Middle of the Night

The worst thing ever to happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh's backyard.

On 15 July 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep in a tent on a manicured lawn in a quiet New Jersey cul-de-sac. But in the morning, Ethan woke up alone - the tent had been sliced open with a knife, and Billy was gone. Never to be seen again.

Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to his childhood home, still desperate for answers. Who took Billy?

Every night, he's kept awake by strange disturbances on the street, happening under the cover of darkness. Are they still out there?

This isn't a bad neighbourhood. These aren't bad people. Are they?

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 pseudonym of a former journalist, editor and graphic designer who previously published mysteries under his real name.

Now a full-time author, Riley's first thriller, Final Girls, was a national and international bestseller that has been sold in 25 languages. A film version is being developed by Universal Pictures and Anonymous Content.

A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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