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Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman is a literary thriller focusing on female friendship that alternates between 2008 and 2018. The story follows Bess, Joni, and Evangeline, whose celebratory trip to Greece ends in tragedy when Evangeline falls to her death. Joni and Bess are initially blamed, leading to intense media scrutiny. Years later, Bess reexamines her past as Joni becomes implicated in another deadly incident. Descriptions of death and references to suicide are present in the story.