What a fantastic gripping read. I literally couldn't put this down. The story centres around 3 siblings, their close relationships with each other and their parents. A life-changing incident occurs one night, the fallout from which tests each of their relationships. Is blood thicker than water? How do decisions taken affect lives going forward? If you've not read this book, get your hands on a copy as soon as you can.

How close is your family what will you do to protect them your brothers or sisters, would you cover for them anything! ! ! Even murder.
Having lost their youngest sister Francis, Cathy and Joe (Joseph) are very close 2 sisters one brother now. They run a veterinary practise just outside Birmingham and all live next door to each other and have a holiday villa in Italy, all right for some well until...... They have to cover a murder together. This is a family saga you won't want to have they love each other but the pressure of what they have done is immense well stating the obvious I guess. This is a secret that could cost them everything or could they get away with it? ? ? Can't tell you it would ruin the fun but I can tell you from the first phone call till the last sentence this is gripping can they keep it together can they keep a secret everything could depend on it. Yep its addictive each page could cost you some finger nail.
I loved the characters each successful in their own way and flawed like most of us, met a few un-flawed by I have to take their word for it lol.
This is a great read its got all that's needed for a five 🌟 ⭐ ⭐⭐🌟 read. I hope you enjoy it I thought it was brilliant hope you do as well.

Gillian McAllister has a way of writing that gets into your mind, carrying the lives of the characters in the book with you.

That Night tells the story of three siblings as their annual holiday to Verona goes disastrously wrong. As further events unfold as they try to cover up their actions, which sibling will break first, despite the need to stay strong and united as one?

Joe, Cathy and Frannie are similar and different all at the same time. They will each do anything to protect each other, or will they? I was engrossed in this book of secrets, past and present.

This is a fast paced page-turner. In Verona, Frannie has made a mistake and rings her siblings Cathy and Joe for help. The decisions they make that night haunt them and change their lives forever. McAllister writes the family dynamics so well and creates a very tense and claustrophobic atmosphere as the consequences of their actions becomes apparent. Hard to put down!

Brother and sisters Joe, Cathy and Frannie Plant are as close as it gets. They live in adjoining cottages and Joe and Cathy are Vets, Frannie the receptionist in their own Practice.
Late one night while holidaying at their villa in Verona, Frannie phones her brother and sister for help. The actions they take to protect her set off a tsunami of fear, hatred, jealousy and blackmail, and once started, there is no going back.
Toggling between now, and then (the night in Verona) with alternating accounts from each sibling, That Night feels long at times. We are treated to an in depth analysis of the three characters and as it is difficult to like any of them it takes a while to arrive at the merging of then and now.
Once we do however, this book springs to life. The twists are clever and the development of the relationship between the siblings and their partners is intriguing.
Patience required for the first half is richly rewarded by the second.

*4.5 stars *

Siblings, Cathy, Joe, and Frannie Plant are extremely close - too close perhaps, both literally and geographically, living in three adjoining cottages, and working together in the family’s veterinary practice. Joe’s wife Lydia, sometimes feels a bit of an outsider, excluded from many of their conversations, on the sidelines with their inside jokes, and knowing glances.

However, they take sibling loyalty too far, when Frannie accidentally kills a man in a hit and run, whilst on holiday at the family villa in Italy, and the three of them decide to bury his body in order to protect her. Once you tell a lie of such massive proportions though, it’s impossible to stop - one lie leads to another, and they just seem to gather steam - but where will it all end!

‘That Night’ is tense, gripping, and tightly plotted, and furthermore, there are a couple of brilliant twists awaiting the unsuspecting reader! Gillian McAllister does a great job of making her reader feel pulled into that spiral of questioning “What would I do?“ if faced with a monumental tragedy created by a much loved family member. Loved it!

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book.

I’ve read and loved all of Gillian McAllister’s previous books and this was no exception. The sibling relationships were brilliantly illustrated and there were a few things that I really didn’t see coming. Great read.

Amazing!
I'm not sure how this is the first Gillian McAllister I've read, but I'm off to scour the back catalogue for some more! That Night follows the Plant Family as they deal with the aftermath of a fateful night on holiday. It asks all the right questions, what would we do in the same situation.
Great, believable characters and a plot that was fast-paced and fun.
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin for the chance to read and review.

Once again I appear to be in the minority for not loving this book - not a bad thing!

I’ve read a few of Gillian McAllister’s books and like this one they’re always beautifully written. But I just couldn’t get absorbed into this storyline. Something about the way the story unfolds in this particular book just didn’t do it for me and I find myself both annoyed with the style but then at the same time wanting to write how wonderful it was!

So my issue I think was that when the story required pace the dialogue was broken up in amongst memories, backstory and character development. As such, it felt like someone had left the handbrake on and the raw, animalistic, brutal emotions you’d expect never fully reach their climax. I found myself skimming paragraphs to keep up with the dialogue which was what really interested me.

All in all, it’s a good, easy read but needed a bit more oomph - just not my favourite from this author.

Thank you NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Another tense and gripping novel form Gillian McAllister. and as always with Gillian's novels, what you think is not quite as it is, and there is always something you didn't see coming.Great and compelling read.

A thrilling story with Frannie, Cathy and Joe (three siblings) becoming involved in what appears to have been a terrible car accident.
The family members are on vacation in Verona, staying in their holiday villa. However, a desperate call for help by Frannie, late at night, sets off a gripping chain of events involving them becoming entangled in a complex web of lies and deceit.
The story is told from the viewpoint of each sibling giving their version of events, as they are questioned by the police about a local person who has gone missing, giving a more rounded portrayal of each character. As the deception becomes more complex and intriguing, the stakes are raised, making you question how far you would go to protect your family.
Short, pacy chapters highlight the unfolding drama, keeping you absorbed in the events which happened on that fateful night, and intrigue following.
This is another great book by Gillian McAllister – an exciting, compelling page turner. Highly recommended.

And boom she does it again, another seriously good book from Gillian, fast paced and full of the twists we all love this ones a must read, I liked the main character and the story in itself was fab...Gives you a good insight into how witness protection works and I honestly was on the edge of my seat throughout it and couldn’t put the thing down, it has suspense by the bucket loads and the endings a killer....masterpiece!!!

My thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Michael Joseph Uk for a copy of “ That Night “ for an honest review.

I’ve loved Gillian McAllister from her first book and over the years she’s been an author I’ve recommended to many. This could possibly be her best so far.
The storyline grabbed me from the start and the characters were so well written I really engaged with the siblings. I genuinely felt anxious as I was reading the book , as if was somehow involved !
I could easily have read this in one go , but I didn’t want it to end.
The only disappointing thing is that I’ve got to wait until next year for her new book.
I cannot recommend this highly enough .A definite five star review from me .

Isn’t it funny how sometimes you can read just the first page in a story and just know that it is going to be great? The word ‘great’ doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about this book. I started reading it late yesterday and have finished it late tonight. I’m not going to outline the story – that’s done in the description, and in other reviews I’m sure. All I’m going to say is that at times I literally had to stop reading and go outside to try and calm myself down. Honestly – my heart was in my mouth, and I was so ‘in’ the story that I could feel everything that was happening to the characters and couldn’t bear the stress they were feeling for a minute longer. The writing is truly brilliant. Gillian McAllister – I had never heard of you before, but you are now my Number 1 favourite author of all time and I will be buying whatever books you wrote before this, and any that may come after. You have made me realise that the hundreds of books that I read before this, that I thought were very good, were actually just OK! You made me gasp out loud, you made me cringe, and you made me whisper ‘Please God, no!’ as I was reading. The wonderful and believable plot, the twists and turns, the amazing descriptive writing, the structure of the story, just everything about it … I am literally lost for words. Breathtaking will have to do! If readers only read one book in the whole of 2021 it has to be this one.

I had never read a Gillian book before this one but I was instantly hooked and will now be adding all of her books to my Amazon wish list. An absolutely amazing read, so amazing that I read it in two nights. I would rate it more than five stars. A gripping thriller full of mystery and intrigue which keeps you guessing until the very last page.

This is the story of a family trying to cover up a terrible tragedy and the lengths you will go to to protect your loved ones. I really enjoyed the family aspect of this story and the characters and although it was a fast paced storyline it also made you think just how far you would go to protect the ones you love. Another great book by Gillian McAllister, bring on the next one!

I really wanted to be part of the Plant family... the connection and love between the siblings was really quite something.
That was the best bit about the book for me.
An enjoyable tale,in what youd do for those you love,yet I was constantly distracted by the calm way everyone went about their lives.
Nobody really seemed to freak out... and that bothered me a bit.
Nice little twist at the end.

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You know when you’re desperate to read and finish a book, but when you do finish it, you wish that you hadn’t, so you can carry on enjoying it? Well this is literally how I feel about “that night”.

I always feel really cautious when reviewing books, as I hate to give away any spoilers, so to put it simply- THIS IS A MUST READ!

Take a bow Gillian McAllister because this is a masterpiece! Not only is it just an amazing thriller- it also makes you think what would we do for the people we love? How far would we go to protect our families?

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. I enjoyed the relationship between the siblings and the plot had good potential. My only gripe is that the plot was a bit predictable and I just couldn’t get invested in the story until I was about 60% in.

I’m not really sure where to start with this review, I’m reasonably sure that I really liked it but the sadness and feelings of tension the writer expertly conjoured up were deeply unsettling. I am, however, seriously impressed by how much I was affected by the ingenious scenario and the way it was written.
It leads you to question everything you know, deep family loyalties and love and what on earth you’d do in such a shocking nightmarish situation.
There were plenty of dark twists and turns, especially towards the end, plus we are left guessing right to the conclusion as to how it will all pan out. Very emotive to say the least!