To be honest, and I have to be to be true to myself, this book is a bit of a slog but it does get there eventually and it is definitely worth the effort. But it's so slow in places, dragging rather than adding suspense. Think drama rather than thriller!
Basically, and it's all a wee bit convoluted, Nora's step brother Sam rocks up with the idea that the recent sudden death of the father they share, she the product of Liam's first marriage, Sam from the second. Both having very different relationships with him. But he manages to persuade her to join him in investigating, much to the annoyance of Nora's fiance Jack. We then go back to the past. To watch Liam as a child, as he forms friendships that last through his life, including one with a rather mysterious woman.
One of the things I enjoyed about this book was the emerging relationship between Nora and Sam. Liam kept his three families very much separate so when we first meet them they are practically strangers. Also, Nora's relationship with Jack which is rather complicated, especially when you factor in than she is still in contact with her ex.
And then there's Liam and the mystery woman. The biggest intrigue of all - oh, apart from who pushed him that is!
I did find this a bit of a slog. Probably because I wasn't expecting a slow burn family drama, my fault probably but worth a mention.
But, although not my particular genre of choice, this is an author known to me - I had read and enjoyed "The Last Thing He Told Me" so it was easy to keep going even when it dragged a bit for me.
All that said, it was, for me, the characters who held it all together. Especially Nora and I loved how she developed as the book progressed. It was also quite emotional in places but not excessively so
And the ending, when it eventually came brought it all together nicely, leaving me well satisfied. My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Told from two perspectives, Nora's, which is now when she is trying to get to the bottom of her Father's (Liam) death and Liam's which is set in the past. Quite a slow burner and more of a family mystery than a thriller I would say.

My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

Laura Dave certainly is a master of family and relationship mysteries and this is no different.

A slow to medium gentle paced mystery but with suspense and subtle twists.

I devoured this and enjoyed as much as her previous work The Last Thing He Told Me.

The story follows Nora and Sam who strive to find out what happened to their father following his untimely death.

Well written characters that weave their way through family secrets and lies to find the truth.

If you like a slower paced mystery that is still a page turner, then this one is for you.

Thank you to NetGalley, the Publisher and Author for this ARC.

Unfortunately a DNF for this book. I so loved ‘The last thing he told me’, I had really high hopes for this book.

The heavy architecture theme of the book lost me many times. I understand that it’s a common theme between family members, it just felt a bit like I was reading an architecture book at times.

The plot was ok and if I had lots of time I might sit and make it to the end of the book. However, the story hasn’t gripped me at all and I’ve decided not to finish.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC.

A slow paced mystery about two siblings who investigate the death of their father and the final hours of his life leading up to his death.
I love Laura Dave’s writing style and the way she writes broken, complicated characters really well, so I would recommend this book and her as an Author based on this alone. However, I did not find the 50 year long love story between Liam and Cory very emotional and so was not invested in this part of the book at all. Overall, I enjoyed it and would recommend if you were looking for a more slow paced read.

This is an engaging and quick read. The pacing was good, with each chapter leaving me eager to know more. The character development was solid, and the author delved deep into the protagonists' thoughts, emotions, and experiences, making them relatable.

I appreciated the atmospheric setting the author established right from the first page — the vivid descriptions painted a clear picture in my mind, immersing me in the story. The twists and turns kept me engaged. However, I found some parts of this storyline too predictable for my preferences.

Overall, I believe that those who enjoy character-driven, contemporary fiction with an air of mystery will find this book to their liking. While this may not be my favourite by this author, I still thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to fans of suspenseful and thought-provoking novels.

An interesting story where a half brother and sister try to find out what really happened when their father died. Plenty of people in it not being helpful to them and old secrets coming to the fore. The reader is drip fed the relevant information throughout before it comes to a climatic ending.

Enjoyed reading this new author. Spent most of the book trying to work out who the culprit was and succeeded just before the reveal so pretty good! worth reading 5 stars

Laura Dave has her own unique way of writing. Because it's built on so much more than a thriller. There is so much emotion, love and family dimensions woven into the stories. So they hit deeper and in that way alone make a gripping read.
I really enjoyed this one too. And once again we have a victim with an unknown past, and what their family members must find out and resolve to find the answers to what actually happened to their loved one.
In this case we have 2 siblings setting out to.find the answers of what happened to their dad. And it is not what they've been told or think.

I enjoyed reading but I felt that I wasn’t really that into the storyline throughout. I loved how in detail the world building was as I felt that was necessary to understand how loved their dad’s property was. I liked the ending and how you saw what happened with Jack and also her dad. I didn’t really see the twist but I felt that once it got to that I didn’t really care too much who had done it. Enjoyed as a palette cleanser book though

I found this book very slow going and struggled to finish it. It wasn't what I was expecting and is more of a drama than a thriller.

After the death of their father, Liam, Nora, and Sam work together to find out whether his fall was maybe not so accidental after all.

For me, this book came across as more a family drama than a mystery. There just wasn't really any suspense, and the slow pace of the story just didn't grip me or keep me intrigued enough to NEED to know more.

The little love story woven between chapters was decent enough, but I wanted more as it lacked depth as so much was missed out of the relationship.

I liked the authors style of writing, and I hadn't figured out the ending by the time we got to the big reveal, which was good as a lot of these types of books lately have been rather predictable to say the least.

Thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy of this book via Netgalley.

I really enjoyed Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me so was very excited for this. The book follows siblings who come together after the death of their father with the suspicion that his death wasn’t an accident.

I was expecting this to be a thriller that kept me guessing but if i’m honest I just found it boring. It was very slow and didn’t grab my attention at all.

I enjoyed this steady, warm story of family, love and secrets. The dynamic between Nora and Sam was an enjoyable one to read and the dual timeline worked well. There were plenty of mysteries and twists throughout to make this an enjoyable read.

Having enjoyed The Last Thing He Told Me, I was looking forward to reading another book by Laura Dave and I binged this in one day!

I really enjoyed the pacing of the story for the most part but found the initial few flashbacks did slow things down a little.

Although I felt the plot twist was a little predictable, the story was wrapped up quite nicely at the end and it was an enjoyable read!

This was a tense story about the death of a father and his children trying to find out more about his death.

Their search brings to the fore secrets about his life and his loves and we slowly watch them unearth the truth about what happened.

I loved the different relationship dynamics in this book, there are different challenges the characters face and I enjoyed this dynamic within the story and plot.

A great book which had me reading long
Into the night.

The Night We Lost Him is a slow burning family drama that focuses more on the characters and their relationships than a gripping mystery. I enjoyed learning more about the characters and the question of whether Nora's father's death was really an accident was enough of a mystery to keep me wanting to read on..

I liked Nora, though I never felt like i really got to know her well - it felt like she kept the reader at a bit of a distance, similar to the way she treated her partner Jack.

The quality of writing is really good. It feels like Laura Dave gives a very honest portrayal of grief and the struggle of trying to hold yourself together when you've just lost someone unexpectedly.

We have two narratives to get lost in: one present day storyline as Nora and her half brother Sam investigate what might have happened to their father, and one that takes us back many years ago, when their father meets and falls in love with a mystery woman.

There wasn't a huge amount of surprises or twists in this novel but I liked the ending and felt this was a solid, satisfying slow burner.

I tried not to let the outstanding successes of seemingly everyone in this book get in the way of enjoying it. Everyone was super wealthy and no one liked anyone else very much. The pace was slow and it proved more of a family drama than thriller.

A wealthy busness man falls to his death at his secluded property. It is recorded as an accident but is it?
The man has had a colourful and secretive past and Nora and her half brother Sam are convinced it wasn't an accident.
However, their relationship isn't great and they soon realise their father's past is colourful and tangled.
Can they prove he was murdered?

Quite a suspenseful story that took me to various ideas as to how it would end. A story of how a family try to cope in unsuspecting circumstances that leads to uncovering people are not or who they seem.