Imagine this: you're looking for a little light reading before bed, so you pick up the novel sitting on your nightstand and decide to give it a try. You didn't put it there, but maybe your husband left it for you. The first thing you notice when you open the book is that the disclaimer at the very beginning—the one that says the characters in the story are not meant to resemble real people in any way—is marked out in red pen. And as you continue to read, you recognize a horrible moment in your life, a moment you thought no one living knew about.
Welcome to the creepy thriller Disclaimer by Renée Knight. If you like unreliable narrators, conflicting accounts of events, and ferreting out the truth, you'll love this debut novel. It's told from two points of view: Catherine, the woman who finds the book, and the author of the book itself. Throughout the entire novel, you're wondering how the author even knew about that incident in Catherine's life, why he's telling her story through the book, and if what he knows is even the truth. You won't know who to trust until the very end when all of Catherine's secrets are revealed.
Definitely grab an egalley here if you liked Before I Go to Sleep, Reconstructing Amelia, or any other novels about uncovering the truth of past events.
-Amanda