No One You Know - (Random House Reader's Circle) by Michelle Richmond (Paperback)

About the Book

The author of the luminous work "The Year of Fog" returns with an intensely emotional, multilayered family drama--a woman's search for her sister's killer that spirals into a journey of secrets, revelations, and damaged lives.

Book Synopsis

All her life Ellie Enderlin had been known as Lila's sister--until the day Lila, a top math student at Stanford, was murdered, and the shape of their family changed forever. Twenty years later, Ellie is a professional coffee buyer who has never put down roots. When, in a chance meeting, she comes into possession of the notebook that Lila carried everywhere, Ellie returns home to finally discover the truth about her sister's death--a search that will lead her to Lila's secret lover, to the motives and fate of a man who profited from their family's grief, and ultimately to the deepest secrets even sisters keep from each other.

From the bestselling author of The Year of Fog ("Highly recommended [for fans of] authors like Jodi Picoult and Jacquelyn Mitchard."--Library Journal [starred review]), this is a riveting family drama about loss, love, and the way hope redefines our lives--a novel at once heartbreaking, provocative, and impossible to put down.

Praise for No One You Know

"Michelle Richmond's encore to The Year of Fog is an equally addictive read."--Denver Post

"Richmond sets out to create not a straight-up thriller, but a novel that explores love, family, work, guilt and the responsibility of the writer to his or her subject, all within the framework of a murder mystery."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Michelle Richmond never strikes a false note in No One You Know. . . . It's an intelligent, emotionally convincing tale about a family tragedy and the process of storytelling."--Boston Globe

"As complex and beautiful as a mathematical proof, this gripping, thought-provoking novel will keep you thinking long after the last page has been turned."--Family Circle

"Beautifully written"--Seattle Times

Review Quotes

"Michelle Richmond's encore to The Year of Fog is an equally addictive read."--Denver Post

"Richmond sets out to create not a straight-up thriller, but a novel that explores love, family, work, guilt and the responsibility of the writer to his or her subject, all within the framework of a murder mystery." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Michelle Richmond never strikes a false note in No One You Know.... It's an intelligent, emotionally convincing tale about a family tragedy and the process of storytelling."--Boston Globe

"As complex and beautiful as a mathematical proof, this gripping, thought-provoking novel will keep you thinking long after the last page has been turned."--Family Circle

"Beautifully written"--Seattle Times

"Gripping"--People

"Heartrending and immediately readable"--San Francisco Examiner

"Another enjoyable blend of mystery and domestic fiction.... Quietly captivating."--Publishers Weekly

"Richmond has a knack for creating accessible, grippingly authentic characters....No One You Know a tautly drawn tale."--East Bay Express

"Richmond turns a family crisis into heartbreaking and compelling reading.... Riveting." --Booklist, starred review

"Intelligent, emotionally convincing...Michelle Richmond never strikes a false note in No One You Know."--Boston Globe

"Richmond's fiction is made rich by the relationships between her characters and the carefully researched nuances of their lives."--Birmingham magazine

About the Author

Michelle Richmond is the author of The Year of Fog, Dream of the Blue Room, and the award-winning story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Michelle lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, where she is at work on her next novel.