the characters who were affected by their missing mother/sister/wife. Easy, quick read that will have you engrossed. Highly recommend!

Really good book - please see my full review on GoodReads, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5327319386. Appreciate the advanced copy - I was not disappointed.

This was a great read. I got sucked in immediately and had to know where the story was going to go. in a nutshell, this is the story of a upper middle class family in the Boston area who is living a fairly ordinary life- a loving stay at home mom, a narcissistic attorney father and their 3 beautiful children. Sure the marriage is a little stale and the humdrum suburban lifestyle can get old, but isn't that just the way life goes. All of this changes when Jane Larkin disappears. Her husband Dan, is the prime suspect but for what crime? There is no body and no trail but almost everyone is convinced that he is involved in her disappearance. And there things go. The story is told from multiple voices which I could see may be jarring but I really enjoyed the perspectives. Dan is a loathsome character but the perspectives of Jeff and Miranda are so compelling. The past and present timelines give you insight into how the disappearance of their mother has wreaked havoc on their lives.
The book for me was a page turner but not in a typical popcorn thriller way. The layers are peeled back slowly like the layers of an onion as we delve deeper and deeper into the complexity of this seemingly benign family. Really really enjoyed. Will likely be on my best of 2023 list.
Thanks you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an hones review