THE NIGHT BEFORE
By Wendy Walker
What a great, edge-of-your-seat, twisty thriller! I read this in almost one sitting because I couldn’t put it down; I just had to find out what was going on!
After a bad break-up, Laura has moved in with her sister and brother-in-law, and she at last gathers her courage to try dating again. She ventures out on a date with an older man she meets through an online dating site. Her insecurities are strong, not just because of her recent break-up, but because of past traumas that she has been holding onto since childhood. She takes a chance and goes on the date anyway…and disappears. Knowing about her traumatic past, her sister Rosie and brother-in-law Joe, and childhood friend Gabe suspect the worst and try desperately to find her. Through all of this, the author leads the reader down one road and then another, always tantalizing us with details from the past as well as the present.
This novel was quite the page turner, and I was kept guessing throughout as to what was going to happen – my favorite kind of thriller. Well-written, highly readable and thoroughly enjoyable!
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Reviewed October 2018
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