A new husband with a past womanising reputation and heavy debts fails to return home to his loving wife the. Good night beautiful is a clever psychological thriller which early in the story had me confused about one of the main characters before realising how the author had tricked me. Well worth a read.

Such a brilliant thriller packed full of suspense. I thought I had it all figured out but after all the twists that you just don’t see coming I couldn’t have been more wrong. This kept me gripped and desperate to keep reading.

The first few chapters were OK - It was well-written and the characters were interesting. However when I read what had happened to Steve it looked like it was turning into a more distasteful horror type story. So I skim=read to the end. It did not turn out quite as I thought but, it did not interest me. It was based on psychoanalysis of a type we don't really do in this country.

I was really looking forward to this book but have to admit I’ve come away a little disappointed. I found the use of multiple points of view quite confusing in this book as at times it was hard to distinguish who’s point of view we were reading from. I didn’t really like the constant comparison to Stephen King’s Misery either, it just felt like an overdone premise.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ecopy or this book in exchange for an honest review.

In the acknowledgements, the author says that at one point she considered throwing away the draft of this novel. On the last page of the book, the wife says that their story will work out like all ‘good stories’ with a happy ending. The first of these statements might have been a good idea because although there is a happy ending, it feels like a long time in coming. I did not enjoy this book so will not persist with a negative review.

It is difficult to review this book without introducing spoilers, as the author uses the shock technique to full effect. All is far from as it first appears in the book, and this happens repeatedly as the tale unfolds.

Sam Statler, a therapist, and his new wife Annie Potter have moved out of New York. Sam has a history of promiscuity and heavy spending, but the pair seem happy as Sam has his dream office and works to build up his client base. However, Sam then disappears suddenly and Annie is left wondering if she really knew her husband at all.

Many of the twists, while exciting and keeping the plot moving, felt rather contrived and shock for shock value only. The final scenes did not really read in a convincing manner; it all felt too neat in the end.

I enjoyed reading the book to find out what exciting development would follow next, but at the end did not feel I had enjoyed the story as a whole.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Goodnight Beautiful is such a clever thriller. I read part one, and when I got to the end of it, I had to stop and rethink everything I had just read. I'm not ruining it for anyone else so I can't say too much about the plot, but boy, did I not see that twist coming!!

Then I delved into part two and again at the end of that, I had another 'Whaaaat!!' moment. Brilliant!!!

I can't give away any spoilers because this is the whole point of the book - the element of surprise - but the basic premise is that Dr Sam Statler has gone missing. His wife Annie is devastated, but starts to have doubts about whether the man she married is really who she thinks he is. How can he disappear without trace, no sign of his car or him at all? Will she join the dots before it is too late?

I loved this book, brilliantly crafted and an immersive plot that was full of surprises and challenges the assumptions we make as readers.