Gone Tonight - Sarah Pekkanen
Publication Date: Aug. 1, 2023
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It has always been just the two of them, mother Ruth and daughter Catherine, frequently moving purportedly due to financial concerns. Ruth is a waitress; Catherine has just graduated as a nurse. Catherine has invariable believed her mother’s story about being estranged from her very religious family because they kicked her out when she became pregnant. As Ruth seems to be developing Alzheimer’s, Catherine begins questioning her familial history; things just don’t seem to add up and her investigation into it may put both of them in danger.
Told in alternating mother daughter POVs, the book is divided into three acts, an interesting technique. The story is nicely plotted. There are twists, turns, deceptions. Some may find the daily minutiae in the first act as the action builds a bit of a slow burn; I did not. I was totally engrossed. I don’t want to spoil anything, but be sure you hang in there until the reveal at the end!
This is the fourth book I have read written or co written by Pekkanen and I have like all of them. She has become a “must read” writer for me.
Thanks to #netgalley and #Stmartinspress for the ARC.
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