I Have Some Questions For You – Rebecca Makkai

A successful podcaster returns to her New Hampshire boarding school to teach a two-week class, becoming drawn to the unanswered questions surrounding the death of her former roommate.  Falling down the rabbit hole, she teams up with two students, who started a podcast on the story for their class project, to dig deeper into the case, hoping to find enough evidence to spur a new trial.  When a hunch leads to a big break in the case, they get a hearing to argue for a new trial and may have actually identified the real killer, but will that be enough?

Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You came to my attention after being nominated for Best Mystery & Thriller in the Goodreads Choice Awards.  I liked the concept, but the execution was a little lacking.  The ending could have been tightened up a bit and, overall, there was a lot of superfluous fat that padded out the story with no real benefit to the overall tale.  This was my first experience with Makkai’s work and I’m not sure when. or if, I’ll get back to it.