Gone Tonight

A Novel

By: Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by: Kate Mara

This program is read by Kate Mara, best known for her roles in hit TV shows like A Teacher and House of Cards, as well as films such as The Martian and Chappaquiddick.

New from the #1 bestselling co-author of The Golden Couple and The Wife Between Us!

"I'm a huge fan of Sarah Pekkanen's books, and Gone Tonight is her best yet." —Colleen Hoover

"Mara switches seamlessly between both points of view, infusing each with distinct senses of mounting tension and unease." - The New York Times

"...Mara's star power and Pekkanen’s enthralling pace will have listeners making every
excuse to reach the eerie, shocking ending."- Booklist

“Pekkanen’s tangled web of lies and truth is a suspenseful, ever-surprising listen.” - Library Journal

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it's been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening.

Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never question anything about her mother's past or background. But when Ruth's desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in Ruth's carefully-constructed world, both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2022 Sarah Pekkanen (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“Sarah Pekkanen’s startling, breathtaking tale of a mother and daughter will plunge you into a plot layered by lies and trauma but still infused with love. Through deft writing and thoughtful character development, she’s created a fast-paced thriller in Gone Tonight, daring to ask deep questions about love versus fear, and control versus protection.” --Readers Digest

"Filled with buried secrets and jaw-dropping deception, Sarah Pekkanen's GONE TONIGHT is a page-turning thriller about a mother-daughter you won't soon forget.. What would make a teenage girl vanish into the night and live a life on the run for two decades? Read Gone Tonight. It's a wild ride."—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

“Gone Tonight is an intense, harrowing story about long-buried secrets and the trauma they inflict. The mother-daughter relationship is both thrilling and heartbreaking, with characters you won’t soon forget. Captivating from beginning to end.”—Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author of My Lovely Wife.

Interesting

This book was interesting and different. I am not sure I was surprised by the outcome and it was easy to figure out, yet, it did keep my attention. I give it a five rating but the ending was scaled down as far as the rest of the book went. I will say the performance was excellent.

So very close to a 5 star listen

I loved how the story was told in two perspectives side by side. The intensity grew and grew, keeping my attention all throughout - until the end, then it just kind of faded out quickly. I think I was waiting for a big plot twist to end the crescendo of events, and it didn't come, though it did close the story line conclusively and satisfactorily. The story up until the end though, was a 5 star, exceptionally dramatic and exciting. Narrator was a good fit. Her voice added to the "psycho" feel of mystery and build up of events,

Engaging enough

I liked this story. It was good but the bar for S Pekkanen is so high bc of her other novels (with Greer Hendricks). The Wife Between Us, The Golden Couple, An Anonymous Girl are all so good and twisting and interesting. This one didn’t grab me like those.

Kept me guessing

Great story. Many twists and turns that kept me thinking, “how’s the author going to resolve this twist?” In the end, I truly liked how the story progressed. The only part I had a problem with was that for two women trying to make ends meet they rarely had to go to work!

Editing needed

The storyline here immediately engaged me, and I thought that I had discovered a hidden gem. Unfortunately, the last 3 hours of the book dragged on and on and on, leaving me with the impression that the author was paid by the page count.