I Have Some Questions For You: ´A perfect crime´ NEW YORKER

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A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane has chosen to forget her troubled past, including a family tragedy, her unhappy years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder of classmate Thalia Keith. The case, which led to the conviction of the school's athletics coach, Omar Evans, has become a topic of online fascination, but Bodie prefers to leave it behind. However, when invited back to teach a two-week course at The Granby School, she feels compelled to revisit the case and its troubling inconsistencies. Did the rush to convict Omar overlook other potential suspects? As Bodie delves deeper, she begins to question her own memories and connections to the events of 1995, realizing she may not have been the outsider she believed herself to be. This novel is both a captivating mystery and a poignant exploration of one woman's confrontation with her past. Renowned author Rebecca Makkai showcases her talent for reinvention in this compelling narrative, marking her as one of the most significant contemporary American writers.