Book Review: One Night by Georgina Cross

3.75⭐
Genre ~ psychological thriler
Setting ~ Oregon
Publication date ~ August 1, 2023
Page Count ~ 306 (p+ 43 chapters)
Audio length ~ 8 hours 28 minutes
Narrators ~ Brittany Pressley, Kirby Heyborne
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ present and past timeline, murder, locked room

My review:

Maureen & Paul’s 17 year old daughter, Meghan, was murdered 10 years ago. Now a mysterious someone has invited everyone that was close to Meghan to a dinner party because they have something to say about what really happened the night she died.

The attendees are:
Sam & Alice ~ Meghan’s younger sisters.
Rebecca ~ Paul’s new wife.
Cal ~ Meghan’s boyfriend who went to prison for the murder.
Uncle Jeff doesn’t have any chapters told by him, but he’s Paul’s best friend who has always been a big part of the family, so he’s invited, too.

Overall, it’s quite predictable, but I was still kept engaged with the full on locked room feel. There’s a raging storm with no electric or cell service to help build up the suspense. There was a nice last little zinger that bumped up my rating.

Hubs in depth review:
Figured out who did it in the first 13 minutes, however pleasantly surprised by the twists and turns throughout. Overall, enjoyed it.

I was able to listen to a copy as well.
Narration notes:
You can never go wrong with Brittany as a narrator. She really knows how to build up the suspense.

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I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.

Book blurb:

The anonymous letters arrive in the mail, one by one: To find out what really happened to Meg, meet at this location. Don’t tell anyone you’re coming. In one night, you’ll find out everything you need to know.

Ten years after her murder, the letters tell Meghan’s family exactly when and where to meet: a cliffside home on the Oregon coast. But on the night they’re promised answers, the convicted killer—her high school boyfriend, Cal, who spent only ten years in prison for murder—is found unconscious in his car after it slammed into a tree near the house where the family is sitting and waiting. Is he really the one who invited them to gather?

As a storm rampages along the Pacific Northwest, the power cuts off and leaves the family with no chance of returning to the main road and finding help. So they drag Cal back to the house for the remainder of the night. How easy it would be to let him die and claim it was an accident. Or do they help him instead? As the hours tick by, it becomes an excruciating choice. Half of the family wants to kill him. The other half wants him to regain consciousness so he can tell them what he knows.

But if Cal wakes up, he might reveal that someone in the family knows more than they’re letting on. And if that’s the case, who is the real killer? And are they already in the house?

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