We Were Never Here

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó REESEΓÇÖS BOOK CLUB PICK ΓÇó ΓÇ£This book is every suspense loverΓÇÖs dream and it kept me up way too late turning pages. . . . A novel with crazy twists and turns that will have you ditching your Friday night plans for more chapters.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöReese Witherspoon A backpacking trip has deadly consequences in this ΓÇ£eerie psychological thriller . . . with alluring locales,Hitchcockian tensionand possibly the best pair of female leads since Thelma and LouiseΓÇ¥ (BookPage)from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd. A Marie Claire Book Club Pick ΓÇó Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and Marie Claire Emily is having the time of her lifeΓÇösheΓÇÖs in the mountains of Chile with her best friendKristenon their annual reunion tripand the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of the tripEmily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to their room attacked herand she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last yearΓÇÖs tripwhen another backpacker wound up dead. Emily canΓÇÖt believe itΓÇÖs happened againΓÇöcan lightning really strike twice? Back home in WisconsinEmily struggles to bury her traumadiving headfirst into a new relationship and throwing herself into work. But when Kristen shows up for a surprise visitEmily is forced to confront their violent past. The more Kristen tries to keep Emily closethe more Emily questions her motives. As Emily feels the walls closing in on their cover-upsshe must reckon with the truth about her closest friend. Can Emily outrun the secrets she shares with Kristenor will they destroy her relationshipher freedomΓÇöeven her life?