I’m thrilled to have stumbled upon you, Lisa Jewell! Without your novels, my reading goal for the year would have been as lost as my keys on a Monday morning.

I Found You is truly one of her masterpieces, in the format that I’m beginning to embrace. Just like some of her previous work, this novel unfurls from three distinct perspectives, all converging to weave a captivating tale.

What is ‘I Found You’ by Lisa Jewell about?

In 1993, Graham ‘Gray’ and his younger sister Kirsty, are vacationing together with their parents in Ridinghouse Bay for the summer. His alarm bells go off however, when 15 year old Kirsty is being pursued by an older boy. Gray struggles to articulate his concerns to his family but he cannot shake the feeling that there is darkness surrounding the 18 year old Mark.

Lily’s husband is missing. After 2 weeks of blissful marriage and her new life in tis home country, England, Carl is nowhere to be found. Without any friends to ask for help and with her family back in the Ukraine, Lily does the only logical thing and officially reports her husband missing. When the investigation starts, it does not take long for the police to determine that Carl’s passport is a fake and there is in fact no Carl Monrose, leaving Lily with one, big question, ‘Who did she actually marry’?

Alice lives a chaotic life. She always has. With children and three dogs, her house is in a state of disarray and becomes even more so after she invites a stranger to live with them. She found the man she calls ‘Frank’ sitting on the beach, with his memory missing. Determined to help him recover it, Alice incorporates him into her day to day life but will she be able to let him go after she learns who he really is?

Jewell’s classic is a three-way point of view and a lot of name-dropping. But it is another one that works well! The story is gripping, that’s a fact. It unravels in a satisfying manner, it creates suspense well, keeping the reader intrigued.

Who is Frank? How does Carl fit into the story? Are the two one and the same person? What happened over 20 years ago in Ridinghouse Bay?

I think you’ll have to read it to find out!