Title: GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL
Author: Aimee Molloy
Read: September 2021
Expected publication: out now
Book Description:
Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie
Potter are head over heels, and excited to say good-bye to New York and start a
life together in Sam's sleepy hometown in upstate New York. Or, it turns out, a
life where Annie spends most of her time alone while Sam, her therapist
husband, works long hours in his downstairs office, tending to the egos of his
(mostly female) clientele.
Little does Sam know that through a vent in his ceiling, every word of his
sessions can be heard from the room upstairs. The pharmacist's wife,
contemplating a divorce. The well-known painter whose boyfriend doesn’t satisfy
her in bed. Who could resist listening? Everything is fine until the French
girl in the green mini Cooper shows up, and Sam decides to go to work and not
come home, throwing a wrench into Sam and Annie's happily ever after.
My musings:
GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL was recommended to me by one of
my reading buddies, and it’s exactly the sort of twisty psychological thriller
I adore! I just wish that I hadn’t chosen the audiobook version for this one. Don’t
get me wrong, you all know how much I love my audio books, but by the sheer nature of the narration,
it inadvertently gave away a major twist that was vital to the story. I can’t
say any more without spoiling it even more, but please choose the print version
of this one and let it take you by the hand and lead you down its slippery path
to deception.
Unreliable narrators – check. Red
herrings – check. Interesting characters – check. Let the reader stumble into a
trap of their own making – check. I love a psychological thriller that plays
mindgames with the reader and uses their own assumptions as a major plot
device. It’s very cleverly done, Aimee Molloy!
Pick this one up if you love a good
twisty thriller. But for the ultimate experience, choose the print version of
this one and not the audio.
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