And She Was: A Breathtaking Crime Thriller About Perfect Memory, a Haunted Investigator, and a Missing Child (Brenna Spector Novel, 1)

And She Was: A Breathtaking Crime Thriller About Perfect Memory, a Haunted Investigator, and a Missing Child (Brenna Spector Novel, 1)

“A deftly plotted, completely involving novel with one of the most memorable protagonists to come along in years.” —Laura Lippman “Label me a big fan.” —Harlan Coben Edgar® Award nominated author Alison Gaylin is rapidly becoming a major player in the thriller game. A breathtaking novel of suspense, Gaylin’s And She Was introduces a remarkable new protagonist: Brenna Spector, a missing persons investigator afflicted with Hyperthymestic Syndrome, a rare disorder that enables her to remember every moment of every day of her life. A twisting mystery, both chilling and surprising, And She Was sets the haunted investigator on the trail of a missing child who vanished more than a decade earlier—a case with disturbing echoes in Brenna’s own scrupulously remembered past. Discover what Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardener, Laura Lippman, and other masters of suspense and crime fiction have already learned: Alison Gaylin is one of the best! “A fresh new talent.” - Perri O’Shaughnessy “[Gaylin’s books] will blow your mind.” - Lisa Gardner “A deftly plotted, completely involving novel with one of the most memorable protagonists to come along in years. Brenna Spector is tough, loyal, and canny -- and that’s just in her day-to-day life as the mother of an adolescent.” - Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author “The perfect storm; a serious talent hits on a great idea and sparks a wonderful new character we’ll follow anywhere. One of my favorite writers raises the bar--again.” - Lee Child “Deftly plotted...with one of the most memorable protagonists to come along in years.” - Laura Lippman “Label me a big fan.” - Harlan Coben On a summer afternoon in 1998, six-year-old Iris Neff walked away from a barbecue in her small suburban town . . . and vanished. Missing persons investigator Brenna Spector has a rare neurological disorder that enables her to recall every detail of every day of her life. A blessing and a curse, it began in childhood, when her older sister stepped into a strange car never to be seen again, and it’s proven invaluable in her work. But it hasn’t helped her solve the mystery that haunts her above all others—and it didn’t lead her to little Iris. When a local woman, Carol Wentz, disappears eleven years later, Brenna uncovers bizarre connections between the missing woman, the long-gone little girl . . . and herself. 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.