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Journalist Olive Groves worked on the “Housemate Homicide” story as a junior reporter and became obsessed with the case. Now, nine years later, the missing housemate turns up dead on a remote property sparking controversy and begging the question – what really happened between the three housemates that night? Olive is once again assigned to the story, this time reluctantly paired with precocious and overly eager millennial podcaster Cooper Ng.
As Olive and Cooper unearth new facts about the story, a dark web of secrets is uncovered, forcing Olive to confront her own past traumas and insecurities that have risen to the surface. As she delves deeper than ever before, will Olive’s suspicions threaten her future happiness and even her sanity? And will her relentless search for the murderer put her new family in danger?
“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
