One Night Gone
- Publication Date: October 1, 2019
- Genres: Fiction, Mystery
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Graydon House
- ISBN-10: 1525832190
- ISBN-13: 9781525832192
It was the perfect place to disappear...
One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew --- to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies and wild parties. But Maureen’s new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes.
Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl 30 years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all.
Tara Laskowski is the award-winning author of two short story collections, MODERN MANNERS FOR YOUR INNER DEMONS and BYSTANDERS, which The Guardian named a best book of 2017. She has had stories published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Mid-American Review, among others, and is the editor of SmokeLong Quarterly. Tara earned a BA in English from Susquehanna University and an MFA from George Mason University and currently lives in Virginia. ONE NIGHT GONE is her first novel.
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My Review!
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski is a story told dual timelines. It is a story of murder, betrayal, and redemption. It takes place in the 1980s in a small beachside town, Opal Beach. Maureen is a young woman finds herself joining a traveling carnival. She spends her time working and partying. She meets a young man who is way out of her league, rich and coming from influential parents. We get to know her dreams and inspirations. Then one night she disappears.
Thirty years later in 2015, Allison is fired from her job as a weather girl, she found that her husband cheated on her and she calls him out on air. Not the thing to do. As a result, Allison takes on a job that has her house watching in Opal Beach. She learns about Maureen and becomes embroiled in a closed case of Maureen's disappearance, but it also puts her in danger. Many characters, who can be trusted and what happened to Maureen? Everyone thinks that she just moved on...or did she?
The author has written a great thriller of the two women and did it in such a way that certainly had me wanting to keep reading. I actually read it in two sittings. I love a story that has dual storylines. The author shared with the reader the coming of age story of Maureen and the redemption of Allison as she searches into the disappearance of Maureen. This is a story that keeps the reader wanting more.
I loved the book and would certainly recommend it if you like a good mystery/thriller!
I received a copy of the book for review purposes.
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski is a story told dual timelines. It is a story of murder, betrayal, and redemption. It takes place in the 1980s in a small beachside town, Opal Beach. Maureen is a young woman finds herself joining a traveling carnival. She spends her time working and partying. She meets a young man who is way out of her league, rich and coming from influential parents. We get to know her dreams and inspirations. Then one night she disappears.
Thirty years later in 2015, Allison is fired from her job as a weather girl, she found that her husband cheated on her and she calls him out on air. Not the thing to do. As a result, Allison takes on a job that has her house watching in Opal Beach. She learns about Maureen and becomes embroiled in a closed case of Maureen's disappearance, but it also puts her in danger. Many characters, who can be trusted and what happened to Maureen? Everyone thinks that she just moved on...or did she?
The author has written a great thriller of the two women and did it in such a way that certainly had me wanting to keep reading. I actually read it in two sittings. I love a story that has dual storylines. The author shared with the reader the coming of age story of Maureen and the redemption of Allison as she searches into the disappearance of Maureen. This is a story that keeps the reader wanting more.
I loved the book and would certainly recommend it if you like a good mystery/thriller!
I received a copy of the book for review purposes.
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