Hot DAMN I enjoyed this! Fast paced thriller following mother and daughter. One is on the run the other completely unaware she is on the run. I couldmt put this down. And then that ending!!! I didn't see anything coming. Really enjoyed

Thank you netgalley for the earc in exchange for an honest review

4.25 stars!!!!

Another hit from one of my favorite authors!!
I read this one awhile ago and can’t believe I haven’t shared it yet- because it was so great!

This book was a slow burn full of secrets & lies between a mother and daughter- I loved following along to see how their relationship would play out. Slow burns can sometimes be a negative for me, but in this case it just made me want to keep on reading👏🏻

I was intrigued from the very beginning and stayed hooked the entire time. The plot had some nice twists and I knew with the amount of secrets there would definitely be some good reveals along the way!

Flipping between Ruth (mother) and Catherine’s (daughter) point big view, I loved hearing from both characters- I thought their development was excellent and the flashbacks thrown in really helped to sell their stories.

Pekkanen is a fantastic writer and the book flowed so well and had a lot of depth.
This is definitely one you should add to your tbr if you haven’t already read it!

I was so excited to receive this book—and I loved it! So many secrets and twists between mother and daughter. I was questioning everything until the very end

I loved how this one pulled together. The intricacy of power pulling between mother and daughter as each wants to be in control. As the past begins to unravel it was exciting following the daughter as she discovered who her mother truly was and everything she was trying to protect. I found this refreshingly different than other thrillers I've read.

A cat-and-mouse, mother-daughter popcorn thriller that’s perfect for the beach or when you want to be entertained

I normally include a synopsis, but I’m encouraging you to go into this one blind (the mood reader index is more than enough).

“Gone Tonight” is a thriller/suspense book that is a pretty safe bet for most readers. It’s violent, but it’s not nearly as dark as a lot of the books I love and recommend. This isn’t “The Push”; it’s not even close to that.

Like the psychological thrillers Pekkanen has written with a coauthor, I found “Gone Tonight” immediately engrossing. The twist reveals were perfectly paced, and the ending was a total adrenaline rush.

A mother and daughter play a subtle game of cat-and-mouse in Gone Tonight, the new thriller by Sarah Pekkanen. Ruth fled her home as a teenager, pregnant and alone, to escape events that occurred that could put her in danger. After she discovers that she's with child, she is determined to protect Catherine with all her might. Years go by, and Catherine starts wondering why they never stay put and why she barely knows anything about her mother's history or childhood. Who will persevere and will they be able to uphold their tight bond in the future?

I was excited to get a copy of this book because I really love Sarah Pekkanen's writing. She wrote a solid bunch of women's fiction and then progressed into thrillers with her co-author Greer Hendricks. I was interested to see how the suspense novels she wrote with her co-author differed from her solo foray into this genre. I felt the same way that I felt when I read her first novel, The Wife Between Us, with Greer Hendricks--disappointed.

The story starts out very promising, and you're slowly informed about why Ruth fled and why she's hiding. This transpires as her daughter Catherine learns some of the same information. At first, it works, then it seems like some pieces of the puzzle may be missing.

One of the antagonists of the book reads one way in the beginning and then morphs into a more threatening character. The change in characteristics seemed abrupt and confusing. Also, I find it hard to believe as I read in another review that a 24-year-old would put up with this constant running and monitoring by her mom. My 18-year-old gives me a hard time if I ask him too many questions, so why would a 24-year-old put up with this? And how did she even go to college with the constant prying of her mom and the lack of money?

Towards the end and the climax, the storylines get incredibly farfetched. There's so much that goes on that I cannot imagine that nothing comes out in the news or no one seems to notice. In this day and age, how can anyone remain off the grid or under the radar when things go awry? And some of the issues brought up by the mother about the daughter's true nature felt too flimsy and almost like an overreaction. I just didn't buy it.

Okay, here's something that I must bring up as a Jersey girl from birth. There is a discussion about how to eat a pizza properly, which killed me. I'm sorry, but some of the methods discussed were cardinal sins if you're from the Garden State. Consult an expert from New Jersey or New York. You pick the pizza up and fold it in half. Who doesn't do that?!

Anyway, I really love how cleanly and smoothly the author writes. It's engaging to read, and I enjoyed all the references to Towson, Maryland. My son went to the university for a semester, so I was somewhat familiar with the area. That made it more interesting to me. And just because I didn't think this book was superb, I still will read any other book that this author writes. Her next one sounds very intriguing!

While I loved the multiple layers of deceit and twists that kept the plot moving, I ultimately didn’t find the book gripping me and keeping me engrossed in the way I am used to for Sarah Pekkanen’s work. The characters were well-developed, and the mother-daughter relationship aspect of the plot added another layer, but ultimately too much of the book felt like waiting for action with too much happening at the very end.

A story about a Mother doing everything in her power to protect her daughter but at the same time destroying her daughter unintentionally.. great read and page turner for a long trip or day at the pool/beach!

I was no stranger to the writing of Sarah Pekkanen and she knocked it out of the park again! The whole book kept me enganged and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I will continue to have Sarah on my "instant buy" list in the future!

A thrilling ride full of twists and turns, reveals that I didn’t see coming, and an unexpected ending. Told from both Catherine and Ruth’s POVs, I was left guessing and questioning the reliability of both the women.
Sarah Pekkanen’s GONE TONIGHT is an exhilarating journey through a complex mother-daughter relationship.
Thank you to the publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of the novel. All opinions are my own and freely given.

Wow!! This was not what I expected in all the good ways! The twists were super surprising and I could NOT put this down! I recommend this if you enjoy suspenseful thrillers.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher , St. Martin’s Press, and the author for this e-ARC. All opinions are my own.

This book took a little bit for me to get into. So don't give up after the firsts few chapters because once it takes off, IT TAKES OFF!! I stayed up until 1 am to finish this because there was no way I could sleep without finding out what happened!!!!!!

I loved the premise of this book, the dual timelines, the journal entries, and the dark secrets. I loved the more Ruth told the story of her past, her daughter was also secretly uncovering the truth as well.

Catherine is a nurse at a long term care facility on the memory wing - for dementia patients.. it’s an extremely exhausting job both mentally and physically and she learns that her mother may have the same fate as well - early on set Alzheimer’s. Dropping all of her plans to move to Baltimore Catherine plans to help her mother, Ruth, navigate those new diagnosis but cannot understand why she’s refusing all testing to possibly help her condition. Ruth begins writing down journal entries to talk about her past before it’s too late.

Catherine has been forever trying to learn about her mothers past - she doesn’t even know where she grew up because her mother has told her from the beginning that she got pregnant as a teenager and her parents disowned her. As she starts to unravel the truth she believes her mother has always been feeding her lies and now she’s scared of her. When she meets someone from her mother’s past she quickly realizes why she needed to keep it all a secret.

I loved the dual timelines and dual points of view and at one point I started to side with Ruth as I was nervous of who Catherine really was inside (without giving it away). I loved that I was constantly questioning where it was going the whole time and I wasn’t disappointed with where it ended. I would love a sequel and I almost never say that!

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This story itself was good. I enjoy Sarah's books when she partners with Greer Hendricks and so I very much looked forward to this as well. The story needed a bit of suspended belief for it to work and that was fine by me. I can escape into a book's world with no problem. My one big issue with the book though, is a city where some of the book took place. I live in this city and when the story talked about her walking from one place to another to another, it simply didn't make sense in the order of things and where she went. It was scattered about the city and felt like it was picked randomly. The story read perfectly well and if you were not from here, you would never know. However, being here and reading it made absolutely no sense to me and drove me mad. I just couldn't get passed that.

I received a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

As a pregnant teenager, Ruth ran away from home. It has been just her and her daughter, Catherine, for over twenty years. Catherine is an adult now, and ready to spread her wings. Ruth is not ready for her daughter to leave.

Gone Tonight is told using Ruth and Catherine’s points of view. Both characters think they know the other better than they really do, which makes for an interesting read.

A slow-burning, tense, and twisty psychological thriller. Recommended to readers who enjoy thrillers centered around mother/daughter relationships.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I am a huge fan of Sarah Pekkanan. I think have enjoyed her thrillers and have also enjoyed her earlier books This book unfortunately, fell short. It was not believable and I could not connect with either of the main characters. I
Also felt that it was very predictable. The author remains an auto read for me but this book really fell short. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I am a fan of Sarah Pekkanen - either solo or with her writing partner. Gone Tonight was one of the best thrillers I read this year, and navigating the relationship of Ruth and Catherine is one wild ride.

Pekkanen's masterful storytelling keeps you guessing until the very end, leaving you questioning the nature of love, family, and the lengths we go to protect those we hold most dear.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this one with me. All thoughts are my own.

im a huge fan of her books and ill likely read anything she writes! Very twisty, fast paced. The plot was something that I hadn't seen before which is refreshing with this genre.

The pace was a bit slow for me for most of the story, but revved up at the end. This book was overall fine, but at times I felt I was a bit contrived and lackluster.

This was a bit of a roller coaster. Mom and daughter have a strange relationship that unfolds throughout the story. It's hard not to be frustrated with the characters throughout most of the book. I enjoyed the read. Thank you for the ARC!