The Lost Night
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A dazzling and addictive psychological thriller about memory, obsession, and the terrifying possibility that your darkest secret has been hiding in plain sight.
Once, Edie was the girl everyone wanted to be. Beautiful, reckless, magnetic, and impossible to resist, she ruled the glittering downtown New York party scene with her devoted circle at her side. Nights blurred into mornings in a haze of excess, glamour, and dangerous freedom — until one terrible night ended with Edie’s shocking suicide.
No one could explain why she did it. And no one wanted to look too closely.
Ten years later, the fractured group is brought back together by a chance reunion that forces Lindsay, Edie’s former best friend, to confront the memories she’s spent a decade trying to bury. Then a disturbing video from the night Edie died surfaces online, revealing glimpses of something far more sinister than anyone remembers.
As Lindsay becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth, she begins to question everything — her friendships, her past, and even her own role in what happened that night. Because memory can lie. Guilt can distort reality. And someone in their circle is still hiding the truth.
Dark, twisty, and utterly gripping, this suspenseful novel explores toxic friendships, blurred memories, and the devastating consequences of the lies we tell ourselves to survive.
‘Andrea Bartz casts a nostalgic, misty haze over this story about a meticulous-minded woman playing detective with her own life. If you’ve ever woken up unsure of what happened the night before and then proceeded to do it again…oh my, this is your book.’ Caroline Kepnes, bestselling author of You and Providence
‘Bartz has crafted a terrifying and delicious narrative in the vein of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins. A compulsively readable journey into the dark corners of memory.’ Jo Piazza, bestselling coauthor of The Knockoff
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's 2009, at the height of the recession, and Lindsay Bach, the narrator of Bartz's accomplished debut, and her friends hang out in the hipster haven of the Calhoun Lofts in Bushwick, Brooklyn, living in a haze of concerts, alcohol, and drugs. Late one August night, Edie Iredale, the attention-seeking leader of the group and Lindsay's best friend, is found dead with a gun in her right hand and a short suicide note open on her computer. Ten years later, Lindsay accepts Edie's suicide as a devastating part of her past, but when she reconnects with some of her old friends, she discovers that her memory of that fatal night is mysteriously missing. Lindsay begins calling everyone who was at Calhoun that night, digging through old email chains, stalking Facebook accounts, and watching camcorder videos, but what she finds doesn't bode well for her. As the story hurtles toward its dramatic conclusion, Lindsay realizes she can't trust anyone, especially not herself. Fans of psychological thrillers will want to see more from this talented newcomer. Author tour.)
