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That Night: The Gripping Richard & Judy Psychological Thriller Kindle Edition

by Gillian McAllister (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 13,164 ratings
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY PICK

'Incredibly tense and gripping' ADELE PARKS
'Kept me guessing and kept me fooled. Clever, pacy and so gripping that my heart raced' C.L. TAYOR
'This absolutely blew me away. Properly unputdownable' 5***** READER REVIEW
'Another unputdownable what-would-you-do thriller, rich with McAllister's trademark twists and emotional depth' ERIN KELLY
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What would you do to protect your family?

ANYTHING.

During a family holiday in Italy, you get an urgent call from your sister.

There's been an accident: she hit a man with her car and he's dead. She asks for your help.

She'd cover for you, so will you do the same for her?

But when the police come calling, the lies start . . .

And you each begin to doubt one another.

What really happened that night?

Who is lying to who?

AND WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO CRACK?
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'From its propulsive opening to its devastating finale, That Night explores the terrible cost of family loyalty and the lines all of us might cross for those we love. Her best yet' TM LOGAN

'Tautly plotted and beautifully written. Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' Clare Mackintosh

'That Night was like watching a gripping, tense and claustrophobic box set! My heart was in my mouth the whole time. Her best yet' Claire Douglas

'Almost unbearably tense and an utterly absorbing read' Rosamund Lupton

'Had me absolutely gripped. Claustrophobic and tense and completely absorbing' Jane Fallon

'Beautifully written and incredibly gripping . . . it gave me genuine shivers. Masterfully done' Beth O'Leary

'So slippery, you will struggle to catch your breath. Gillian McAllister has secured her throne as the queen of the moral dilemma' Holly Seddon

'That Night is yet another triumph, intricately plotted and beautifully written' Jill Mansell

'That Night crept into my every waking thought. A claustrophobic, twisty novel that will have you asking, "what would I do?"' Lia Louis

READERS ARE HOOKED BY THAT NIGHT:

'A masterpiece' 5***** Reader Review

'I'm speechless . . . cannot recommend enough' 5***** Reader Review

'A pressure cooker of panic, excitement, fear, anger . . . I cannot rave about this enough!' 5***** Reader Review

'WOW! WOW! WOW! The twists and shocks blew me away' 5***** Reader Review

Praise for Gillian McAllister

'I read it in a breathless day and a half' Lisa Jewell

'Perfection. Intriguing and compelling' Clare Mackintosh

'As tense as a piano string' Sunday Times

'Addictive, clever, twisty' Sun

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08WH631DN
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (July 8, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3404 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 431 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 13,164 ratings

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Gillian McAllister

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Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the following novels:

Everything But The Truth (2017)

Anything You Do Say (2018) called The Choice in America

No Further Questions (2018) called The Good Sister in America

The Evidence Against You (2019)

How To Disappear (2020)

That Night (2021)

Wrong Place Wrong Time (2022)

Just Another Missing Person (2023)

All are standalone and can be read in any order.

Her latest release is Just Another Missing Person. It became an instant international bestseller, hitting the Sunday Times and Canadian Bestsellers list.

It follows Wrong Place Wrong Time, which was selected for the Radio 2 book club and was the Reese's Book Club August '22 pick. It debuted at number 4 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List and number 2 on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, the Radio 2 Book Club and is published in 37 languages.

You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @gillianmauthor and at http://www.gillianmcallister.com.

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TeresaNik
4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing read
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021
What would you do to protect your family?

ANYTHING.

This is the story of Joe, Cathy and Frannie Plant, siblings that will do anything to help one another, whatever the circumstances. They are a close knit family, they live next door to one another, they work together at the family veterinary practice, they even go on holiday together to their house in Verona, Italy and it's during this latest holiday that Frannie makes a desperate call to Cathy and Joe needing their help, but their subsequent actions will have a detrimental effect on all of them and will change their lives forever.

That Night is told over two timelines; Then in Verona, Italy and Now in Birmingham, UK and voiced by all the main characters. The story has a good concept with a few twists along the way that you won't see coming, it's a slow burner but begins to ramp up in the last third of the book. It explores how far someone would go to protect a member of their family and, I suppose, until you're faced with that situation, you just don't know what you would do. I didn't connect with any of the characters, although I did feel a modicum of sympathy for Joe's wife, Lydia who was kept out of the loop for most of the story, and this disconnection did have an effect on my enjoyment of the book, although I was intrigued to discover what really happened that night. I've really enjoyed all of this authors courtroom thrillers and was blown away by her last book, How to Disappear, which I awarded five stars, but there was just something missing in this one and for that reason I have given it three and a half stars, however this won't deter me from reading her books in the future.
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PJD
1.0 out of 5 stars Not one of her more interesting books. Too gory, deressing, and way too many F bombs
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023
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I have read several of this author's books, and can generally overlook some gory details, and language. This is because the content is interesting, and the storyis a good mystery. This book had a very weak story. To make up for it, there were lots of descriptions of blood, review of many gory details, violence, and far too many F words. Can't the author think of another adjective? And it is offensive to use that word in the same sentence as "God" or "Jesus" I ended up just skimming the court reports. I would return it, but the price was only $4.00, and I would have to pay shipping. I doublt I will buy any more of her books.
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Laraine
4.0 out of 5 stars A really good read.
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2024
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4 - 4 1/2 stars. This book was a Richard and Judy Book Club Selection Summer 2021. This nifty little thriller is about families and what you would do for a sibling, moral dilemmas and murder. The three Plant children have been scarred by the death of their young sibling Rosie years before. Older brother Joe is very protective of his sisters and quick to anger, a hot head. Sister Cathy is the sensible one but inside she is full of guilt. And Frannie is the baby of the family, beautiful and feckless and mother of toddler Paul, who the whole family adores. At their vacation villa in Verona, Italy, two of the siblings get a call from the third asking for their help and the things they do that night haunt them long after they leave Italy. This was an intriguing book that had a number of very interesting twists. I thought it was a really good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn’t Put This Down!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2024
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Great book, loved the story line, character relationships and twists I didn’t see coming. Highly recommend, great one to read on holiday too.
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Nana Mez
3.0 out of 5 stars 3 star, 4 star, 2 star
Reviewed in Australia on July 29, 2021
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I struggled to give this book a star rating. 4 star because I loved the plot, 3 star as I found alot of the book was unnecessary padding and 2 star because the main characters annoyed me so much. Their relationship with living and working together was sickening and for professionals their actions were hard to understand. I nearly stopped part way through but kept going and glad I did.
The plot was great but could have been written better. I read How to Disappear and also found the characters hard to like. Her other books all look on a similar path so probably won't read any more.
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Adrian Reaney
4.0 out of 5 stars That night.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2023
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A thrilling ,fast paced roller coaster of a novel. Well written and enthralling. It will keep you guessing until the end.
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Chestnut Lass
3.0 out of 5 stars Quite a good read - but utterly implausible
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2021
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I did enjoy this book - well I wanted to see how it ended so I read it all. The problem I have with it is that the story was so full of implausible situations, as well as the three main characters, the siblings, being obsessed with each other in such an unnatural way, and not likeable personalities. So if you have read this book, you may be wondering, as I am, how...
SPOILER ALERT (some rhetorical questions): a) Frannie could have had a baby that neither of the two siblings had a clue about who the father was when they were so close; b) if the baby was conceived in Verona - where they always went on holiday together - wouldn't they have known something about him? And at what point did they exchange email addresses? c) Why did Frannie lie constantly to her siblings about more or less everything, d) as vets, would they not have realised that Will couldn't have been killed with 'so much blood' by just one glancing blow from a car on a track; e) Why was Will walking to her house at midnight - when she was driving out for more wine? f) Why did she even tell a 'holiday-one-night-stand' about the baby? g) What possible claim could he have had on the baby in the circumstances - was Frannie that stupid? h), Why, when the siblings lived next door to each other (weird), would they then have a big discussion/argument about their situation at work, with staff still there? i) Why so many references to Rosie - as if she was somehow the excuse for all of their behaviours. j) What did Jason 'know'? Was he supposed to have known that Frannie was the murderer, and if so, how, as we assume that Cathy must have fed him a pack of lies. And so many more unanswered questions. I'm not convinced that all the 5 star reviews on here are genuine as they all seem to just say how brilliant the book was, with no description of the actual story, except the 'love of three siblings'. Not really a thriller and hard to recommend - although it wasn't all bad and I did finish it.
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