Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman is a captivating thriller that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. The novel is Reese Witherspoon’s final book club pick of 2023. The story revolves around three high school friends who go on vacation to Greece, but only two of them come back. The media automatically cast the remaining girls as murderers, and it tears their life apart. The novel then fast-forwards to present day, where one of the women, Joni, has used this event in her past to make herself a self-help guru, and the other, Bess, has done everything to hide away from it. But then there’s a new murder, and it might just be the thing that brings them back together and confront what happened all those years ago in their past.
According to SheKnows, the novel is a “compulsive thriller” that reads like true crime and had Reese Witherspoon guessing until the very end. The novel has received positive reviews from readers, who have praised the characters’ depth and complexity.
The audiobook version of the novel is available on audiobooks.com, Audible, and Amazon. The audiobook is narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya and lasts for 11 hours.
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