I Came Back For You
- Judith D Collins
- Jan 7
- 3 min read
By: Kate White
Narrator: Sarah Naughton
Brilliance Audio
ISBN: 9781662533976
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication Date: 03/01/2026
Format: e-book & audio
My Rating: TBR
A mother begins to challenge everything she’s been told about her daughter’s murder in a shocking novel of suspense by a New York Times bestselling author.
Ten years after her daughter, Melanie, was murdered, Bree Winter is finally moving on with a new love, a new home, and a new beginning. Then a deathbed confession from the convicted killer throws Bree’s life into a tailspin all over again. He readily confesses to murdering four girls. But not Melanie.
At first, Bree and her ex-husband don’t buy a word of it. Until inconsistencies about the crime emerge. So does the dreadful feeling that the monster who shattered Bree’s family isn’t lying. The only way she can get to the truth is to power through the trauma and return to the town in upstate New York where Melanie’s life came to a brutal end.
Bree will do anything to find justice for her daughter and finish this nightmare forever. Instead, it’s just beginning. Not only could the real killer still be in their midst, but as Bree begins to dig through Melanie’s past, what she discovers calls into question everything she has believed—about the crime and about Melanie herself.
Praise
“I Came Back for You is an elegant and gripping whodunit as much as it is a moving deep dive into love, grief, and a mother’s search for justice. Kate White brings her formidable talent to bear in this haunting, unputdownable novel. I read it in one sitting and can’t stop thinking about it.” ―Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Close Your Eyes and Count to 10
“In I Came Back for You, Kate White delivers a quietly explosive mystery about a daughter’s final days through the eyes of a mother desperate to understand the daughter she lost. Bree returns to the place she hoped never to see again, chasing answers about her daughter’s death―and the version of the young woman she never got to fully know. What follows is a taut, deeply felt whodunit filled with grief, reckoning, and painful truths that come to light only when it’s too late to ask the questions. A five-star story that lingers.”
―Kimberly Belle, international bestselling author of The Expat Affair
“A heartbreaking premise, a deeply emotional story, and an intense ride through one mother’s nightmare, I Came Back for You is a whip-smart thriller from the amazing Kate White. With characters so alive they leap off the page, the story is sharp, sophisticated, and full of intrigue. A fabulous read from the unsettling opening to the explosive end.”
―J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Last Seen
“Utterly compelling. I Came Back for You is the kind of story that just keeps building with every flip of the page. I couldn’t stop reading.”
―Chad Zunker, Amazon Charts bestselling author of In His Wake
About the Author
Kate White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nineteen novels of suspense, including the stand-alone thrillers The Last Time She Saw Him, Between Two Strangers, The Second Husband, and the Bailey Weggins mysteries. A former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan for fourteen years, Kate decided to pursue another passion: writing suspense fiction. Her first mystery, If Looks Could Kill, was a Kelly Ripa Book Club pick, a #1 Amazon bestseller, and an instant New York Times bestseller. She has been nominated for an International Thriller Writers Award, and her books have been published in over thirty countries. Kate is an avid traveler and spends each winter with her husband at their home in Uruguay. She holds an honorary doctorate of letters from her alma mater, Union College, where she gave the 2022 commencement address. For more information, visit www.katewhite.com.
