This is one to have you not only thinking, but re-thinking, again and again.

Sam Staler and Annie Potter are newly-weds who move back to the small town of Chestnut Hill ostensibly to be near to Sam's mother who is suffering from dementia. Sam, a psychologist, finds suitable office space in one of the town's old, historic houses where most of his clientele are the spoilt, privileged, disgruntled wives of many of the local residents.  If only he knew that every conversation is being listened to through a floor vent in the room upstairs...

One night, during a violent storm Sam goes missing. He was on his way to meet a client – Charlie, a mysterious and seductive French girl, but  hasn't been seen since. Has he fabricated his discrepancy because of mounting debt? Is he, perhaps, a little tired of the games he and Annie play?  

A really clever piece of writing. Just when you think you have it nailed, it smacks you in the face with a – wow! Hang on a minute while I read that again!  At last, a book that does live up to the hype – fun, interesting, if not altogether reliable, characters. Brilliant, crazy, plotting, and sparky dialogue.

I haven't read this author's first book, but I'm going to have to now.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC.

This was a very confusing book with lots of misdirection. It was better when it became clearer. Characters were complex and interesting if weird.

I was intrigued by the summary of this novel and was looking forward to reading. Forty percent into the book, I was confused and could not connect with the characters, vocabulary or storyline.  This book was not for me but I am convinced this story will suit others.  Sadly, I struggled to continue reading and did not complete the book.   

I give a 2 star rating, as I did not finish the book. 

I WANT TO THANK NETGALLEY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF READING AN ADVANCED COPY OF THIS BOOK

Was very intrigued by the synopsis of this book and wow, when they say Aimee Malloy is “the master of clever misdirection” they really aren’t kidding!

“Goodnight, Beautifull tells the story of newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter who have left New York to start their married life in Sami’s sleepy hometown, returning so that he can be closer to his mother who is in the latter stages of dementia. When the perfect office space becomes available for psychotherapist Sam setting up his new practice life couldn’t be more settled. Little does he know that the office space has a vent where all his patients secrets, and his own, are being listened to...

How this book is written completely throws you from one direction to another, just when you think you have figured it out it is thrown in completely the opposite direction once again! Without giving any spoilers away Part One of the book had me enthralled only for Part Two to completely confuse me at first before realising what was happening. Although it lost a little steam and was a little far fetched towards the ending I still flew through this book in a couple of days and enjoyed this thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for the advanced reader copy.

A good and interesting read!

I would recommend this to everyone who loves a good story with captivating characters! Definitely a good read!

Y’all I was highly impressed with this novel. I mean wow... it definitely exceeded my expectations. Creepy read and the writing was amazing!

I enjoyed this for what it was. I liked the characters and I liked the atmosphere and will definitely be checking out more works from this author in the near future!

I was looking forward to Aimee Molloy's new release after enjoying her debut, and Goodnight, Beautiful didn't disappoint. I enjoyed it even more than The Perfect Mother.
At the beginning it was all right, I was interested in Sam and Annie's relationship and found them both intriguing, but I was waiting for something exciting to happen. Then part one ended with a killer twist, and from that moment  I was hooked! It is a twist which I have seen before, but it's one of my favourite kind of twists, and it caught me completely unaware. I had to go back and re-read certain passages because I was so shocked!
After that the story had some other surprises, though not as good as the first, and the plot was fast-moving and engaging. I couldn't wait to see how things would end. However, I must say that I would have enjoyed it a little more if it hadn't relied a little too much on the plot of a certain Stephen King book, but I still enjoyed the story very much.
Again, I can't wait to see what this author writes next!

Thank you to Netgalley for the chance to read this in exchange fro an honest review. I am sad to say I really didn't enjoy this book I couldn't engage with the characters and really wasnt interested in the who done it. The reveal was ok but I really wasnt invested in any of the characters.

Overall, I would definitely still try another Aimee Malloy sorry as the writing style was good but in this book the characters didn't interest me.

I think I've read too many thrillers recently where there is an intriguing scene to start with and then a flash back to 'three months earlier'  - so the beginning didnt feel particularly original, Psychotherapist Sam, his beautiful wife Annie, small town America. Lots of good ingredients for a story but didnt hit the spot for me unfortunately.
Thanks for the chance to read it Netgalley and publishers.

Goodnight Beautiful is a creepy chilling psychological thriller,full of unexpected twists and turns .I found this book very enjoyable ,gripping and a very clever plot .I also thought the ending was satisfying .Many thanks to the Publisher the Author and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest review .

This is a difficult book to review without spoilers, but I will do my best.  I found the first part of this book extremely confusing but this was, I think, deliberate misdirection by the author. When I finished the book I had to go back to the beginning to check that the confusion was not my lack of concentration. The story seemed to change direction and then when I caught up with the plot there was a section where I could not put the book down, although the plot came from another well-known book. When I finally appreciated where the tale was going it was all wrapped up too neatly for me so I was dissatisfied to a certain degree with the ending.

Many thanks to Netgalley/Aimee Molloy/Hodder & Stoughton for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

I find this a bit difficult to review. I thought the premise was intriguing but 24 hours after finishing the book I'm not sure if I liked it or not!

There is a twist about a third the way in that completely knocked me for six but having slept on it, I don't know if the twist was really clever or just a bit annoying, because it doesn't really add anything to the story, it just takes away what you thought you knew about a certain character.

I didn't warm to Sam or Annie, and as they are the victims that was a bit of a problem. I had a lot more feelings and sympathy for the antagonist, which again was a bit of a problem!

I did quite enjoy the story but I thought the twists were thrown in purely for shock factor rather than to progress the plot, and the only character I liked was the one I wasn't supposed to like!

4.5⭐

I was fortunate to receive a copy of this ARC from NetGalley.

I wasn't sure where it was going in the first part, but then bam! Part 2 had two twists that made me go back and quickly read Part 1 again in a different voice!

What is going on in Annie and Sam's marriage and where is Sam, when they've just returned to his home town? You should absolutely read this!

My favourite quote:
"Day fourteen of this new diet, and the only thing I've lost is two weeks of happiness." 😂

2.5 rounded up to 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I won’t go into the synopsis as it’s best to go in blind with this book plus it’s hard to do so without giving away spoilers. Aimee Molloy isn’t a new to me author I did previously read her debut ‘ The perfect Mother’ so going in I knew I would like the writing style of this book. 

First half is crazy twisty and we get two plot twists that are unexpected and is exactly what you need In a well executed gripping thriller. Sadly for me it went left field in the second half, it was boring and not a lot was happening, but the main reason why I was disappointed with where the story ended up going in the second half is because it was clearly modelled on a famous classic mystery book. I had high hopes especially with the promising first half but sadly by the end it just wasn’t for me. 

Thank you to the publisher Hodder and Stoughton and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.5/ 5 stars

Goodnight Beautiful is my first book by this author.

The book is a psychological thriller. And it is divided into three parts. There are both 3rd person and 1st person POVs.

The book starts with an interesting prologue. The book then goes back 3 months to show us what led up to the events in the prologue.

The story focuses on Dr. Sam Statler and his wife Annie. He is a therapist and he and his new wife Annie have moved back to his home town of Chestnut Hill, New York. He sees his new patients in an office downstairs.

There were definitely some things to like about this book. I liked that many of the characters had secrets. And I liked that the book was full of twists.

But when I think about an overall rating I have mixed feelings. Some of it was a bit slow for me. And I definitely wanted more. But there were some very interesting developments. And there were definitely some impressive reveals (this was by far my favorite part of the book). But I'm not sure if that is enough to make me love this book.

MENTAL!!
I love a good twist in a story. I live for those twists. I hadn't prepared myself for the quantity AND quality of mind numbing blow your socks off twists?!?
Couldn't recommend this highly enough!

Psychological thrillers don't get any better than Goodnight, Beautiful. I don't have the words to describe how much I enjoyed this book.
As engrossing as it is moving, the characters - Annie, Sam, Albert - are vivid and original. There are so many clever twists and turns you would need a very good crystal ball to see even half of them.
The novel is unsettling in its credibility. A rare achievement.

I haven’t read anything from Molloy before but have heard great things about this book. I really enjoyed the first half particularly and when the plot twist was added in I found I had to go back to the start and read it all again! It was gripping and a lot of fun to read. The second half of the book wasn’t as good as the first as it was a copy of a very famous book. I enjoyed the little hints to it, but found that by comparing the books, it couldn’t be as good as the original which ruined it slightly for me, but the first half was brilliant. Definitely worth a read.

Goodnight, Beautiful blew me away.  Even without the big ‘reveal’ halfway through that was so unexpected and so devious I had to go back and skim a few chapters to confirm what I just read/understood was actually correct and not an editing error.  It was so awe inspiring that I burst out laughing at the authors brilliance, and audacity, how she carefully formed the chapters and exactly how she was creating  this brilliant psychological thriller that I could not put down once I started.  One of the best of the year!