Books like The Night Before by Wendy Walker
Laura Lochner, who has had a series of bad break‑ups and given up her New York career, moves in with her sister Rosie in suburban Connecticut. Determined to find love again, she meets a man online and leaves for a blind date. When she never returns home, Rosie worries that the men she once feared might have harmed her sister. As Rosie digs deeper to find Laura, she learns that the disappearance could hinge on a secret from their shared history. The story follows Rosie’s desperate search and the toll it takes on her family life.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Wendy Walker
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