What July Knew: If you liked ELIZABETH IS MISSING, you'll LOVE this

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A moving mystery about family secrets, grief and growing up, for fans of Joanna Cannon, Jo Browning Wroe, The Appeal and Elizabeth is Missing Summer, 1995. July Hooper knows eighteen things about her mother. Like number thirteen- she loved dancing on the kitchen table. And number eight- she was covered in freckles. And then there's number two- she died after being hit by a car when July was small. She keeps this list hidden in a drawer away from her father. Because they're not allowed to talk about her mother. Ever. But an anonymous note slipped into July's bag on her tenth birthday is about to change everything she thinks she knows about her mum... 'If you liked Elizabeth is Missing, you'll love this' CARA HUNTER, author of Close to Home 'July is such a brilliant creation - smart, inquisitive and determined' T.M. LOGAN, author of The Catch 'A moving and heartfelt mystery. Funny, thrilling, nostalgic and deeply affecting' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of We Begin at the End

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Touchingly effective in conveying a childhood lived in fear * Sunday Times *
If you liked Elizabeth is Missing, you'll love this * Cara Hunter *
Big-hearted novel. By turns charming and shocking, it's both a deftly-woven mystery and a redemptive family drama - and I was cheering July on all the way * Emylia Hall *
July Hooper is such a brilliant creation - smart, inquisitive and determined - that you'll be rooting for her every step of the way as she unravels the mystery of her own life in this captivating story. * T.M. Logan, author of The Holiday *
Tenderly told and utterly compelling, this coming-of-age mystery is as full of twists and surprises as it is of heart. July is an unforgettable lead - I loved following her back to the 90s! * Emma Stonex *

Author Bio

Emily Koch is an award-winning journalist and author of two novels, If I Die Before I Wake and Keep Him Close. Her books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, won France's Prix du Bureau des Lecteurs Folio Policier, longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and been selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Waterstones said her second novel 'cements Koch's place as one of the most exciting new crime writers of our day.' She lives in Bristol.