Richard (on hiatus)'s Reviews > Goodnight, Beautiful

It’s hard to write much about about Goodnight, Beautiful by Aimee Molloy without giving anything away.
Newly married Annie and her psychoanalyst husband Sam move to a small town to be close to Sam’s mother who is in a nursing home. Sam has created an expensively furnished consulting room downstairs. Little does he know that every word of his consultations can be heard upstairs through a secret vent.
A little while later Sam disappears.
This is a clever thriller, an object lesson in ‘sleight of pen’. You are reading, enjoying, being swept along by the story. Suddenly the ground falls away, preconceptions are shattered.
Ok, we’ve read these sort of books before, so - concentrate, readjust, don’t let yourself get caught out again - you’re ready for it this time .......... and then ..... damn, didn’t see that coming! :)
This novel won’t terrify you, make your heartbeat rise to a worrying level or cause you to lose a nights sleep, but I really did look forward to picking it up.
The writing is light but sharp, the action skips along at a lively pace and there’s loads of surprises. Dialogue flows nicely and characters are drawn knowingly with some irony and wit.
Must admit I did finally guess a couple of the twists later on in the book, but overall this was a quick and very entertaining read.