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Set in the fall of 1980, isolated mute Alice comes upon a startling discovery that her father may be a serial killer… A sharp read for lovers of true crime and Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll.
Born mute, Alice has never known a normal life. Kept from the outside world by her cruel mother and overbearing father, her only friend is her neighbour Hailey with whom she communicates through sign language.
When Alice’s father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Alice listens to his feverish drug-induced ramblings. And then, in his final days, he reveals something Alice never expected. He confesses to murdering several women.
Shocked and disbelieving, Alice confides in Hailey. Together, they vow to find the truth and decide to journey her father’s old routes as a travelling salesman. A pattern begins to emerge, connecting him to various missing women, before the pair discovers the real reason why Alice lost her ability to speak. And how she is at the centre of her father’s crimes…
“Smith’s empathy for her characters makes for a supremely relatable take on mental illness. Remember is an emotional rollercoaster of a debut, culminating with a twist that will leave you reeling.”
— Alafair Burke, NYT bestselling author of The Better Sister
“Patricia Smith’s work feels necessary. She’s as honest in her writing as she is in real life, and that is very honest indeed.”
— CrimeReads (October’s Best Debut Novel Pick)
“Remember is a thought-provoking character study and intriguing mystery rolled into one. Patricia Shanae Smith is a welcome and much needed addition to the psychological suspense genre. In this search for self in a city filled with many voices, Smith’s Portia is one character you won’t forget.”
— Kelley Garrett, Anthony, Agatha and Lefty award-winning author of Hollywood Homicide and Hollywood Ending
“Having survived depression and addiction, Smith has chosen to give herself over to writing in order to use words to save lives. And we should all be grateful.”
— Matt Coleman, Book Riot
“Intense…an earnest treatise on mental illness.”
— Publisher’s Weekly
“Smith’s debut heralds the entrance of a writing talent to be watched… its discussion of unreliable memories and a toxic father-daughter relationship based on forgetting, should please fans of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen.”
— CrimeReads
