All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien

就让他去吧。这是Ky Tran将永远后悔的话。当她的父母打电话询问他们是否应该让她的弟弟Denny出去和朋友们庆祝他的高中毕业时，她说了这些话。那天晚上，丹尼–乐观的、无耻的、聪明的丹尼–在悉尼郊区卡布拉马塔的一家繁忙的餐馆里被残忍地杀害了，这个难民飞地面临着暴力犯罪、冷漠的警察部队和澳大利亚历史上最严重的海洛因疫情。

回到卡布拉马塔的家参加葬礼时，凯得知警察对丹尼的案子感到困惑：丹尼死时有十几个人在幸运8餐厅，但每个旁观者都声称什么都没看见。

凯急切地希望了解发生的事情可以减轻她令人窒息的内疚感，她抛开悲痛，决定自己去追踪证人。每遇到一次，她就剥开塑造她和丹尼的地方的另一层皮，暴露出在那次致命的庆祝晚宴之前就已经埋下的暴力种子：殖民主义、越南战争，以及他们为生存所做的选择。

特蕾西-连的首部作品在凯的声音和目击者的视角之间交替出现，既让人心潮澎湃，又让人痛心疾首，它通过一个令人难忘的人物阵容来探究友谊、家庭和社区的错综复杂的联系，所有这些都因一场毁灭性的犯罪而联系起来。结合了令人回味的家庭剧和扣人心弦的悬念，《一切尽在不言中》是一部深刻而动人的翻页之作，非常适合莉兹-摩尔、布里特-班尼特和塞莱斯特-吴的读者。

For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother’s shocking murder, determined to discover what happened–a dramatic exploration of the intricate bonds and obligations of friendship, family, and community.

Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny–optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny–is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst heroin epidemic in Australian history.

Returning home to Cabramatta for the funeral, Ky learns that the police are stumped by Denny’s case: a dozen people were at Lucky 8 restaurant when Denny died, but each of the bystanders claim to have seen nothing.

Desperately hoping that understanding what happened might ease her suffocating guilt, Ky sets aside her grief and determines to track down the witnesses herself. With each encounter, she peels back another layer of the place that shaped her and Denny, exposing the seeds of violence that were planted well before that fateful celebration dinner: by colonialism, by the war in Vietnam, and by the choices they’ve all made to survive.

Alternating between Ky’s voice and the perspectives of the witnesses, Tracey Lien’s extraordinary debut is at once heart-pounding and heart-rending as it probes the intricate bonds of friendship, family, and community through an unforgettable cast of characters, all connected by a devastating crime. Combining evocative family drama and gripping suspense, All That’s Left Unsaid is a profound and moving page turner, perfect for readers of Liz Moore, Brit Bennett, and Celeste Ng.