We Were Never Here Andrea Bartz

WE WERE NEVER HERE BY ANDREA BARTZ

Paperback published by Penguin Michael Joseph 21st July 2022

ISBN 9781405951944

Pages 400

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A dream holiday has deadly consequences when two friends must cover up a murder. But when they arrive home, the nightmare really begins.

On holiday in Chile, with her best friend Kristen, Emily is having the time of her life. Until, one night, she finds their hotel suit covered in blood. Kirsten claimed the backpacker attacked her. She shouted, but no one heard. She struggled, but he was too strong.

She had no option but to kill him. And with no evidence of the assault, Emily must help her hide the body.

Emily tries to move on. But before long, the walls to close in on their cover-up-and Emily asks herself can she really trust her closest friend?

MY REVIEW

Two girls very different like chalk and cheese. Emily had dated one boyfriend, who was the first guy that she had ever dated, she suffered from panic attacks, and nightmares.

Kirsten, had never had a boyfriend in all the time Emily had known her, but Kirsten was the type of girl that was charming and could talk to anybody.

Kirsten and Emily are well travelled girls, and this time they travelled to Chile. But this turns out to be one of their worst vacations ever.

In Phnom Penh, Cambodia they meet a South African backpacker, who they give false names to. It was something they had done in college, giving false name to someone knowing they would never see them again.

But Emily and Kirsten kill the backpacker in self-defense. After they had read about Amanda Knox, they were both frightened that they could be put in a Cambodian jail, and be accused of murder. So what are Emily and Kirsten going to do with the body? Their conclusion is a twister.

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About author Andrea Bartz

Andrea Bartz is a Brooklyn based journalist and author of The Lost Night and The Herd. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Martha Stewart Living, redbook, Ellie and many other outlets, and she’s held editorial positions at Glamour, Psychology Today and Self, among other publications.

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I would like to thank Penguin Michael Joseph for sending me a printed paperback and for inviting me to review this book 💙