The Woman on the Ledge

I recommended this British standalone mystery to Tara on episode 425 of WSIRN as a plotty thriller, for fans of an intricately paced story where the character's motivations are important to the story. In the opening pages, a woman falls to her death from a fancy high-rise bank. Another woman on the scene is arrested for her murder. As readers, we're watching this unfold, convinced she's innocent of the crime. And yet, it becomes clear to the detective on the case (and readers) that she's hiding something. She seems to be protecting someone, but we don't know who. Something weird is happening and we don't know what it is; it doesn't make sense, but she's not guilty. As the story progresses, we bring in more characters and visit different timelines in the highly textured London setting, we slowly come to see what really happened, and more importantly, why. This is great on audio, narrated by Annabel Scholey.