Meet Sunday Night, a woman with physical and psychological scars, and a killer instinct...
Sunnie has spent years running from her past, burying secrets and building a life in which she needs no one and feels nothing. But a girl has gone missing, lost in the chaos of a bomb explosion, and the family needs Sunnie's help.
Is the girl dead? Did someone take her? If she is out there, why doesn't she want to be found? It's time for Sunnie to face her own demons because they just might lead her to the truth about what really happened all those years ago.

A complicated storyline to this psychological murder thriller and one that I found a struggle to get into. However, once I was past 100 pages the book warmed up and I enjoyed it.

Not the usual thing at all from Kathy Reichs - where Tempe Brennan is a woman mostly in control of her demons, and with a good sense of her place in the world, Sunday Night is none of these things.

I rather enjoyed this standalone book and, although the sense of setting up a series was there, as yet there have not been any more which is a real shame as this book and a new main character injected a real freshness to Kathy Reichs’ writing.

This is fast-paced action story and there re a lot of ideas to unpack - perhaps a few threads could have been refined, but as I said, you can see where this might have been building towards resolution in future books.

I would not want Tempe Brennan to lose out if Kathy Reichs chose to continue with Sunday Night as a character, but I would definitely read more about her.

Two nights by Kathy Reichs.
Meet Sunday Night, a woman with physical and psychological scars, and a killer instinct ... Sunnie has spent years running from her past, burying secrets and building a life in which she needs no one and feels nothing. But a girl has gone missing, lost in the chaos of a bomb explosion, and the family needs Sunnie's help., Is the girl dead? Did someone take her? If she is out there, why doesn't she want to be found? It's time for Sunnie to face her own demons - because they might just lead her to the truth about what really happened all those years ago. With Kathy Reichs, the reader knows that they are in the hands of an expert. As a forensic anthropologist, 1 of only 82 forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board, Reichs' real-life expertise has given her novels an authenticity that most other crime novelists would kill for., From teaching FBI agents how to detect and recover human remains, to separating and identifying commingled body parts in her lab, no one is better qualified to write about what it's really like to catch the killer and solve the crime.
A brilliant read. I love this author. I love the cover. 5*.

Any book that Kathy writes is going to be good and this was no different. I enjoyed the book. The characters were well written, the pace was on point but it lacked something I couldn't quite put my finger on. Good book but not her best.

Many years ago, at least 12, I was lucky enough to go to a book launch lunch with Kathy Reichs. The timing seemed apt as I'd only days before, broken a toe while dancing & vacuuming. (Housework is violence). The lunch isn't memorable but Kathy is.
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Releasing a new book with a new protagonist could be seen as a risk & with Two Nights, Reichs is almost there. I like Sunday & her brother is intriguing. I want to know more about her life on Goat Island & her past. In this first installment, it all felt a bit rushed & needed a little more flesh.
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For anyone who has spent years reading the adventures of Brennan (& watching Bones), Two Nights might feel less than anticipated but give it time. For those who come to Reichs' work with this title, they're in for a great story, told with the usual powerful wordplay & charm.

This book was on my tbr pile only because of the author. I love Bones and I thought this psychological thriller would be good, but it was ok.

I have been a fan of Kathy Reichs for many years and I was so excited to read her latest book Two Nights
by her. However, I found it did not have the same flow to it like her previous books and I sadly struggled reading this book. But, I will still buy and read her books in the future.

Big thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK, for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review

I am a long-time fan of Kathy Reichs, although only ever having read her Temperance Brennan novels I was totally unsure what to expect with this one. After downloading it I made the mistake of reading a few of the reviews and immediately wondered whether I had made a big mistake. However, once I got into the story, I realised that I was again reading a carefully written and lovingly created novel which was 100% up to the standard that I would expect from such an experienced and fantastic author.

I enjoy reading Kathy Reich's books and this one didn't disappoint, would look out for her next one. Thanks for letting me read and review this book, would recommend

I have watched a view episodes of Bones but I have never actually read anything by Kathy Reichs, so I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. Going in blind without reading her prior works was actually really good for me considering how well known she is. 

Sunday Night - yes that is her real name, was a police officer who took left the police department following an altercation that left a man dead and Sunday with a permanent disability. Now she is virtually a recluse working as PI when the need arises.

Opaline Drucker's daughter and grandson are killed following a brutal attack and her granddaughter Stella is missing. Sunday is hired to find the missing girl and those responsible for the murders. Is there any chance the girl will even be alive? And if so why was she kept alive?

It was a bit of a slow read and did take me some time to finish and I wasn't as gripped as I thought I would have been, but I do hope to read from Sunday!

I must admit that I was really looking forward to reading this book but there was always something that got in the way. Unfortunately I have a say that I was disappointed. The story itself was good but I struggled with the writing style. The conversations between characters consisted of short sharp sentences with little expression from those involved. This obviously works for the fan base but not me. I need to know how they feel and react as the conversation takes place.
Sunnie Night is quite a recluse living on an isolated island until she takes on a year old unsolved case involving a bombing at a Jewish school. Both physically and mentally scarred Sunnie is a bit of a strange character but with the aid of her brother Gus, a pretty sound guy, things balance out. Digging causes more deaths than they are solving and with the threat of an even bigger tragedy set against the clock it is one massive race against time.
This is book full of surprises about Sunnie, which between that and the current day storyline makes it solid reading. Such a pity that I never gelled with the conversational side of it. I don’t feel like I got to experience the real Kathy Reichs usual flare. I wish to thank NetGalley for this e-book which I have reviewed honestly.

I'm a long-time reader of the Temperance Brennan novels and the Virals series, so I was interesting to see how Kathy Reichs would do branching out into a new set of characters.

I enjoyed the novel well enough, but I felt that the main character was not as memorable and engaging as either Tempe or her niece, Tory.

The plot was tightly constructed (if a little predictable) but I don't know that I'd rush out to read a sequel.

Loved this book......main character Knight is a star. It’s a real page turner with some twists and turns to keep one interested

When I was offered the chance to review the latest Kathy Reich’s book featuring the all new character Sunday Night I jumped at the chance. Having been a lover of the Temperance Brennan series I was interested to see how a new character would pan out. Rest assured I was not disappointed. A thrilling chase from start to finish
A woman with military and police experience Ms Night is hired to discover the fate of a young woman presumed dead after a bombing outside of a school a year before. Despite the local police finding little to nothing Sunday is soon up to her neck in trouble. Travelling to various places in America and fuelled by her own demons she doggedly tracks down any and all leads she can find.
With a style in line with the Temperance Brennan series of books you soon find yourself swept along in the story with several jumps to another character creating a sense of threat and time fast running out for the kidnap victim.
The biggest departure from what I have gotten accustomed to with the author is the action throughout. Where the Bones books often slow down for all the forensic anthropology descriptions Sunday figures stuff out in her own way and its a welcome change.
While I admit to taking longer to finish this book than others by the author, mostly due to outside influences keeping me busy, I was more than rewarded for returning and continuing with the story and will definitely be keeping an eye out for more with this interesting and exciting new character.

Having read the Temperance series I was interested to read something different by her. Sunday Night is a woman with a past, now living in isolation, all she wanted was a quiet life. However after a bombing at a Jewish school resulting in fatalities and a missing girl, she is hired to find the bombers.
From page 1 you knew Sunday was damaged, and as you read more of her story is revealed. She is head strong who found it hard to trust and does not take to authority figures. I liked her, Sunday she was one of those people who got the job done and didn’t care how she went about doing it. With her uniform background, she was definitely up for the job. I found at the start she was a bit disjointed and it seemed that she had not got a clue and was winging it a bit. But this made her feel more real. However as soon as Gus joined her, it seemed to click and you felt that they would get the job done.
I felt that it started a bit slow but soon picked up pace as more information was found. With Sunday being so paranoid there was a lot of fine detail put into her style and habits and you knew exactly what she was doing. Information about the terrorists were drip fed throughout at the story and this made you want to carry on reading as you wanted to find out whether Sunday found the missing teenager. The author had a way of leading you in a different direction and the scenes in italics was not about who I thought they were
For a 1st in which I hope will be a new series this was a good start and I hope there will be more of Sunday Night

Kathy Reichs is well known and loved for her Temperence Brennan books. So I was excited to read a new standalone novel. Two Nights certainly was a real departure from the world of 'Bones '. Sunday Night is a P.I - She is a tough ex military and ex cop, who is physically and emotionally scarred, living a reclusive existence. Hired to find the perpetrators of a bombing which left two members of a family dead and another ( a young girl ) missing, Sunday is plunged into a case which will test her physically and emotionally. This was a fast paced thriller, that certainly didn't lack action or tension. There is no doubt that Kathy Reichs can construct brilliant plots and keep the reader on the edge of their seat. I enjoyed this book, however, it felt as though something was lacking. For me it didn't quite have the wow factor as some of her other books. At times it felt as if there was a lot going on and a lot of characters and Sunday Night wasn't standing out. It was only towards the end that we started to learn something of her past, by then the storyline was so fast paced that it almost got lost. All in all though it was an enjoyable read.

Having never read a Kathy Reichs novel before I was looking forward to reading Two Nights, a combination of crime and thriller as our protagonist is contracted to find a missing person.

Sunday Night lives alone and very much likes it that way, enjoying her isolation and only communicating with her reasonably tame squirrel. What she does not want is to be bothered with requests, so is far from impressed when her foster father turns up on her doorstep with the offer of a job. The job in question promises to pay well and comes from a woman for whom money is no object, and she has specifically chosen Sunday for the task.

Despite her unconventional upbringing and wayward past, Sunday was part of the military police and had a great eye for investigative work, not to mention being able to look after herself. Since an incident left her with damaged vision in one eye and a nasty scar, she has kept to herself and shown no desire to return to active work. However, she can’t resist a mystery and this particular case piques her interest to the point where she can’t turn it down.

Her task is to find the woman’s granddaughter, the only believed survivor of the bomb blast which killed her mother and brother. The family were caught up in the bombing of a Jewish school, believed to be the work of an anti-Semitic cult, with the girl’s body nowhere to be seen. If she is still alive then Sunday must rescue her, but avoid putting other lives at risk along the way. For help she contacts her brother, August, forming a formidable duo who won’t stop until they’ve achieved their goal.

I thought that the plot of this book was exciting at first, as we track the culprits across several US states and see Sunday use some very clever surveillance techniques. However, she seemed too omniscient, being able to predict the cult’s next move without trying and rarely putting a foot wrong. I wanted to puzzle it out with her and Gus, but instead we are openly told every thought pattern and not left with the feeling of suspense I was hoping for. I also found elements of the plot confusing, as not everything was explained in as much detail as it needed, with it being easy to confuse the gang members.

I also struggled to connect with Sunday as a protagonist, as she remains aloof and distanced from the reader, letting us in to her deductions but not much else. She has quite an attitude problem, which can lead to some amusing quips but starts to grow irritating after a while, especially when targeted at those who are actually trying to help. I was hoping for more of an insight into her past and how this has shaped her, so I don’t know if Reichs intends to save this for a future book or if this was intended to build character intrigue.

This same intrigue extends to her brother, Gus, who has her back no matter what and always seems to know what Sunday needs without asking. It is his calmer approach that keeps the book on some kind of level, without descending into the all-out carnage which would ensue if Sunday had her own way. Gus was witty and could counter her bad moods, almost making me wish he was the protagonist instead. Like Sunday, there are many unanswered questions about him, but so far this is a standalone novel and so there may never be answers.

This makes my first foray into Reichs’ fiction a little disappointing, as I had high hopes for this book and wasn’t as excited by the story as I wanted to be. Yes, the mystery is fast-paced and easy to read, but the characters don’t feel well-rounded enough to carry the complex mystery off, especially with the tone being so dark. There is very little lightness to the story other than Gus, so unfortunately this is not a series I will be persevering with. However, I would still very much like to read Kathy Reichs’ other series in the future, with the writing style still being strong and the plot intriguing.

A stand alone thriller from Kathy Reichs, a break from the Tempe Brennan thrillers which I have enjoyed for many years now. As a fan of recurring characters and getting caught up in an ongoing series, I should be vexed when an author breaks from the familiar to introduce new heroes to follow. However, there is always that fascination to find out what they may come up with when “unshackled” and able to cause havoc on new characters with no responsibility to keep them all alive so they can appear in the next book.

I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised with Two Nights, it felt totally different from from a Brennan thriller (which I guess was the point). Sunnie Night is a complex character who is living a reclusive lifestyle until she is sought out and her services requested by a well-to-do client for whom money is no real object when it comes to tracing a missing member of her family.

A bomb explosion has robbed a family of precious lives, however, there remains some doubt that a teenage girl (related to Sunnie’s client) actually died in the blast. Sunnie is engaged to find out if the girl may still be alive. If she is to be successful Sunnie will need to understand why the girl may not have made herself known to her remaining family after surviving such an ordeal.

But Sunnie’s investigations will mean looking into why the bomb was placed and at those responsible. These are not people who will welcome snooping and Sunnie has put herself in the firing line – good job she is more than adept at outfoxing the tw0-bit thugs.

Something very different from Kathy Reichs but she knows how tell a good story and Two Nights is well worth hunting down.

Kathy Reichs always knocks it out of the park. I've read a few of her YA books (mainly the Virals series) which I enjoyed immensely, so I knew I would enjoy this also. In Two Nights, Reichs brings her colourful cast of characters to life, her writing style is to the point yet evocative (perfect for someone like me who dislikes fancy prose and long descriptions) and her plotting is twisty and intense. But to be honest, I wouldn't expect anything less!

Different character and unfortunately it was not as good as Temerance Brennan . Definitely not her best writing