Random Things Tours: I Know It´s You by Susan Lewis

 

I love stories built around poisonous manuscripts - as in dangerous writing, not the Middle Ages poison-imbued pages. Because I still vividly remember the thrills from two years ago reading of Susan Lewis, I decided to keep discovering this author. As she wrote no more no less than 50 bestsellers, I may be getting a bit busy for the rest of the year...

In I Know It´s You, Marina, a publisher, received a novel whose plot tragically reminds her of events from her own life. Events that she hoped will never remember. And she knows for sure that there it´s only one person who might know the real story into the smallest details. But how far can she go to stop the story of her trauma to be made public? 

I really liked how the traces of trauma are explored in a thriller context exposing the fine psychological effects on trust and social interactions as well. Put into a bookish/publishing context, storyfied, the life events echoes the hidden chambers of the Marina´s tormented soul. As the novel arrives in chapter installments, it creates a special emotional and mysterious effect, as it let you guess - sometimes in vain - what and when it supposed to happen next.

Interesting too is how two stories - one real, another one, fiction - do co-exist and have a double take on Marina, whose decisions are propted based on a storyline. It´s a great idea for any kind of book, but especially for a thriller.

I Know It´s You explores the thriller part of publishing, in a calculated smart way, looking from a new, unexpected angle. I enjoyed this book as much as my previous one by Susan Lewis, and most probably would not think twice if time will allow me to read another book by her, any time soon.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own