Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen is a story with a dual POV between mother and daughter, and is filled with deception at every turn. We are introduced to Catherine who is working as a nurse in a memory care unit and her mother is exhibiting signs of Alzheimer’s. When her mother reveals that Alzheimer’s runs in her family, Catherine decides to learn about her mother’s past. However, the more she tries to learn, the less her mother’s story lines up - and the more her mother desperately tries to hide the past. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

THEIR BOND RUNS DEEP. THEIR LIES RUN DARK.

GONE TONIGHT was really good, as I expected it to be. This mother daughter drama was intense, complex, heavily and deeply layered with secrets, lies, doubts, mistrust, and danger. Ruth has so many secrets and seems to be a master manipulator of her daughter and presumably everyone else. Catherine seems to be the good girl, trying to do right by her own standards and to grow her wings and find freedom from her mom. But like any good dramatic thriller, both of these characters have much more to them than the reader can at first comprehend.
Twisty, fun, well-paced, and a surprise at the end. Well done Sarah Pekkanen.

Really enjoyed this. The twists just kept coming. She is one of my favorite shoes for authors and she’s just as great in her own thanks NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC

I loved reading this one. It was very captivating and I loved trying to piece it all together as I read. This is definitely one to add to your list.

a slow burn but I really enjoyed the unfolding. A mother/daughter duo alternated perspectives and timelines. I love an unreliable narrator and both of these characters proved to be a little sketchy. With no connections to their community and no extended family, all they have is each other. The twists and turns start flying as we discover why they are alone.

This just missed the boat for me. I found myself wanting for more thrilling factors. The twist wasn't very surprising. I really prefer this writer with her counterpart.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Full review to come. This one was a 5-star thriller. Highly recommend.

Thoroughly enjoyed Gone Tonight by @sarahpekkanen . It’s full of twists and turns, had me completely hooked and I couldn’t put it down.

The mother/daughter relationship was fascinating. I loved the surprises. The story was unique and compelling. Add to your TBR!

Thank you, @stmartinspress !

this just didn't do it for me. I quickly disliked the main characters and I just struggle with books centering around super toxic parental relationships. I found the story very slow and unengaging. I think I prefer this author when paired with Hendricks.

I've enjoyed books that Sarah Peckkkanen co-authored with Greer Hendricks and looked forward to reading Gone Tonight. This book alternates between Catherine and her mother, Ruth's POV and timelines. What has Ruth done to protect her daughter? Catherine and Ruth have a close relationship. When Catherine begins to think that her mother is hiding something from her, she begins investigating. There are twists and surprises has we discover what Ruth has been hiding from Catherine.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Ruth takes a mother's love to its extreme. She will do anything to protect her daughter Catherine from her past. Catherine is a dutiful daughter, bound at the hip to her single mother. So when Ruth is diagnosed with a fatal disease, Catherine at first goes into a tailspin. Determined to see if her mother's past can yield more information that will save her, Catherine plunges into an investigation her mother is unable to stop.

Sarah Pekkanen is a master at finding the twist, and then twisting it just a bit more!

Thanks so much to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advance reader's copy.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Setting: Pennsylvania

I believe this is Pekkanen's first solo book and I liked it a lot.
Gone Tonight is told by daughter and mother duo Catherine and Ruth with a mixture of mystery and thriller. Catherine feels she can’t trust her mother because her mother never wants to answer basic questions about herself. Ruth always feared sharing too much about herself with her daughter because of her past. However, the secrets are getting harder to hide.
Pekkanen did a great showing the dysfunction between the mother and daughter. This was really entertaining even though the majority of the mystery was revealed. I really like at the end how Cath created boundaries with her mother.

I also thought the narrator Kate Mara was fantastic.

Thank you so much Netgalley and St Martins Press for a copy of Gone Tonight in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and St Martins Press for providing me with an ARC. I loved this mother and daughter story. It explores the themes of sacrifice and loyalty and love while engrossing you in a fast paced thriller that I didn’t see coming. It’s a difficult novel to discuss without spoilers- but one that was really enjoyable. It won’t disappoint!

I really loved this book! I love the dual POVs, the plot, the twists. I highly recommend this one to anyone looking for a good thriller!

Another fantastic book by Sarah Pekkanen! This book had me guessing and turning pages well into the night! Definitely an auto read author for me

Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I’ve always loved Pekkanen’s books and this one was no exception. Catherine and her Mom Ruth are trying to make it day by day, when they discover that Ruth has Alzheimers. So many discoveries happen throughout the book that I don’t want to spoil, but Catherine tries to navigate her way to getting some answers about her and her Mom’s past. It was a wild ride for sure, I finished the book in 2 days. I would definitely recommend it to others because I loved it!

Compared to my bookstagram friends, I’m on outlier island with this one…

While a quick read, this was just a mediocre “thriller” for me. I enjoyed the alternating points of view, when done right, I love this type of story telling. However… I started to feel like we were on a seesaw, going back and forth, with not much happening.

The actual pacing of the story was slow. Nothing really happened for the first half of the story… I was intrigued enough to hang in there for the twist, which wasn’t very thrilling. (Be mindful of trigger warnings)

I would still recommend this read… maybe you will enjoy it more than I did.

I absolutely loved this book!! I really felt the emotions of the characters- sadness, frustration, regret, fear. I couldn't put it down! I absolutely will buy this book for our library and put it in our staff picks section! Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read this!

Such a good story! This one is a slow burn that has plenty of twists. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I went into this story blind and had no idea what to expect or where it was going. I enjoyed this one and will be recommending to my friends.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Previously have only read the books that Sarah co-authored with Greer but she showed that she can also do a great job on her own with this one!
A mother will do anything to protect their daughter! Ruth is incredibly overprotective of her daughter Catherine even when she is an adult and ready to venture on her own. Ruth will do anything to keep her daughter close. She has a plan and isn’t beyond lying to her daughter! When Catherine begins to see cracks in Ruth’s stories, she becomes more curious and goes digging deeper but doesn’t realize the implications of what she is doing! Ruth has spent her life running from her past and starting a new life all to protect her daughter but will that all be for naught when Catherine can’t let things go!
A look at a mother and daughter’s relationship through growth and secrets and the intense love that comes with all of it! Crazy all of the things revealed at the end and how much you didn’t really know about Ruth!
Thank you netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!