book review what she knew

Read 6,826 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he ask…

Newly divorced photographer mum Rachel Jenner thought she was giving her 8-year-old son, Ben Finch, a bit of freedom when she let him run ahead during a walk in a Bristol park. But when Ben vanishes, Rachel immediately blames herself, and the media is quick to paint her as a neglectful parent, too.

Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry—until Ben vanishes. Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone.

“What she knew” is the first novel in the police procedural mystery series featuring Detective Jim Clemo of the Bristol Police. The second novel in the series is “ Odd Child Out “ which is a new addition to my TBR.

In a heartbeat, everything changes… Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry—until Ben vanishes.

Interspersed with eerily pragmatic quotes from actual non-fiction texts advising parents with missing children, walking them through the brutal world of kidnapping (and hence killing) statistics, What She Knew is part thriller and part rending, pitiless realism.

What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan, 2015. Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry—until Ben vanishes.

In this entrancing novel "that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all" (Kirkus Reviews), a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the...

Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from Rachel’s newly married ex-husband to her mother-of-the-year sister.

What She Knew is a novel by Gilly Macmillan that centers around Rachel Jenner, a mother whose eight-year-old son Ben has gone missing. Through its character development and narrative structure, the story follows Rachel’s journey as she attempts to uncover the truth behind her son’s disappearance.