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Simon Kemper is on the up and up–he’s out of rehab, and his band is gaining moderate success around Berlin. But out of the corner of his eye and over his shoulder, he’s always aware of her. The stalker. She’s at every show, no matter what city. She sends hundreds of postcards to his label. Worst of all, she acts like she knows him. Like she owns him.
When the stalker disappears at one of his shows, Simon is the prime suspect. Initially an effort to clear his name, his search for July quickly becomes a deeper psychological quest: to prove that his fears were warranted? That she couldn’t have given up her obsession that easily?
The threads of July’s disappearance turn out to be tangled into every corner of Simon’s life: a trusted band member, a tenuous new love interest, a resentful ex, and the self he’s supposedly left behind. Narcissistic, insecure, and consummately relatable, Simon is the anti-hero of his own life—trying to want to be better; hoping that’s enough.
“While the mystery of July and the steps to know her reality make an exciting story, Kat Hausler’s more essential achievement is the creation of a character with the complexity of Simon Kemper.” – Walter Cummins, California Review of Books
“Simon is the flawed anti-hero we can’t help but empathize with—an imperfect soul striving to leave behind a troubled past and forge a better future. His vulnerabilities and insecurities make him utterly relatable, while the suspenseful plot keeps readers guessing at every turn.” – Big Indie Books
“If I only had five words to tell you what I know about Kat Hausler’s What I Know About July, they would be: You need to read it.” – Sarah Edmonds, For Page & Screen
“For me, it was the characters that ran this show.” – Victoria Bucknell, Books by Your Bedside
