WHAT SHE DOESN’T KNOW

By Andrew E. Kaufman

Released back into society after ten years in a psychiatric hospital, Riley Harper finds most people still see her as being guilty of her daughter’s murder—a charge that was never substantiated—but she has been found guilty in the court of public opinion.

Her sister, Erin, a kick-ass prosecution attorney, does everything she can to help Riley fall back into something of a life; everything but let her sister know if she, too, feels she’s guilty, or not. Bullied by the people in her neighborhood, Riley has few friends and is subjected to a life of isolation, other than the attacks on her well-being, which range from break-ins to her car being vandalized. Her neighbors know how to give her a welcome back fit for the murderess they all know she is.

Looking for a fresh start in life, Riley spies on, stalks and eventually worms herself into a relationship with an unsuspecting lady in an adjacent building. A friend from the world of affluence and freedom, not the same Section 8 block of flats she is relegated to reside in. However, as the title so aptly points out, there is one thing that Riley doesn’t know, and it could cost her the one thing she has left: her life.

Kaufman has written a creepy little novel that won’t let you stop reading. I devoured it in four hours, so if you’re looking for the perfect in-flight read or have an evening to spare, read it all. You may have a hard time falling to sleep afterwards, but you won’t be disappointed.