Actress Aimee's life just got a whole lot more complicated.
This book is a whirlwind, not very believable in parts, and some of the chapters from the perspective of her childhood make for hard reading.
Overall, a fun twisty read with a dramatic ending.

Loved this book. A dark, exciting and twisted tale, had me hooked from the start. Full of surprises, disturbing in parts, but still mad keen for more works by this author. Well done

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for this free ARC copy of I Know Who You Are.

What a ride. This kept me hooked right from page one and didn't let go. The plot has a lot of twists, and the ending will shock and surprise you. I'm not going to say too much here because I don't like putting spoilers in reviews.

We have a new and upcoming actress who isn't too confident. We meet her as a child, which helps us understand the adult Aimee more. We have a missing husband and detectives who immediately suspect the wife. Then we have jealous colleagues and a whole slew of webs and pitfalls. It will keep you guessing.

This is the first time I've read this author, and I will be sure to seek out more of her work. The prose is tight and beautifully written, the characters well drawn and real, and the plot and pacing spot on. I especially loved the parts of the book told from young Amiee's point of view. This child's viewpoint felt realistic and heart-wrenching.

It gets a solid four stars from me, and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery/thriller.

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NOTE ON RATINGS: I consider a 3-star rating a positive review. Picky about which books I give 5 stars to, I reserve this highest rating for the stories I find stunning and which moved me.

5 STARS: IT WAS AMAZING! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! — Highly Recommended.
4 STARS: I WOULD PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER — Go read this book.
3 STARS: IT WAS GOOD! — An okay read. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.
2 STARS: I MAY HAVE LIKED A FEW THINGS —Lacking in some areas: writing, characterisation, and/or problematic plot lines.
1 STAR: NOT MY CUP OF TEA —Lots of issues with this book.

I loved this book. Alice Feeney has a beautiful way with words, some of the sentences in this book were poetic.

Aimee is an actress, you might pass her in the street and think you know her.

Aimee’s husband disappears following a fight and the police are suspiscious - she’s forgotten things before!

This is a great read and I would recommend it.

I really enjoyed Alice Feeney's debut Sometimes I Lie. It was a clever plot and well written. Sadly I don't feel the same about I Know Who You Are.

Actress Aimee comes home one evening to find her husband missing. They have been married only a short time and she realises she doesn't know him at all; to make matters worse she comes under suspicion of his disappearance after she is told by the police that her husband accused her of being abusive.

The novel is written in two time lines: Aimee now and as a child. The child's view point is believable and creepy and the part of the book which gripped me most. The adult Aimee receives unsigned postcards stating I Know Who You Are implying that someone from her past is stalking her. The reader is left guessing who this person could possibly be but the final revelation was unbelievable to me. I can't say what this is without revealing a huge spoiler but seriously, this twist is a twist too far.

I'm sorry for posting a negative review because the plot had the makings of a good story. Thanks to NetGalley and HQ for the opportunity to read and review I Know Who You Are.

Actress Aimee comes home to find her husband gone. The police take an interest after CCTV footage shows them having a row in a restaurant, and Aimee slapping him. She comes under suspicion. We get chapters set in her past and realise things aren’t as they seem. And she has a stalker who leaves her postcards saying ‘I know who you are’. The story, with its back and forth episodes, felt a little disjointed but kept me interested. What I didn’t take to was the ‘twist’ at the end which felt contrived. It appeared to have been plucked out of the air to shock. ‘Shocking Twist’ seems to have become a genre but it needs a very subtle hand.

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy.

Oh this is a twisty book that will make you dizzy if you are not paying attention. Be warned, you will need to put your life on hold when you start this book, there is no putting it down once you start reading, so buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Aimee is an actress, in fact, she has been all her life. The book alternates between past and present as we learn about her childhood and try and work out exactly what (if anything) she is hiding and what has happened to her husband.
There's a claustrophobic feel to the writing; a palpable sense of paranoia and unease and nothing is as it seems. Just as I thought I could get a grip on what was happening, some new revelation would illuminate another dark corner of Aimee's life and I would have to keep reading to see how the plot developed. When the ending came (far too soon for my liking) my jaw dropped and I was genuinely shocked. It's nasty and I was very conflicted about how I felt about Aimee afterwards. But that's the mark of a great book isn't it?

My thanks go to the publishers and Net Galley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

Well that was a rollercoaster!

“You can’t allow the past to steal your present, but if you siphon off just the right amount, it can help your future”

My favourite quote in the book, highlighted well before I realised just how fitting it would be as a summary for Aimee Sinclair.

I can’t say too much without revealing something, but this book is definitely a great read, with some great twists and character reveals that leave you wondering what the hell just happened.

As for the story, it is primarily told in two separate timelines, 30 years apart. I do need to mention that the way the life of 6 year old Aimee was portrayed was absolutely brilliant. I loved the innocent perspective in what was essentially a very horrible and abusive situation. It provided a great balance in what definitely would have made the storyline a little too macabre.

This is definitely a psychological book worth of read!

This is a tense thriller about an actress whose husband goes missing and the police seem to think Aimee (the wife) is involved.
It’s well written and I found the mix of chapters riveting as they flow between current time and Aimee’s experiences as a child when she’s abducted, which go some way to explain her current form of amnesia.
I did find it confusing though and wasn’t keen on the last 25% of the book, when you really have to suspend belief.

Overall, a solid 3* read.

Thanks to Netgalley, HQ HarperCollins and the author for the opportunity to preview this book in exchange for my honest review.

Aimee Sinclair is an up and coming actress, who likes the distraction that acting provides from real life. In real life, her marriage is a mess, and it only worsens when her husband disappears, and their bank account emptied. Not long after, the police inform Aimee that her husband accused her of being an abusive wife, and that he feared she would kill him. From there, Aimee tries to make sense of what's happening to her life, as her past and present become intertwined, for a page-turning read that will leave readers stunned.

I blasted through this book in one sitting, and really enjoyed it. It’s a good disturbing mystery, and kept me guessing until the big twist. There were actually two plots in the first half of the book, as in addition to Aimee’s adult life in 2017, her childhood in 1987 was also explored, which trust me, is just as gripping as the plot of Aimee’s missing husband.
My favourite thing about the book was the two time period narratives, because the pace of the story didn't falter much, making it an easy and enjoyable page-turner. The past and present events were both so chilling and crazy, but especially the past, because it was so tense and I didn't know how that was going to end.

There is an array of characters that keep the plots of the past and present going. At the heart of both is Aimee, who was a tolerable narrator. I think the structure of the book helped illustrate why she did or said certain things. Other than Aimee, I won’t say too much else about other characters, because the book really is worth reading, to see just how good/bad they are!
Also, this is the kind of story I somewhat enjoy to hate. I don't like it when the main character gets heckled by the police like playground bullies when the character is "innocent". In this instance, the story is well set against Aimee as a potentially unreliable narrator, so the police's suspicions and judgement aren't too far-fetched for the hostility they bring.

My only issue with the book was literally the last 10% of it. I felt the ending was a little rushed, as I would have preferred it to be neater and explored further, with the likes of the police. As well, and this is my personal feelings, but the situation three months after the ending, didn't sit right with me. I didn't think going to THAT extreme level was necessary, it should have been left normal, for a less sickening ending. Clearly the ending was effective if that is what the aim was, but I didn't like it. I wish it had been left normal.

All in all, this is a well-deserved 4 stars, because I couldn’t put the book down due to how gripping it was. I think this could be a real contender for one of the most enjoyable mystery/thrillers of the year. The book was well written with little to no long-winded prose, if anything, I really enjoyed the images the author created. It really was enjoyable, I’m going to be going around everyone recommending it, because I really want to talk about how obsessive this story was!
Thank you kindly to Netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an e-copy, in exchange for this honest review.

I loved Sometimes I Lie because I do love a terribly twisted read, so was happy to get my hands on I Know Who You Are and I wasn’t disappointed, this one is as twisty as you like.

We follow along with Aimee, an actress just on the edge of super stardom, who comes home one day to find her husband missing. The police are strangely immediately suspicious of Aimee and as things unfold we find out why….

Alice Feeney plots with a clever eye on character and event which keeps things off kilter and means you are genuinely unsure where things will go. Pacy prose and fascinating characters add to the mix and this is a book easily devoured in one sitting.

With a fully fledged spot on finale and a beautifully twisted central mystery, I Know Who You Are means Alice Feeney goes onto my must read list.

Recommended.

An unusual thriller with some good characters. A very twisted tale with lots of surprises especially at the end.

A gripping page-turner, full of twists and turns.! The book tells the story of actress Aimee Sinclair, who returns home one evening to find her husband has vanished. The chapters alternate between 2017 as Aimee tries to figure out what has happened, and 1987 where we discover the story of her childhood.
It is very cleverly plotted and the short chapters kept me reading "just one more" to find out what would happen and how the different strands of the story would tie together.
I found the final twist rather disturbing and I was still left with several unanswered questions about some of the characters and their motivations, but it is a well-written and compelling story.