The most wonderful book. Unusual beautiful feminist gripping deserves to win prizes. I
loved it so much.' Marian Keyes 'A brave and timely novel which will fuel the debate on women's
rights to walk safely through our streets. I raced through the pages anxious for resolution
yet at the same time not wanting this beautiful writing to finish.' Clare Mackintosh This is
not just another novel about a dead girl. When she arrived in New York on her 18th birthday
carrying nothing but $600 cash and a stolen camera Alice was looking for a fresh start. Now
just one month later she is the city's latest Jane Doe an unidentified murder victim. Ruby
Jones is also trying to start over she travelled halfway around the world only to find herself
lonelier than ever. Until she finds Alice Lee's body by the Hudson River. From this first
devastating encounter the two women form an unbreakable bond. Alice is sure that Ruby is the
key to solving the mystery of her life - and death. And Ruby - struggling to forget what she
saw that morning - finds herself unable to let Alice go. Not until she is given the ending she
deserves. Before You Knew My Name doesn't ask whodunnit. Instead this powerful hopeful novel
asks: Who was she? And what did she leave behind? The answers might surprise you. 'An
exquisitely written absolutely devastating novel which gives a voice to all the women who
never made it home.' Red 'I fell head over heels in love with this heartbreaking beautiful and
hugely important novel. Jacqueline Bublitz's prose is luminous and the up-all-night
just-one-more-page plot is brilliantly clever and original. Everyone should read this book.'
Rosie Walsh author of The Man Who Didn't Call
