Spotlight of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

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A LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS

JENNIE GODFREY

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A brilliant, moving coming-of-age story about a young girl named Miv on a quest to uncover the identity of the killer terrorizing her town.

But her search for the truth uncovers secrets much closer to home than she realized.

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December 30, 2025

Sourcebooks Landmark

Trade Paperback

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PRAISE FOR A LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS:

"What could be more magical than a writer who can flip from hilarity to darkness and back on the same page? Jennie Godfrey does this and more...in a voice that is as authentic as it is unforgettable."―Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

“Godfrey exceeds brilliantly in fitting a gripping and moving story in the interstices of a horrific episode in recent history, without ever trivializing, taking focus from, or minimizing the lasting
impact of the original crimes.—The Guardian

“A touching paean to lost innocence and the comfort of friendships.―The Times

“Heartbreaking […] a superlative coming-of-age story.”—Mail on Sunday

“Such a fresh and interesting voice. You’ll cry and you won’t be able to stop reading.”―Marian Keyes, international bestselling author of Watermelon

“The List of Suspicious Things somehow manages to be heartwarming yet heartbreaking, a story of innocence lost that will make you feel innocent again, and beautifully nostalgic while being an unflinching portrait of the past. I loved it.”—Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching

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ABOUT A LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS:

“We’ll make a list. A list of all the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then… we’ll investigate them.”

Twelve-year-old Miv is panicking. Life has been complicated since her mom got sick, and 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. Young women are dying, everyone is afraid, and no one knows who the culprit might be.

But as far as Miv is concerned, 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

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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.

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