More Than You'll Ever Know
The suspenseful and heart-pounding Radio 2 Book Club pick
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Publisher Description
A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
SCREEN RIGHTS SOLD TO THE PRODUCTION COMPANY OF BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA
ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022
'One of the best suspenseful dramas I've read in years' ASHLEY AUDRAIN
'A sprawling, stunning, twisting triumph' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Intelligent and nuanced . . . raises a host of difficult but fascinating questions' GUARDIAN
'Breath-taking and brimming with empathy, exploration of motherhood, marriage, and the consequences that come from obsessions with true crime' COSMOPOLITAN
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Lore Rivera was married to two men at once, until on a baking hot day in 1986, one of them found out and shot the other.
That's the story the world knows.
It's not the story that fascinates Cassie Bowman.
Determined to know more about the mysterious Lore, true-crime writer Cassie is surprised to find Lore is willing to talk.
But as the two women get closer, Cassie finds herself confessing her own darkest secrets.
And the shocking truth behind the murder all those years ago . . .
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SHORTLISTED FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL AT THE EDGAR AWARDS
'An intriguing story of complex characters and their long-buried secrets' DAILY EXPRESS
'Enthralling, breathtaking and propulsive, More Than You'll Ever Know is the kind of book that only comes around once every decade' MAY COBB, author of The Hunting Wives
'As addictive as a real-life who-dunnit, this is a page-turner brimming with empathy. Katie Gutierrez is a force' JULIA FINE, author of The Upstairs House
'A suspenseful mystery, a family drama...you won't be able to put this book down' LARA PRESCOTT, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept
'A stunning portrait of female reckoning. More Than You'll Ever Know is a wonder to behold' DANYA KUFAFKA, bestselling author of Notes On An Execution
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Gutierrez's engrossing debut, Cassie Bowman, a true crime aficionado living in Austin, comes across a decades-old story about an international banker, Dolores "Lore" Rivera, who was married to two husbands, Fabian Rivera and Andres Russo, the former in Texas and the latter in Mexico. In 1985, Andres was found dead and Fabian was arrested for the murder. Cassie becomes obsessed with the case and shows up on Lore's doorstep unannounced, wanting to turn her story into a book. After some hesitation, Lore agrees and, in extensive flashbacks, her story emerges. In the present, Cassie's investigation agitates members of both of Lore's families, who want the past to stay buried. Cassie, as well, has her own secrets to hide and relives her tragic past as she comes closer to uncovering the truth behind the murder. Gutierrez successfully taps into the current fascination with true crime and considers its potential pitfalls, as Cassie becomes willing to risk everything to get at the truth. While the crime itself isn't so fascinating in the end, the author has a sure hand in creating atmosphere, such as a passage involving the Mexico City earthquake of 1985, when the love between Lore and Andres comes to fruition. There's no shortage of books that travel similar terrain, and while this doesn't stand out from the pack, it'll do the trick for fans of the genre.
