If you are looking for a twisty suspense novel that will actually surprise you, look no further than Aimee Molloy's Goodnight Beautiful. Molloy, known for her previous book The Perfect Mother, manages to do what few authors can actually pull off in today's suspense genre - pull the wool over readers' eyes and let their assumptions take them where they may. Goodnight Beautiful's plot devices are clever and fresh, and when accompanied with Molloy's style of only giving readers enough information to let them THINK they know what's going on, it equates to a compelling tale spun in a deceiving little package. Goodnight Beautiful is a book best read blind, so if you are new to the novel, go ahead and read it first, and then come back to the reviews to see if everyone else was just as surprised as you. Goodnight Beautiful's focus is a newlywed psychologist, Sam, who moves back to his small hometown with his beautiful, alluring wife, Annie, and sets up practice in a downstairs office only to have his private, confidential conversations with clients listened to through a ceiling vent. The new psychologist is the talk of the town among women, and his client list grows and grows, with all of his therapy sessions noted, remembered, and spied upon. But what happens when one client - the French Girl - gets too close for comfort? There's a storm roaring into town, Sam has gone missing, and Annie is on a desperate search to find her elusive husband. Goodnight Beautiful is a fresh read that will have those in the literary community raving for months. The suspense style of this novel reminds me of Tarryn Fisher's The Wives, in which the author sets the reader up for one story and then pulls the rug out from underneath them about halfway through the book. This makes for a satisfying story, as admittedly, it is so hard to be truly surprised these days. Goodnight Beautiful is recommended to anyone who has been waiting for something cunning and innovative to come out of the over-saturated suspense market. Additionally, while many such books are written for women after the Gone Girl phenomenon, Goodnight Beautiful is a twisty read that can be enjoyed by both women and men.
Availability: Book; Large Print Book; eBook & eAudiobook in cloudLibrary Rating: **** Stars (I really liked it) Reviewer: Brooke, Public Relations Librarian
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GENRE: Psychological Suspense
TONE: Suspenseful
STORYLINE: Intricately Plotted
WRITING STYLE: Compelling
LOCATION: New York (State)
SUBJECT: Eavesdropping; Loneliness in Women; Married People; Men/Women Relations; Missing Men; Newlyweds; Psychologist & Patient; Psychologists; Secrets; Small Towns
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