Everyone who can forgive me is dead

"What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true? Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve--events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"--though Charlie knows she was much more than that. Now, Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life: She's the editor-in-chief of a major magazine, engaged to the golden child of the publishing industry, and hell-bent on never, ever letting her guard down again. But when a buzzy film made by one of Charlie's former classmates threatens to shatter everything she's worked for, Charlie realizes how much she's changed in nine years. Now, she's not going to let anything--not even the people she once loved most--get in her way"--

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What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true?

Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve--events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"--though Charlie knows she was much more than that.

Now, Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life: She's the editor-in-chief of a major magazine, engaged to the golden child of the publishing industry, and hell-bent on never, ever letting her guard down again. But when a buzzy film made by one of Charlie's former classmates threatens to shatter everything she's worked for, Charlie realizes how much she's changed in nine years. Now, she's not going to let anything--not even the people she once loved most--get in her way.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Hollander treads familiar ground with her so-so debut thriller about the discovery of dark secrets pertaining to a campus tragedy. Nine years ago, a mysterious event dubbed "Scarlet Christmas" by the press left six journalism graduate students in New York City "in serious or critical condition." Three died at the hospital, including Cate Anderson, whose twin, Stephanie, was the first to discover the victims. In the present day, Stephanie, now a popular TV news anchor, plans to make a feature film about the tragedy timed to its 10-year anniversary. The announcement of her plans alarms narrator Charlotte Colbert, a Manhattan magazine editor who was present for the violence but doesn't remember exactly what happened. All she knows is that she was not a victim on that fatal night, and that she's fearful of what renewed focus on the case might turn up. Hollander doles out details about the central incident gradually, misdirecting even savvy readers as the truth about Scarlet Christmas comes to light. Unfortunately, the characterizations are thin and the reveals don't land with the force they're meant to. There's not enough here to set this apart from the pack. (Feb.)

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Thirty-two-year-old Brit Charlotte "Charlie" Colbert seems to have it all. She's the editor in chief at the Sunday supplement of a prestigious newspaper and resides in a stunning townhouse in New York with her gorgeous, wealthy fiancé. But Charlie is still haunted by the tragic multiple stabbing she survived at her prestigious journalism school nine years ago. Several of her classmates weren't so fortunate. Charlie has repressed her memories of the night, and she's horrified when she learns that a former classmate turned high-powered journalist is planning to produce a movie based on the murders. Charlie will go to any lengths to stop it, especially once her memories start to come back in therapy, leading her to fear she might bear some serious responsibility for the bloodshed. Though Hollander's debut at times stretches credibility in terms of Charlie's complete ignorance of the aftermath of the tragedy, it's an undeniable page-turner, and readers will be eager to find out both what happened the night of the attack and just how far Charlie will go to hide her possible complicity.

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