When the Lights Go Out Spiral-Bound | 2022-04-26
Mary Kubica
★★★☆☆+ from 10,001 to 50,000 ratings
When the Lights Go Out
A woman gripped by insomnia is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally-charged thriller by Mary Kubica, the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl and The Other Mrs.
"A twisty, captivating, edge-of-your-seat read." --Megan Miranda, bestselling author of All the Missing Girls
"Creepy and oh so clever!" --Alice Feeney, bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie
A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller by the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica
Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she's ever known.
Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by grief and a relentless lack of sleep. As days pass and the insomnia worsens, it plays with Jessie's mind. Her judgment is blurred, her thoughts are hampered by fatigue. Jessie begins to see things until she can no longer tell the difference between what's real and what she's only imagined.
Meanwhile, twenty years earlier and two hundred and fifty miles away, another woman's split-second decision may hold the key to Jessie's secret past. Has Jessie's whole life been a lie or have her delusions gotten the best of her?
Don't miss Mary Kubica's chilling upcoming novel, She's Not Sorry, where an ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient's frightening past...
Look for these other edge-of-your-seat thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica:
- The Good Girl
- Pretty Baby
- Don't You Cry
- Every Last Lie
- The Other Mrs.
- Local Woman Missing
- Just The Nicest Couple
- She's Not Sorry
PRAISE FOR THE OTHER MRS.
Amazon Best Book of the Month Mystery & Thriller
Library Reads Pick
"[A] juicy thriller...its jaw-dropping twists could emerge as a Bird Box-esque phenomenon." --Entertainment Weekly
"Chilling." --PopSugar, A Brilliant New Book Hitting Shelves Pick
"Mary Kubica, the reigning queen of thrillers on your bookshelf, is back with another addictive read. The Other Mrs. has everything you need from the genre: a small-town murder, a killer on the loose, and an eerie old house. As usual, her shocking twists and turns will leave you breathless." --HelloGiggles, A Most Anticipated of 2020 Pick
"Thriller and mystery fans should add this twisting tale to their list." --Huffington Post
"Engrossing." --Booklist
"This hypnotic and addictive novel will keep the pages turning." --Westport Magazine
"The twists keep coming...a mesmerizing tale." --Library Journal
"Imagine you're on an escalator with people you know and love and it starts going faster, which is scary, and then it's speeding. Terrifying. The Other Mrs. is Mary Kubica's best work yet." --Caroline Kepnes, author of You
"Kubica ratchets up tension and intrigue in THE OTHER MRS. Her salacious, thoroughly mysterious characters bear the qualities we all crave in a thriller--seductive, seemingly unknowable, and altogether unpredictable." --Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Widow
"Brilliant! An utterly absorbing tale of deception and subterfuge. Kubica is a master of sleight of hand. Absolutely loved it!" --Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You
"Brilliantly propulsive and engrossing, with characters you'll really care about and twists you won't see coming, The Other Mrs. is that rare thing: a thriller with heart." --JP Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before
"The Other Mrs. is Mary Kubica's best book yet--which is saying a lot! I tore through the twisty, spine-tinglingly creepy pages." --Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of An Anonymous Girl
"In The Other Mrs., Mary Kubica weaves a labyrinth of deception and family secrets, each one more shocking than the last, with an ending that left me thunderstruck. If you have any doubts Mary Kubica is a master of the genre, this book will change your mind." --Samantha Downing, bestselling author of My Lovely Wife
"Secrets abound in The Other Mrs. as the plot moves at a brisk pace, with believable--and surprising--twists and a startling finale." --Sun Sentinel
"The Other Mrs. is Mary Kubica's most twisty, unpredictable and atmospheric thriller yet. Inscrutable, intriguing characters and a perfectly sinister setting create an insidious sense of dread that propels you to the very startling conclusion." --Gilly Macmillan, bestselling author of What She Knew and The Nanny
PRAISE FOR WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT
"Mary Kubica knows how to do thrillers. [When the Lights Go Out is] a mystery that'll keep you turning pages." --theSkimm
"Kubica brilliantly unravels the lives of two women in this tense and haunting tale of identity and deceit. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT will keep you questioning everything--and everyone--until the riveting conclusion. A twisty, captivating, edge-of-your-seat read." --Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of ALL THE MISSING GIRLS
"Kubica is a helluva storyteller." --Kirkus Reviews
"Intensely moving… will keep readers riveted… strongly recommended." --Booklist
"Creepy and oh so clever with a brilliant twist that I did not see coming!" --Alice Feeney, bestselling author of SOMETIMES I LIE
Select praise for Mary Kubica
"If you haven't read Mary Kubica yet, you need to start right this minute." --Lisa Scottoline
"A page-turning whodunit." --Ruth Ware
"Chilling." --Redbook
"Lots of twists and turns.... Comparisons to Gone Girl and The Silent Wife are deserved." --Huffington Post
"Master of thrills [Mary Kubica] concocts the perfect suspense page-turner." --BuzzFeed
"Mary Kubica has a knack for crafting engrossing psychological thrillers." --InStyle
"Kubica [is] a writer of vise-like control." --Chicago Tribune
"Intricately wrought suspense." --Vulture
"Kubica leads the pack when it comes to her genre." --Kirkus Reviews
"[Kubica] practically has you holding your breath for all 300 pages." --Bustle.com
"A twisty roller coaster ride." --Lisa Gardner
"Will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A cunningly constructed thriller." --The Columbus Dispatch