ONE NIGHT was one wild ride!

Georgina knows how to set the scene. This atmospheric novel draws you in from the start. Trapped in a luxury cabin-esque home on the Oregon coast, where a storm’s raging, a tortured family tries to figure out why they've received an invitation and what information they might gain about a tragedy ten years prior.

Drip by drip, the story unfolds, suspicion builds, and secrets are revealed, and this family has a lot of them. The reader will find themselves racing to the end, desperate for the conclusion.

The table’s set, the place cards are written, and there’s one with your name on it.

My armchair detective skills failed me on this one. I could not figure out who killed Meghan. So many clever twists.

There are many points of view in this locked room thriller. With a storm raging outside, the family has one night to get to the truth about who killed their oldest daughter/sister.

This is a fast paced story that I had trouble putting down. I give it 4 stars and highly recommend it to fans of mystery and thriller books. Thank you, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the ARC.

This book started out so strong, I was instantly hooked and couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen at the dinner party. The creepy, trapped atmosphere was so fun to read about and I had to know what was going to happen! The story slowed down a bit in the middle but I loved the ending and thought this was a wonderfully suspenseful thriller!

This ended up being a much better than expected page turner.

As the book starts, you soon realize that a) you don’t like very many of the characters and b) you have a pretty good idea of why certain things happened.

I can tell you that you’re almost right. Most of the characters have issues and the reason behind everything is *almost* what you think it is.

Despite some of the predictability, it’s an entertaining and suspenseful read – especially when the storm comes and things start getting weird!

In the end, I enjoyed it and found that what the author does with some of the characters was both devious and delightful.

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This is a slow-building thriller that takes to a very dramatic ending! It will keep you turning pages for sure!

One Night by Georgina Cross has one of the scariest twisted families I’ve ever come across reading.
The who-done-it in the storyline seems to point at the young teen boyfriend…or does it?
This is one storyline that I did not figure out until until the end!
I love it when the story throws everyone under suspicion until right at the end.
Definitely a great story.
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This books sounds like everything I wanted. Come to this location on the Oregon Coast if you want to know who murdered your daughter. Honestly, I had a hard time with this book. It just didn’t keep my interest. I will try again as it is so highly rated.

Alternating between tense and heartrending, ONE NIGHT had me hooked from the start. The rugged seclusion of the Oregon Coast provides the perfect backdrop for the dangerous revelations that come to light in this engrossing thriller that follows the Chisholm family, still traumatized by the murder of one of their own, and their unique opportunity to confront and punish the supposed killer. The locked room mystery-obsessed will appreciate Georgina Cross's atmospheric, Agatha Christie-esque setting, while fans of domestic suspense will enjoy the complex family dynamics. This is my favorite Georgina Cross novel yet!

Although the concept is good, the story felt disorganized and it took a while for anything to actually happen. I liked the setting and some of the twists but I didn’t feel they were earned, partly because the characters felt underdeveloped.

Ten years had passed since Cal was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of his girlfriend, Meghan. He always claimed he was not guilty. He is released from prison and all in the family receive an invitation to spend a night in a beautiful home on the ocean, and the whole truth is to be revealed.
This book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time and I read it almost straight through. I do not want to give away any spoilers, but I will say that things are not as you would expect them to be. This was a great thriller of a book.

Thank you NetGalley and Bantam books for this early read.

2.5⭐️

Ten years ago, Meghan was killed. The oldest of three girls, she was the light of her parents life but her death tore their family apart. Her ex boyfriend, Cal, was convicted for her murder but got, in Maureen’s opinion, a laughably short ten year sentence. And now he is out, walking free while her daughter is dead.

The anonymous letters start arriving to each of the family stating the same thing: if you want to know what happened to Meghan, come to this location. And after one night the truth will be known. Trapped at a secluded cabin in a storm, the family soon learns that not everything they believed to be true is real.

This had an interesting premise but I’m not sure the execution pulled it off. It was also pretty predictable and I was able to guess the twist very early on in the story. While the title is correct and everything was revealed in one night, the story was very much a slow build with many repetitive lull’s throughout the way.

Thanks Netgalley for providing this ARC to me!

One night, Meghan Chisholm’s family is invited to attend a reunion of sorts. They are summoned together via anonymous invitation on the 10th anniversary of her drowning. Also invited is Cal, Meghan’s boyfriend, who did time for manslaughter in the wake of her death. Some blame him, some aren’t so sure. But if Cal didn’t do it, who did? Could it be one of the other attendees? And who sent those invitations? This who-done-it sets the stage with clues, intrigue, plenty of unanswered questions and even a dark and stormy night! It's a mystery solver's dream. Happy sleuthing!

Thank you for giving me the chance to read this captivating mystery! I was hooked by the first few pages, and wanted to understand what happened! This isn't my typical type of story, but I enjoyed it and will look for more books from this author. I was shocked by the end!

One Night
by Georgina Cross
Pub Date: 01 Aug 2023

One Night is about family secrets, betrayal, and revenge with everyone under a cloud of suspicion. It was absolutely fantastic. This story starts off with so much suspense and keeps going until the very end. The characters are easy to keep up with. There are a lot of red herring's! I would recommend this book for people who enjoy a good thriller and something a little darker.

Short Synopsis:

One night. That's all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered their daughter: Do they forgive him, or take justice into their own hands? The anonymous letters arrive in the mail, one by one: To find out what really happened to Meghan, meet at this location. Don't tell anyone you're coming. In one night, you'll find out everything you need to know.

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This is my first Georgina Cross novel and I loved it. It was well-written and kept my attention from the beginning. I loved the different points of view and how it went back and forth between past and present. This book just kept unfolding different twists as the story progressed and at the end, my mouth was hanging open in shock! I am very thankful I was able to read an Advance Readers Copy of this book through NetGalley. I can't wait to read more from this author!

Georgina is one of my favorite thriller authors so when I saw her new book was available, I was quick to hop on the Request line for this one.
Unfortunately, not every book an author writes can be a favorite, and this one I couldn't get into it. I was thrown off from the beginning about death and going to prison and returning. the boyfriend just seemed like a sketchy character and I was thrown off by him.
I wasn't able to finish this one, but I hope someone else is able to find enjoyment in it

Meghan, a seventeen year old girl is killed and her boyfriend is sent to jail for her murder.

Fast forward ten years, Cal is released from prison and a mysterious invitation to a seaside home in Oregon to the family with the promise of answers about Meghan's death. Intriguing!

A locked room mystery, a huge storm, strained family relationships and the answers to what happened to Meghan will keep you turning the pages.

I look forward to reading more by this author. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐'s!

A huge thank you to Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine/Bantam Books and NetGalley for allowing me the advanced copy of this book!

NetGalley Review -- my rating 3/5

10 years after their sister's murder, Sam and Alice receive an invitation to a secluded beach house to find out what really happened to Meghan...along with their sister's convicted killer, Cal, their mother, father, stepmother, and father's best friend. Who really did it or was it the boyfriend all along?

"One Night" by Georgina Cross gave me Clue vibes once I got about halfway through. It took some time to get into, and while I didn't love it and feel a little underwhelmed by the book as a whole, it came together by the end and the last 25% really flew by. I would say this is worth the read if you enjoy thrillers. Can you figure out whodunnit?

Big thanks to Random House Publishing for this ARC! You can read it on August 1st!

One night. That's all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered their daughter: Do they forgive him, or take justice into their own hands?

A locked room mystery, messed up family, isolated house during a storm and grief stricken parents who want answers about their daughters death ten years earlier … hooked yet?

There’s a large cast of characters in this mystery - 6 POV’s in all. Most are unlikable and often unreliable, however its pretty fast paced and it’s a page turner. The family have all been mysteriously invited to a home on the Oregon Coast, under the premise of finding out answers to their daughters death. Their daughters murderer, who has spent the last 10 years in prison for her murder has just been released - is it him?

Best to go in blind to this one - Expect fast paced, atmospheric, high tension, secrets aplenty unveiling with a brilliant final twist.

Great 3.5 stars (rounded up) ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

This was a pretty interesting thriller. I haven’t read one quite like this. The family is invited to a dinner party where they believe they will get information on the death of their daughter. The issue compounds when a storm rolls in and traps them together in that house. That final twist really threw me! I would certainly read more by Georgina Cross. Thank you to the publisher for gifting me an ARC.