Middle of the Night

THE BRAND NEW HEART-STOPPING THRILLER FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

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 Billy fell asleep together in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in the quiet New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. The tent was sliced open, and Billy was gone.

He was never seen again.

Thirty Years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home, but plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone is roaming the cul de sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy's presence keep appearing in his backyard.

Ethan is forced to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that leads him into the quiet woods surrounding Hemlock Circle, where a mysterious institute enacts secretive research on a crumbling estate.

The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place, even the quietest of suburban streets, is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.

PRAISE FOR RILEY SAGER:

'Propulsive . . . a dizzying Gothic whodunit' New York Times Book Review

'Riley Sager is an auto-buy for me' Laura Dave

'Riley Sager is one of my favourite authors . . . Fun, scary and so absorbing' Rachel Hawkins

'If you're not already reading Riley Sager, you're missing out' Catherine Ryan Howard

'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware

'A dark, frightening and twisty story that you won't be able to put down' Shari Lapena

'The House Across the Lake is the work of a master storyteller . . . An unputdownable page-turner' Alex Michaelides

'Brilliantly written with a dark and clever twist on a well-worn trope, and as for that ending...?!' Susi Holliday

I've read all of Riley Sager's novels and Middle of the Night is my new favourite. It's a sweet-and-spooky story about an unsolved mystery, childhood friendships, and things that go bump in the night - with plenty of 90s nostalgia and a twist I never saw coming. Read it outdoors with a flashlight on a warm summer's evening - if you dare! Jason Retulak, author of Hidden Pictures
Bestseller Sager expertly doles out chills and pathos in this mesmerizing latest . . . This standout work of psychological suspense confirms that Sager as few equals when it comes to merging creepiness and compassion' Starred review, Publishers Weekly
Full of tension, urgency, atmosphere and feeling - this is Riley Sager at his very best Lee Child
Middle of the Night is Riley Sager at his masterful best - this story is dark, scary, and twisty, but also bittersweet. It's the secrets that hide in a bucolic neighborhood on a summer night, lingering in the freshly cut grass and the sound of crickets. You will follow these fascinating characters through its brilliantly woven plot all the way to the unexpected, poignant end. Simone St. James
Middle of the Night is Riley Sager at his masterful best - this story is dark, scary, and twisty, but also bittersweet . . . [a] brilliantly woven plot all the way to the unexpected, poignant end. Simone St. James
'I've read all of Riley Sager's novels and Middle of the Night is my new favourite . . . [with] a twist I never saw coming!' Jason Retulak
Sager . . . has devised a genuinely frightening story and populated it with characters who feel as real as anyone you might encounter in the 'real world'. He is a master craftsman, and Middle of the Night is a superlative novel Booklist
Red herrings abound, and there are twists aplenty in Sager's latest. His signature style will leave readers dizzyingly satisfied Library Journal
A classic summer coming-of-age story with a page-turning side of paranormal activity People
A Sager thriller never disappoints, and this one is no different US Weekly
Full of tension, urgency, atmosphere and feeling - this is Riley Sager at his very best Lee Child
Sager is a master of twists, and he delivers plenty of them here. The novel is also full of '90s nostalgia, but the things stalking the backyard and the mysterious institute hidden in the nearby woods are what make this a gripping read New York Times Book Review

Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, most recently The House Across the Lake and The Only One Left. A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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