5-STAR REVIEW: I KNOW SHE WAS THERE by Jennifer Sadera

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About The Book

Publication Date: November 12, 2024

Be careful what you see when you shouldn’t be looking.

Residents of the posh Upstate New York neighborhood of Deer Crossing enjoy all the amenities wealth provides. From drive-up dog-grooming to monthly botox parties, these lucky suburbanites have everything they could ever want. And one thing they don’t. Stalker Caroline Case, who wheels her infant along their streets each night with just one goal…to spy on anyone too careless or too foolish to close their window blinds.

Convinced the owners of the impressive homes are living a dream existence, the troubled new mom hopes to escape her working-class life by prying secrets from the unsuspecting. But the fairy tale twists into a nightmare when she sees something she shouldn’t. Something that shatters her illusions about the people in the privileged community she’s obsessed with, even as she begins to doubt what she saw.

As Caroline investigates the event, shocking secrets are laid bare, and nothing is as it seems. She knows she must prove something sinister occurred in Deer Crossing or risk letting someone get away with murder.

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The Review

Caroline Case enjoys evening strolls in an upscale neighborhood, teasing about what her life should have been.

Told in first person, I Know She Was There takes readers on an unusual journey as Caroline sees a woman in an upstairs window covered in blood. Author Jennifer Sadera uses this as a framework for a thriller packed with twists.

Caroline’s struggle as a new mother unfolds alongside the news that her husband has left. Her efforts to cope, not only with the personal struggles but also the shock of what she saw, illustrates a certain sense of fragility.

The author carefully builds the characters and orchestrates the action to lead up to a shocking twist. It is well worth wading through the trenches of Caroline’s emotions in order to see all the pieces fall into place.

I Know She Was There represents an author’s ability to build something completely unexpected and make it work.

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About The Author Jennifer Sadera began her writing career just out of college as a junior copywriter at book publisher NAL before transitioning to the editorial departments of national women’s magazines Woman’s World, Redbook, and Beauty Digest. She’d already established herself as a freelance writer and blogger when she decided to follow her true passion: creating novels. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime; her writing has earned her multiple awards at Atlanta Writers Conferences and a fellowship at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. I Know She Was There is Jennifer’s debut psychological suspense novel. When not writing, Jennifer can be found gardening, traveling, or reading anything she can get her hands on. She is blessed with CJ, her husband of many years, two adult children, Amanda and Ryan, and two adorable rescue grand dogs named Sunny and Moonie.