Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Atria Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this wonderful debut novel by Jacqueline Bublitz - 4.5 stars!
Alice Lee, newly turned 18, and Ruby Jones, 36, both arrive in NYC looking for an escape and fresh starts. But a month later, Alice is dead, the city's newest Jane Doe, and Ruby is the one to find her body. Alice knows that Ruby can reclaim her name and solve the mystery of her death, while Ruby is trying her best to forget what she saw.
I thought this was a beautifully-written story that allows us hear the voice of the dead and forgotten, to name them, and have them count. It's heartbreaking but also full of hope and new beginnings. But dig further and it's a commentary on the fear for their safety that all women live with, where our politeness and fear of hurting someone's feelings overtake our own intuitions. Much to think about in this book - can't wait to read more from this author.
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