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Middle of the Night
In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.
The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again.
Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone seems to be roaming the cul de sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy’s presence keep appearing in Ethan’s backyard. Is someone playing a cruel prank? Or has Billy, long thought to be dead, somehow returned to Hemlock Circle?
The mysterious occurrences prompt Ethan to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that reunites him with former friends and neighbors and leads him into the woods that surround Hemlock Circle. Woods where Billy claimed ghosts roamed and where a mysterious institute does clandestine research on a crumbling estate.
The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place—be it quiet forest or suburban street—is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.
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Reviews
I had to skip many pages to get to the end.
By annweiner
I loved how you never really expect the ending. A really good mystery novel! Loved the writing style. Overall a great read!
By egmcxo
I couldn’t put it down . . .
By MVF116
I think this book is great if people enjoy a murder mystery with a very, VERY, vague sense of the supernatural. I came into this book wanting something scary, and supernatural. When I didn’t get that j stayed for the mystery, and the 90s nostalgia (although I don’t feel like it ever achieved the actual feel of the decade). A good book but wish it had more of the supernatural- whether it be ghosts or occult- within the story.
By Oberyn Blackfyre
The twists and turns - great by themselves but it also took me back to my backyard … and a tent… and my best friend!Thank you!
By Dkellyrn