Caroline Strange is a successful Brooklyn psychiatrist and will be the first to tell you she is very good at what she does.  She is married to an artist and has two sons and they all call her "Doctor".  Don't ask.  She also has her patients call her Dr. Caroline.  This works, usually.  She'll also be the first to tell you she and her family have a good life, one that she pays for. She is well-coiffed, beautifully dressed and well-toned.  It costs money and takes effort to look like this, but she doesn't mind.  Always in control and intuitive, her life runs smoothly until a new patient tells her he is going to kill someone and that he knows who she is. Caroline does have a tragedy in her past, but it is not a secret. What does this man think he knows and who is he going to kill? Circumstances quickly develop that cast Caroline into the role of a suspect in a kidnapping case.  Of course, she feels she is the only one competent enough to find the true culprit.  This is exactly what she sets off to do and she finds her control of her life only goes so far.

TELL ME WHO YOU ARE, by Louisa Luna, is told mainly in Caroline's voice and her tone is conversational.  She is a confident and competent person who is certain she can help you and she tells you this.  Is she arrogant?  Oh, yes. She is witty and her mind is razor-sharp.  She is a woman with a past that was once publicized.  Even though the tragedy occurred years ago, there are things that no one knows about.  No one but Caroline. Carefully intertwined with the present is the past.  During this time we meet Caroline as a thirteen-year-old, along with her troubled neighbors.

The author has skillfully crafted a propulsive psychological thriller with a truly unique protagonist.  There is certainly nothing predictable about the well-plotted narrative.  I found TELL ME WHO YOU ARE to be exciting and immersive. Highly recommended.