Last Good Night

From the acclaimed author of Best Intentions and Waiting to Surface comes a taut and disturbing (The New York Times) psychological thriller about a television news anchor whose idyllic life is shattered when her shadowed past comes back to haunt her.Laura Barrett has it alla supportive husband, a beautiful baby daughter, and a career in television that has made her face familiar to millions. But theres a shadow over Lauras happiness. And when a man approaches her after she leaves work and calls her Marta, Laura knows that what shes feared for so long has finally arrived. The postcard with the coffin on it confirms that her idyll is over. Marta was a teenager, growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, when she did something terrible one night in a run-down motel, and shes been running from it ever since. For twenty years, Laura has been trying to erase Marta from her memory. Now a man from her past is confronting her, demanding answers. At first, Laura thinks she can control the situation. But suddenly, shes facing every mothers nightmare: her daughter is kidnapped. To get her baby back, Lauras going to have to risk her marriage, her career, and her life, and finally face up to what happened that night so long ago. Gripping and suspenseful, The Last Good Night ratchets up the tension and fully involves the reader in her heroines harrowing ordeal (Publishers Weekly).