A review by michedea_books_
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 

It’s 1994 Ten-year-old Ethan Marsh lives in a respectable and safe neighbourhood of Hemlock Circle or so he thought. One July evening he pitches a tent in his garden for himself and his friend Billy to sleep in. He hears a funny sound during the night but thinks nothing of it. The next morning her finds a slash in the tent and his friend Billy has disappeared, never to be seen again. 

Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to his childhood home after his parents moved out and moved away. He is staying there temporarily until he decides to what he is going to do with his life and given now he can find out what happened to Billy all of them years ago. As there was no leads or suspects found at the time. 

This is another dual timeline story from Riley Sager. From the time around Billy’s disappearance to present day. At first, I found this to be a rather slow but as I read on it got more interesting. This has a quite few threads and red herrings with a supernatural element to it along the way.  I sympathize with Ethan you could feel his frustration and grief not only from Billy’s disappearance but other things going on in his personal life.  This is another great read from the author. 4 stars from me.