EDGARAWARDNOMINEEFORBESTNOVEL“AsBeforeSheWasHelenopens,readersaredrawnintowhatappearstobealight,retirement-communitycaper.ButauthorCarolineB.Cooneyquicklyflipsexpectationsupside-downinthisdeceptivelydarkmystery.Betweenoldcrimesandfreshmurders,septuagenarianprotagonistClemmiefacesanunspeakablefearthatwillkeepreadershookedinthistwistywhodunit.“--JulieHyzy,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorFromthecriticallyacclaimed,internationalbestsellingauthorCarolineB.CooneycomesadomesticthrillerperfectforfansofmysterybooksbyLauraLippmanandAliceFeeney.Herlifedidn’tturnoutthewaysheexpected--soshemadeherselfanewoneWhenClemmiegoesnextdoortocheckonherdifficultandunlikeableneighborDom,heisn’tthere.Butsomethingelseis.Somethingstunning,beautifulandinexplicable.Clemmiephotographsthewondrousobjectonhercellphoneandmakestheirrevocableerrorofforwardingit.Asthepictureswirlsovertheinternet,Clemmietriesdesperatelytokeepagriponherownpersonalnetworkofsecrets.Canfiftyyearsofcarefulhidingundernamesnotherownberuinedbyonecarelesspicture?AndalthoughwhatClemmiefindsisaworkofart,whatthepolicefindisabody...andshewasthelastpersonatthecrimescene,wheresheleftherfingerprints.Suddenlythrownintotheheartofatwistedinvestigation,Clemmiefindsherselftheuncomfortablesubjectofintensescrutiny.Andthebland,quietlifeClemmiehasbuiltforherselfinhersleepySouthCarolinaretirementcommunitycomescrashingdownasherdarkpastsurgesintothepresent.FrominternationalbestsellingauthorofTheFaceontheMilkCartonCarolineB.CooneycomesBeforeSheWasHelen,anabsorbingmysterythatbringsdecades-oldsecretstolifeandexploreswhathappenswhenthelieyou’vebeenlivingfallsapartandyou’reforcedtoconfrontthetruth.
