The Night Before
‘A dazzling hall-of-mirrors thriller' AJ Finn
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Ferociously smart.' AJ Finn
'Another page-turning cracker' BA Paris
FIRST DATES CAN BE MURDER...
Laura has never been lucky in love. She falls too hard and too fast, always choosing the wrong men. Devastated by the end of her last relationship, she fled her apartment for her sister's home in the suburb where they both grew up. Though still haunted by the tragedy that's defined her entire life, Laura is determined to take one more chance on love with a man she's met on an Internet dating site.
Rosie has spent most of her life worrying about her troubled sister. Laura's return, under mysterious circumstances, has cast a shadow over Rosie's peaceful life with her husband and young son - a shadow that grows darker as Laura leaves the house for her blind date.
When Laura doesn't return home the following morning, Rosie fears the worst. She's not responding to calls or texts, and she's left no information about the man she planned to meet. As Rosie begins a desperate search to find her sister, she is not just worried about what this man might have done to Laura. She's worried about what Laura may have done to him...
'Riveting.' Riley Sager
'Addictive.' Liv Constantine
'Wonderfully tense.' Aimee Molloy
'Irresistible.' Mary Kubica
'Impossible to put down.' Megan Miranda
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Financial analyst Laura Lochner, the narrator of this devilishly plotted if intermittently heavy-handed psychological thriller from Walker (Emma in the Night), has a disastrous track record with men dating back to the murder of her first boyfriend in circumstances sufficiently murky that she fled her hometown and created a new identity for herself. A devastating recent break-up has prompted her to take a leave from her job in Manhattan and move in with her sister, Rosie, and Rosie's family in suburban Connecticut. Three weeks after the move, Laura fails to return to Rosie's house after her first date with a man she met online. When the police treat the disappearance as less than urgent, it's up to Rosie, husband Joe and their lifelong best friend, Gabe, to track her down. A frantic race against the clock ensues. While the psychoanalysis of the roots of Laura's feelings of unlovability can get tedious, Walker excels at exploiting multiple timelines and ample misdirection to maximize the suspense of her twist-filled tale. Readers will be eager to see what she comes up with next.
