What July Knew: Will you discover the truth in this summer’s most heart-breaking mystery?

Written by:
Emily Koch

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
4
Narrator
2
Release Date
February 9, 2023
Duration
11 hours 33 minutes
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.

** This audiobook contains a bonus interview with the author**

A moving family mystery about the secrets we keep to protect those we love. For readers of Joanna Cannon, Janice Hallett and Jo Browning Wroe.

July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.

Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't know. It's easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn't remember her mother, who died when she was small, and her father refuses to talk about her. Ever. The only memories she has of her are flashbacks from the accident that claimed her mother's life.

But then she receives the note: 'She didn't die in a car accident.'

Determined to discover what really happened, July begins to investigate, cycling around the street where her family used to live and questioning the neighbours. When she is caught snooping round a crumbling house at the end of the road, she learns that the man living there was the last person to see July's mother alive.

In his version of the story, he is a hero. In everyone else's, he is anything but...

Praise for Emily Koch:

'Really well-written, deeply moving and psychologically affecting... Highly recommended' Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient

'A debut to be reckoned with' Guardian

'Packs a real emotional punch.' Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home

'A magnetic, all-consuming read. A heart-breaking suspense' Gytha Lodge, author of Watching from the Dark

© Emily Koch 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
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Torijean

Great book, the perspective was so well written and the story unfolded in a unique way. The mystery kept me hooked all the way through

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Anonymous

I couldn’t reconcile a ten-year-old’s behavior, thoughts, and actions with the things July did and thought. Her thinking seemed to be better matched with someone in their 30s and much of her behavior that of a mid-to-late teenager. [Potential Spoiler. To avoid spoilers, go to the second to last paragraph titled ‘no spoilers,’ and read to the end]: For example, I can’t imagine the awareness that a person might murder someone being in the forefront of a 10-year-old’s mind. I teach 10-year-olds and they are very trusting. It would not occur to them that a stranger might murder them for no other reason than being alone with them. SPOILER: how could July know enough about her mom to question anything if she never knew her and people were terrified to talk about her (the mother). I assumed, until I learned differently, that July had been at least 5 when her mother died. Like, she had some mom time and had made some memories. The book says she started asking about her mom, but she wouldn’t have known Shell (so) wasn’t her mother unless she’d been told. Also, a child blaming herself for her mothers death in childbirth? That seems way beyond childish thinking. The beauty of childhood is that we are not burdened with such thoughts and guilt. One more thing… I would like to have tied it back in with the teacher… that felt somewhat open ended. Not a huge deal, but as a teacher, I was waiting for that to be mentioned again. (How did she do on her paper?

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