What You Did

What You Did

by Claire McGowan

4.1 (71,991)

4.1 stars from 71,991 reviews. One of the highest rated Contemporary Fiction books we track.

282 pages~4.7 hr readPublished by Thomas & MercerPublished 2019-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

  • You love unreliable narrators and stories where you genuinely can't guess who's telling the truth until the final pages.
  • You're drawn to books that expose the ugliness lurking beneath the surface of long friendships and happy marriages.
  • You enjoyed Big Little Lies or The Woman in Cabin 10 and want that same page-turning tension with a university friend group twist.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You prefer mysteries where the puzzle is entirely logical and solvable with careful attention; this one hinges on human psychology and hidden histories.
  • You need lighter reads without intense scenes of trauma or assault at the emotional core.
  • You want resolution that ties up every loose end neatly; this prioritises character truth over neat plotting.

About this book

Six university friends reunite after twenty years for what should be a perfect gathering. Ali, the host, has built the life she envisioned—a successful career and a family with her college boyfriend, now husband Mike. The evening takes a devastating turn when Ali's best friend Karen stumbles in from the garden, bleeding and traumatized, claiming she has been assaulted by Mike. Ali faces an immediate crisis: whom should she believe? Mike denies the accusation and offers a conflicting account of events. With one of them clearly lying, Ali must determine the truth while the situation spirals into chaos. As she grapples with the present crisis, Ali is forced to reconsider the group's university years—a time she had remembered as golden. She begins to recall darker memories from that era, ones that have remained buried for decades. Someone, it seems, would go to great lengths to keep those memories hidden.

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Currently around #42K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Climbing the charts — 29% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.1★ from 71,991 reviews

Gaining approximately 276 new reviews per month. Reader interest is accelerating. Rating has remained stable at 4.1 over the tracking period.

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