The Lost Night
by Andrea Bartz
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Pub Date Mar 01 2019 | Archive Date Feb 28 2019
Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Simon & Schuster Australia
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Description
The feeling of dread when you can’t remember what you did last night is taken a terrifying step further
Edie was once the shining star in her 20-something circle in New York’s coolest neighbourhood. Like Andy Warhol’s muse, the seductive, beguiling and mercurial party girl had the social world in her thrall. Every girl wanted to be Edie, every boy wanted her, and she and her clique treated their slice of the city like a playground.
When Edie committed suicide at the end of a long, drunken night, no one could quite believe it. An overwhelming mix of grief, shock and resentment drove each of her ‘devoted’ friends into their own corner and, for years, that’s where they stayed.
Ten years later a chilling chance reunion forces Edie's best friend to wonder if there was more to her death. When a deeply unsettling video from that wild and terrible, hazy night emerges she starts to wonder if Edie was actually murdered – and, worse, if she herself was involved.
As Lindsay turns detective on her own life, revisiting events everyone would rather forget and interrogating her own fractured memory, she is forced to confront the demons of her past. In a shocking twist, the truth emerges of what really happened that night ...
‘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
Advance Praise
‘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
‘Exciting, gripping, disquieting—The Lost Night is more than a thriller. It’s a magnificent examination of the dark corners of our souls. Andrea Bartz has written this season’s must-read novel.’ Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Child Finder
‘This suspenseful, twisty thriller is the perfect book if you’re in the midst of your invincible twenties, or if you’ve ever looked back on that ephemeral time in your life and thought, how in the world did I live to tell the tale?’ Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy
“If The Girl on the Train had been a Brooklyn party kid, she’d feel right at home in The Lost Night: A juicy thriller wrapped up in a vivid nostalgia trip.”Janelle Brown, bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear
‘I loved this very cool thriller that puts you bang in the middle of New York’s hippest crowd. The damaged narrator will keep you second-guessing all the way. I read it in two days!’ CJ Tudor, author of The Chalk Man and The Hiding Place
‘A fun, smart mystery that kept me guessing until the end.’ Adelle Waldman, bestselling author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781760851064 |
| PRICE | A$29.99 (AUD) |
Featured Reviews
Kylie D, Reviewer
An okay psychological thriller that sees Lindsay start to question her best friend's suicide, ten years after the event. She has lost touch with her other friends from the time they all spent partying, drinking and generally running amok. Edie's death was deemed a suicide as she was seemingly depressed after a string of bad things had passed through her life. Lindsay slowly starts to get back in touch with her old friends, trying to remember what actually happened on that fateful night, a night that Lindsay was blacked out drunk. Was it really a suicide? Or was Edie murdered? And did Lindsay herself know more about what happened that night? When new evidence starts to emerge it leaves Lindsay with a cold feeling, as all the evidence points at her.
I enjoyed this book well enough, without ever being totally enthralled. It did tend to get a bit bogged down at times, yet the ending was good. I never would have picked what actually happened in a million years. A good novel for a rainy weekend.
My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Mandy W, Reviewer
The Lost Night by Andrea Bartz took a bit to get into but once I did it was hard to put down. While at times the characters were very annoying it was a story that will keep you guessing.
10 years ago Lindsays best friend killed her self alone in her apartment after a long drunken night. Their group of friends were all completely devastated and shocked as it seemed to come out of nowhere. The grief sent them all their separate ways for 10 years. But after a catch up with one of the group Sarah, she starts to rethink the night and wonder if it really was suicide. Back then there was a lot of drinking and drugs and often the memories of that night was hazy or completely forgotten. Now working as a fact checker for a magazine she uses her skills to delve back into her own past. But those lost memories appear to have Lindsay in a completely different situation than she remembers - does she really want to know the truth?
Thanks to Simon and Schuster Australia for the advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and in no way biased.
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