For as long as Catherine Sterling can remember, it's been her and her mother Ruth against all odds. Together, they live a quiet and ordinary life, and as Catherine grows older. she's begun dreaming of a life outside of their tiny pocket of the world.
Then, seemingly overnight, startling changes emerge in Ruth that Catherine cannot ignore. As her concern for her mother deepens, it becomes clear that Catherine can't go anywhere--not in Ruth's time of need. After all, what kind of daughter would she be if she abandoned her own mother?
A slow burn, dual-POV thriller that ebbs and flows between past and present, "Gone Tonight" overpromise and underdelivered for me. Despite an intriguing premise that suggests deception and secrets between mother and daughter, I found the pacing too slow, the characters underdeveloped, and the whole story lacking a clean, cohesive resolution.
While I wanted to love this, "Gone Tonight" suggests that Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks together are far better than Pekkanen alone. For lovers of "The Wife Between Us" or "The Golden Couple," know that this novel has a different feel altogether.
Rating: 3 Stars
Publication Details: Out 8/1/2023, St. Martin's Press
*Huge thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing my review copy of this title*
