Middle of the Night

A Novel

By: Riley Sager

Narrated by: Santino Fontana

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.

The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul-de-sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again.

Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone seems to be roaming the cul-de-sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy’s presence keep appearing in Ethan’s backyard. Is someone playing a cruel prank? Or has Billy, long thought to be dead, somehow returned to Hemlock Circle?

The mysterious occurrences prompt Ethan to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that reunites him with former friends and neighbors and leads him into the woods that surround Hemlock Circle. Woods where Billy claimed ghosts roamed and where a mysterious institute does clandestine research on a crumbling estate.

The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place—be it quiet forest or suburban street—is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.

Just so good

Riley Sager does it again. This book was exceptional. I could not put it down.

ok

This was my second R.S book. I think maybe he isn't for me. I find his work just...OK.

Great cringey story!

I could not deal with the narrator and his surfer dude dialect when changing characters.

Spooky & Emotional!

From beginning to end, the story is gripping it will have you wondering, who did it! so many emotional moments, but also so many spooky moments, quite possibly one of my favorites of Riley Sager.

I love this book

Riley is such a great character writer. I connect so deeply for the characters he writes. This book is a mystery and so much more. Thank you for this gift Riley!