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Before You Were Anne

A Novel

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Before You Were Anne

By: Emiko Jean
Narrated by: Mizuo Peck, Mieko Gavia, Mirai
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After a woman is killed and her daughter vanishes, detective Chelsey Calhoun uncovers a legacy of violence and survival that spans from Japan to Seattle in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Return of Ellie Black.

A murdered woman. A missing daughter. A truth buried across two continents.

Married, pregnant, and thriving in her career, Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life finally feels whole, until an explosive new case shatters everything. A mother is dead. Her sixteen-year-old daughter, Naomi, has disappeared. And the search will awaken questions about Chelsey’s own origins—questions she’s spent a lifetime afraid to ask.

The victim called herself Anne Walker. But she was born Rika Takahashi, and her journey from a remote Japanese farm to suburban Seattle conceals decades of deception. Across Tokyo’s shadowed underworld, an isolated Idaho town, and years of carefully constructed lies, Rika reinvented herself at every turn. But she was always running—from someone, or something.

Now, Chelsey must find Naomi before she becomes the next victim. But the deeper she delves into Rika’s hidden life, the more she discovers: some secrets are worth killing for. And the most dangerous truths may be the ones closest to home.

Told in three interwoven voices, Before You Were Anne is a gripping suspense novel about the lies that bind families and the sins that echo across generations. Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction
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I loved this story. I’m not much of a thriller reader but this one really captured my attention. Beautifully written and the plot twists were incredible.

Kept me guessing until the end

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The story was engaging. Interesting multiple perspective story. Didn’t love the second person in one of the perspectives. The narrators were flat and sounded like robots. also the audio was weirdly hollow

Excellent story but almost ruined by the performance

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