I Know She Was There

A 2025 IPPY Award Gold Medal Winner

“An impressive and thrilling debut . . . “ —Carter Wilson, USA Today bestselling author of The Father She Went to Find

“Twisty and compelling . . .” —Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching

Be careful what you see when you shouldn’t be looking.

Residents of the posh Upstate New York neighborhood of Deer Crossing enjoy all the amenities wealth provides. From drive-up dog-grooming to monthly botox parties, these lucky suburbanites have everything they could ever want. And one thing they don’t. Stalker Caroline Case, who wheels her infant along their streets each night with just one goal…to spy on anyone too careless or too foolish to close their window blinds.

Convinced the owners of the impressive homes are living a dream existence, the troubled new mom hopes to escape her working-class life by prying secrets from the unsuspecting. But the fairy tale twists into a nightmare when she sees something she shouldn’t. Something that shatters her illusions about the people in the privileged community she’s obsessed with, even as she begins to doubt what she saw.

As Caroline investigates the event, shocking secrets are laid bare, and nothing is as it seems. She knows she must prove something sinister occurred in Deer Crossing or risk letting someone get away with murder.

For fans of The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn, The Breakdown by B. A. Paris, and The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

Author Biography

Before publishing her domestic suspense I Know She Was There with CamCat Books, Jennifer Sadera was a copywriter at book publisher NAL, a magazine editor at Redbook, Woman’s World, and Beauty Digest, a freelance writer, and blogger. She attended the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Conference on fellowship, twice won Best Manuscript Sample at Atlanta Writers’ Conference, and was selected to participate in International Thriller Writers’ new Thriller-tique author critique group. She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.

When not writing, Jennifer can be found reading, gardening, traveling, or laughing at the antics of her two kids and husband, “the funniest people I know!” Reach out to Jennifer on Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, and Facebook. You can also leave her a message on her website, www.Jennifersadera.com.