What Has Become of You

About this book

What if a teachers most promising pupil is also her most dangerous? A tautly plotted psychological thriller as intelligent as it is mesmerizing What Has Become of You follows Vera Lundy an aspiring crime writer and master of self-deprecation who like many adults has survived adolescence but hasnt entirely overcome it. When she agrees to fill in for a private school English teacher on maternity leave teaching The Catcher in the Rye to privileged girls Vera feels in over her head. The students are on edge too due to the recent murder of a local girl close to their age. Enter Jensen Willard. At fifteen shes already a gifted writer but also self-destructive and eerily reminiscent of Veras younger self. As the two outcasts forge a tentative bond a sense of menace enfolds their small New England town. When another student new to the country is imperiled by her beliefs Vera finds herself in the vortex of dangerand suspicion. With the threat of a killer at large the disappearance of her increasingly worri-some pupil and her own professional reputation at stake Vera must thread her way among what is right by the law by her students and by herself. In this poignant page-turner populated with beguiling characters and sharp social insights coming-of-age can happen no matter how old you are.