Goodnight Beautiful

A Novel

By: Aimee Molloy

Narrated by: Val Toomey, George Newbern, Marin Ireland, Joel Froomkin

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

From "master of clever misdirection" (Kirkus Reviews) Aimee Molloy, author of the New York Times best seller The Perfect Mother, comes an irresistible psychological thriller featuring a newly married woman whose life is turned upside-down when her husband goes missing.

Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are head over heels, and excited to say goodbye to New York city and start a life together in Sam's sleepy hometown upstate. 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.

Showcasing Molloy’s deft ability to subvert norms and culminating in the kind of stunning twist that is becoming her trademark, Goodnight Beautiful is a thrilling tale of domestic suspense that not only questions assumptions but defies expectations.

©2020 Aimee Molloy (P)2020 HarperAudio

An absolute delight!

this book was so un predictable! You thought it was going one way and boom... another! I was so into it I finished in 2 days lol.

Misery

This book is Misery with an altered ending. It is an okay book but it’s so unoriginal it’s almost boring. If there was ever a copyright infringement case to be won... this book is it.

Great Until Halfway

The story started out really good, I listened to the first half in about two days, but then all of a sudden I knew exactly how the story would end. Nothing about the 2nd half was really that interesting.

So good!

Took me a minute to understand who was who (reader) but once I did, I was hooked!

Trust the process!!

Wow... wow... WOW !! Master of misdirection is right!! No matter what you're thinking as you listen... trust the process (including the narrators) ! This book is truly a psychological thriller. And, this was the kind of book that, not only is it worth the credit, I will definitely listen to again (something I rarely do) , as a matter of fact, it's going to be my next book club pick. I can't wait for that discussion!!

Goodnight beautiful

Fun story. Ending was a bit tidy for me. I found the voice of Albert bitterman confusing, since he sounded like a woman, and I kept forgetting the character was a man. Otherwise the storytelling was good. Story itself is fun.

loved this book

I actually struggled in the beginning of the book. This was mainly because I felt it took too long to get to a point or twist. Once it happened it was great. I was a little annoyed with the 40 smoker voice but I was able to deal with it after a while. I was told to go into this book blind and I'm glad i did! I definitely recommend this book!

The best book I have read so far ... Wonderful!

Story kept my attention. Fun twists. The narration was spot on. Make sure you read this one.

Disappointed

Very, very slow start. Difficulty getting past the readers voice. Predictable ending. Listened to it all hoping there’d be a twist— spoiler alert. There was not.

A breath of fresh air!

This genre is one of my favorites, but I often come across stories with very similar themes and overused plots. This was a nice change of pace and the narration was great.