The List of Suspicious Things: A Novel

For readers of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Dear Edward, The List of Suspicious Things is a dark but ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young girl, her best friend, a serial killer, and the mysteries of a small town.

"We’ll make a list. A list of all the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then... we’ll investigate them.”Miv is panicking. Life hasn’t been amazing since her mom got sick, but now her dad is talking about wanting to move their family away from the town Miv has lived in her whole life. Because of the murders.But leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn't an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv's mum stopped talking. Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a list: a list of all the suspicious people and things on their street. People they know. People they don't. But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighborhood, within their families—and between each other—than they ever thought possible. What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?

About the Author

JENNIE GODFREY was raised in West Yorkshire and her debut novel, The List of Suspicious Things, is inspired by her childhood there in the 1970s. Jennie is from a mill-working family, but as the first of the generation born after the mills closed, she went to university and built a career in the corporate world. In 2020 she left and began to write. She is now a writer and part-time Waterstones bookseller and lives in the Somerset countryside.