Nothing Can Hurt You

Nicola Maye Goldberg

Raven Books £12.99

On a wintry day in 1997, Sara is murdered by her boyfriend, Blake, in the woods that surround their upstate New York college. He confesses, pleads insanity and avoids a prison sentence. This unsettling, sinuous novel subtly explores the case’s fallout among those closest to it, from Blake’s future wife and his best friend to Sara’s young half-sister and the woman who discovered her body. With the passing years, all strive to find meaning.