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I Know Who You Are

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by Alice Feeney


  And I finally have everything that I wanted.

  “He’d originally cast someone else in that role, is that right?”

  I hold her stare and try not to shift in my seat. “Yes, he did.”

  “It must have been hard for you. Stepping into Alicia White’s shoes after she vanished without a trace.”

  “I feel so sorry for Alicia and her family. She hid it very well, but she was obviously a very troubled individual.”

  “It’s almost six months since she disappeared, and still no sightings or any explanation. What do you think happened to her?”

  “Can we stick to questions about the film please,” Tony interrupts, sensing my unease.

  “Of course,” says Jennifer Jones. “I’m not going to lie, your character in this film is really scary. And an actress playing an actress, that must have been fun. We’ve been getting the other actors to do a little something to camera for a promo, would you mind doing one? You just say the name of your character, a little something about who they are, then the name of the film.”

  “Sure.”

  “Great stuff. Just look straight down the barrel of the camera when you’re ready…”

  I turn to face the camera and oblige her for this one, final request.

  “My name is Aimee Sinclair. I was that girl you thought you knew, but you couldn’t remember where from. I think you’ll remember me now. Sometimes I kill.”

  I sit back in my chair, confused by the expressions on everyone’s faces. Jennifer Jones smashes the silence with her cackle of a laugh, tilting her head back so that I can see her impressive collection of fillings. “You are so funny,” she says, but I’m still oblivious as to why. “You’re supposed to say your character’s name, not your name. We don’t want the audience to think Aimee Sinclair is going around killing people!”

  “I’m so sorry.” I feel my cheeks blush. “It’s been a very long day and I’m afraid my pregnancy brain is getting the better of me.” I turn to face the camera. “Let me try that again. I never make the same mistake twice.”

  Acknowledgments

  Second novels are an interesting journey, one that can be tricky to navigate, and I might not have found my way without the following amazing people.

  Thank you to Jonny Geller for believing in me, even when I don’t. I still don’t know how I managed to get the best agent in town, but I’m very grateful, and this book wouldn’t exist without you. Thanks also to the wonderful team at Curtis Brown.

  Thank you to Kari Stuart, for being the perfect blend of kind and clever. Thank you for your patience and compassion, and for all the miracles you perform.

  Thank you to Amy Einhorn, editor extraordinaire with secret powers in her pen, and to the brilliant team at Flatiron. Authors just write stories, publishers make books, and Flatiron is without doubt the A-Team.

  Thank you to my family, for telling me I could.

  Thank you to my friends, for still being my friends, even when I disappear inside a book.

  Thank you to Daniel, for not divorcing me while I was writing this one.

  Most of all, thank you to the people who are kind enough to read my books. Writers are nothing without readers, and you have changed my life in ways I didn’t dare dream. I hope you continue to enjoy my stories, and I’m forever grateful.

  Recommend

  I Know Who You Are

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  Also by Alice Feeney

  Sometimes I Lie

  About the Author

  Alice Feeney is a New York Times bestselling writer and journalist. She spent fifteen years with BBC News, where she worked as a reporter, news editor, arts and entertainment producer, and One O’Clock news producer. Alice has lived in London and Sydney and has now settled in the Surrey countryside, where she lives with her husband and dog. I Know Who You Are is her second novel.

  Visit her online at www.alicefeeney.com, or sign up for email updates here.

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Chapter Thirty-Four

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Chapter Thirty-Seven

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  Chapter Thirty-Nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-One

  Chapter Forty-Two

  Chapter Forty-Three

  Chapter Forty-Four

  Chapter Forty-Five

  Chapter Forty-Six

  Chapter Forty-Seven

  Chapter Forty-Eight

  Chapter Forty-Nine

  Chapter Fifty

  Chapter Fifty-One

  Chapter Fifty-Two

  Chapter Fifty-Three

  Chapter Fifty-Four

  Chapter Fifty-Five

  Chapter Fifty-Six

  Chapter Fifty-Seven

  Chapter Fifty-Eight

  Chapter Fifty-Nine

  Chapter Sixty

  Chapter Sixty-One

  Chapter Sixty-Two

  Chapter Sixty-Three

  Chapter Sixty-Four

  Chapter Sixty-Five

  Chapter Sixty-Six

  Chapter Sixty-Seven

  Chapter Sixty-Eight

  Chapter Sixty-Nine

  Chapter Seventy

  Chapter Seventy-One

  Chapter Seventy-Two

  Chapter Seventy-Three

  Chapter Seventy-Four

  Six Months Later …

  Acknowledgments

  Also by Alice Feeney

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Copyright © 2019 by Diggi Books Ltd. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  www.flatironbooks.com

  Cover design by Steve Attardo

  Cover photography @ Dave Kennedy / Gallery Stock

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Feeney, Alice, author.

  Title: I know who you are: a novel / Alice Feeney.

  Description: First Edition. | New York: Flatiron Books, 2019.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2018037893 | ISBN 9781250147349 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250229168 (international, sold outside the U.S., subject to rights a
vailability) | ISBN 9781250147332 (ebook)

  Subjects: | GSAFD: Suspense fiction. | Mystery fiction.

  Classification: LCC PR6106.E34427 I36 2019 | DDC 823/.92—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018037893

  eISBN 9781250147332

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  First Edition: April 2019

 

 

 


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