Before You Were Anne by Jean, Emiko
Before You Were Anne by Jean, Emiko

Before You Were Anne

After a woman is killed and her daughter vanishes, detective Chelsey Calhoun uncovers a legacy of violence...
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Author: Emiko Jean
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Before You Were Anne by Jean, Emiko

Before You Were Anne

$34.80
Before You Were Anne by Jean, Emiko

Before You Were Anne

$34.80
Author: Emiko Jean
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
After a woman is killed and her daughter vanishes, detective Chelsey Calhoun uncovers a legacy of violence and survival that spans from Japan to Seattle in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Return of Ellie Black.

A murdered woman. A missing daughter. A truth buried across two continents.

Married, pregnant, and thriving in her career, Detective Chelsey Calhoun's life finally feels whole, until an explosive new case shatters everything. A mother is dead. Her sixteen-year-old daughter, Naomi, has disappeared. And the search will awaken questions about Chelsey's own origins--questions she's spent a lifetime afraid to ask.

The victim called herself Anne Walker. But she was born Rika Takahashi, and her journey from a remote Japanese farm to suburban Seattle conceals decades of deception. Across Tokyo's shadowed underworld, an isolated Idaho town, and years of carefully constructed lies, Rika reinvented herself at every turn. But she was always running--from someone, or something.

Now, Chelsey must find Naomi before she becomes the next victim. But the deeper she delves into Rika's hidden life, the more she discovers: some secrets are worth killing for. And the most dangerous truths may be the ones closest to home.

Told in three interwoven voices, Before You Were Anne is a gripping suspense novel about the lies that bind families and the sins that echo across generations.

Author: Emiko Jean
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 09/01/2026
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.31w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9781668023969


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2026
Library Journal 08/01/2026 pg. 52

About the Author
Emiko Jean is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult and adult fiction, including Love Me Tomorrow and Love Me Always. Her work has been published around the world and translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Washington with her family.
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