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Bodie Kane is returning to her former high school to teach classes in film history and podcasting for a special two-week course. When one of her students decides to make the murder of Thalia, Bodie’s former roommate, the subject of their project, Bodie is sucked back into the same mystery that haunted the end of her high school career. A man named Omar Evans was convicted of the crime, but now Bodie wonders if he’s actually at fault.

As her students mull over the case, Bodie finds herself engulfed by memories from visiting her favorite spots around campus. If that wasn’t enough, her estranged husband is accused of sexual misconduct, and Bodie finds herself sucked into the resulting Twitter storm.

I Have Some Questions for You contains an incredible number of different narrative threads that could have easily become far too entangled. However, Makkai carefully weaves her story with an intense attention to details, sticking the landing and ending on the perfect note.

I enjoyed The Great Believers, her previous novel, but I LOVED I Have Some Questions for You, which, in my opinion, is Makkai at her best. With the novel’s narrative, the author is looking at some big questions around America’s obsession with true crime. I especially appreciated her commentary on the role of social media in matters of cases that have huge true crime followings. But Makkai doesn’t tie up her plot points with neat little bows. She challenges readers to come to their own conclusions.

Audiobook narrator superstar, Julia Whelan, performs the audiobook. She’s so good I would have listened to the audiobook purely based on the fact that she narrates the audio edition. But combined with Makkai’s excellent storytelling, Whelan’s performance is just the icing on the cake. Whatever way you choose to read this book, you are in for an incredible reading experience.