What Remains of Me, Alison Gaylin
What Remains of Me, Alison Gaylin
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What Remains of Me
A Novel

Author: Alison Gaylin

Narrator: Ann Marie Lee

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/23/2016


Synopsis

The USA Today bestselling author of the Brenna Spector series returns with her most ambitious book to date, a spellbinding novel of psychological suspense, set in the glamorous, wealthy world of Hollywood—a darkly imaginative and atmospheric tale of revenge and betrayal, presumed guilt and innocence lost, dirty secrets and family ties reminiscent of the bestsellers of Laura Lippman, Gillian Flynn, and Harlan Coben.Nobody’s perfect. Everybody’s got a drawer somewhere with something hidden in it.On June 28, 1980—the hottest night of the year—Kelly Michelle Lund shoots and kills Oscar-nominated director John McFadden at a party in his home. . . . And instantly becomes a media sensation, her chilling smile fodder for national nightmares. For years, speculation swirls over the enigmatic seventeen-year-old’s motives, information she’s refused to share. Convicted of the murder, she loses her youth and her freedom—but keeps her secrets to herself.Thirty years later—and five years after her release from prison—the past has come back to haunt Kelly. Her father-in-law, movie legend Sterling Marshall, is found in a pool of blood in his home in the Hollywood Hills—dead from a shot to the head, just like his old friend John McFadden.Once again, Kelly is suspected of the high profile murder. But this time, she’s got some unexpected allies who believe she’s innocent—of both killings—and want to help her clear her name. But is she?Written with masterful precision and control, What Remains of Me brilliantly moves forward and back in time, playing out the murders side by side—interweaving subtle connections and peeling away layers of events to reveal the shocking truth.

About Alison Gaylin

Alison Gaylin is the USA Today and international bestselling author of thirteen books, including the stand-alones The Collective and If I Die Tonight (winner of the Edgar Award) and the Brenna Spector series: And She Was (winner of the Shamus Award), Into the Dark, and Stay With Me. Nominated for the Edgar four times, she has also been a finalist for numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Strand Book Award and the ITW Thriller, Macavity and Anthony Awards. She lives with her husband in Woodstock, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on February 29, 2016

When Kelly Lund was seventeen years old she shot and killed director John McFadden. She went to prison and served thirty years. Where our story picks up, she has been out for five years and lives with her husband Shane. When Kelly’s father-in-law gets murdered in the exact same way John McFadden did......more

Goodreads review by Miriam on March 23, 2017

"People don't need to know you're a murderer. They just need to think you could be....." Not until you finish this highly captivating and atmospheric book that you realise the true meaning to that blurb sentence. "What Remains Of Me" by Alison Gaylin is a highly entertaining and absorbing thriller tha......more

Goodreads review by Will on May 17, 2020

It isn’t what you do that makes you lose people, she reminded herself. It’s what they think you’ve done.What they think 17-year-old Kelly Michelle Lund did was shoot famed Hollywood director John McFadden dead. And they thought it strongly enough that she would spend the next 25 years of her li......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on September 20, 2017

Seventeen-year-old Kelly Michelle Lund shot and killed director John McFadden at a party 30 years ago. Kelly is now living with her husband, Shane Marshall, after being released from prison five years earlier. But then her father-in-law gets shot in the same way as John McFadden was shot and the pub......more

Goodreads review by Mihaela on January 22, 2025

Am ales cartea doar pentru că mi s-a părut interesant subiectul, dar mă bucur că am riscat. Uciderea cu sânge rece a unei legende de la Hollywood scoate la iveala secrete atât de adânc îngropate care distrug viața și visurile celor implicați. Autoarea chiar a creeat o atmosferă și o poveste tipică H......more