I Came Back for You - by Kate White (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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.

(c) 2026 by Kate White, all rights reserved.

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Praise for I Came Back for You

"This is as much a guessing game for the reader as it is for Bree Winter, a classic whodunnit blended with White's brand of character-driven psychological thriller. White's fans will love it, and it's a perfect introduction to this fine writer for those who haven't checked her out yet." --Booklist

"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

"Ways to Find Yourself is, at its core, a love story between a mother and daughter, and a moving portrait of the ways grief binds and transforms us. Angela Brown writes with tenderness and wonder about the ways love can reach across time, memory, and loss to guide us home. A beautiful meditation on who we were and who we might still become. I loved every page." --Rachel Del Grosso, author of Eleanor & Sam