Book Review: I Know You Know

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This is my book review of “I Know You Know” by Gilly MacMillan, an author I’ve always admired. I think I’ve read all her books.

Book Summary:

Twenty years ago, two eleven-year-old boys, Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby, disappeared in the city of Bristol. Their bodies were later found near a dog racing track.

A man was convicted of killing them, and years later, he hung himself while in prison.

But there were always questions about Sidney Noyce’s guilt. He had a man’s body and a boy’s mind. Thus, he was suggestible when Detective John Fletcher interviewed him.

These two boys were Cody Swift’s two best friends. He had been playing with them earlier in the day. But he got in trouble for tearing his shirt, and his mother grounded him. Otherwise, he would have been with his friends.

Cody is haunted by the deaths of his friends and hopes to uncover new evidence about who might have killed them. He does not think it is the accused, Sidney Noyce. He believes Sidney Noyce was coerced into confessing to the crime.

Now that Cody is a grown filmmaker, he returns to Bristol and starts a podcast called “It’s Time To Tell.” In the podcast, he goes over the crime and interviews everyone he can locate who was involved, encouraging the public to contact him with any clues they may have forgotten.

Then a long-dead body is found in the same location where the boys were found decades before. Another murder investigation is opened that just might lead to the reason why the boys were murdered. And it might lead to who killed them.

My Review:

I don’t recall ever reading a book by Gilly McMillan that I did not enjoy. She has a way of telling a story that compels me to keep reading.

Her books are mysteries, and she drops clues in her chapters that lure you to keep turning the pages to try to figure out who, what, where, and why.

About The Author:

Gilly Macmillan is the New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew and The Perfect Girl.

She trained as an art historian and worked at The Burlington Magazine and the Hayward Gallery before starting a family.

Since then, she’s worked as a photography lecturer and now writes full-time.

She resides in Bristol, England.

I hope you enjoyed this book review.