Plot Twist Fridays: Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

 

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

 Emma in the Night is written by Wendy Walker and is published by St. Martin’s Press. It is a dual narrative that takes the reader into the minds of our two main characters. Three years ago teenage sisters, Cass and Emma Tanner, disappeared from their Connecticut home. And for three years Dr. Abby Winter and Special Agent Leo Strauss of the FBI have sifted through the case. The duo has begun to give up hope that the girls would be found. Then one morning Cass Tanner returns to the doorstep of her mother's home. 

  The media and authorities descend upon the home where Cass is staying with her mother, Judy Martin, and step-father, Jonathan Martin. Cass tells a terrible tale of the two sisters being kidnapped and held against their will on an island. She tells the story of her escape with only one thought being to find Emma. But as Dr. Winters and Agent Strauss begin to slowly unravel the events of the girls' lives for the past three years, some things do not add up. Each girl's narrative plays like a game of tennis as each character bounces the story back and forth to the reader, slowly bringing the reader into a tale of psychological terror, harrowing escape, and the thin layers of truth.

  Emma in the Night takes the classic tale of kidnap and intrigue and tosses it on its head. This page-turning thriller had me hooked from chapter one. Wendy Walker’s ability to present a mystery and slowly peel back the layers for the final reveal is breathtaking. Just when I began to believe that I had solved the mystery, Walker ambushed me with another truth that sent my theories spinning. Emma in the Night is not only a mystery but a deep dive into the psyche of one family's dysfunction that could be used as a textbook in a psychology course. Using her resources wisely, Walker has crafted a multi-layer story that delivered some shocking plot twists.

  I read Emma in the Night in part with the duel narration of actresses, Julia Whelan and Therese Plummer, playing Cass and Abby’s narratives respectively. The team-up of their soothing voices drove the story along like a fine-tuned sports car. Every emotion from fear to desperation was presented flawlessly by these two amazing actresses. If you can read this novel along with the audiobook I highly recommend you do so.

  Emma in the Night is a five-star exciting mystery with a multi-layered cast of characters. Check out this amazing read at your local bookshop now!

  

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