One night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: 15-year-old Cass and 17-year-old Emma. Three years later Cass returns without her sister, Emma. Her story is one of kidnapping and betrayal, of a mysterious island where the two were held. But to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter, something doesn't add up. Looking deep within this dysfunctional family, Dr. Winter uncovers a life where boundaries were violated and a narcissistic parent held sway. And where one sister's return might just be the beginning of the crime.

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Wendy Walker
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Listening Length	9 hours and 13 minutes
Author	Wendy Walker
Narrator	Therese Plummer, Julia Whelan
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	August 08, 2017
Publisher	Macmillan Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B06XGKXV4C
Best Sellers Rank	#2,414 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #35 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #102 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #245 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)

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Highly recommend

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019

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4.5 stars
I never quite know what I'm going to get with a Wendy Walker book, and I'm saying that as a compliment. The three books I have read by her have this unique feel to them although I can't put into words what makes them feel so special and different. She's just a good storyteller and this book is a wonderful example of that fact.

Fifteen-year-old Emma Tanner and her older sister, Cass, disappeared three years ago. Emma has now found her way back home and says she was held captive on an island with her sister. She was able to escape, but without her sister. As law enforcement grills Emma with the hope she will be able to provide enough answers so they can successfully locate and rescue Cass, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter can't help but question some of Emma's claims. Abby thinks by learning more about Emma and her family, she might be able to uncover the truth.

I thought the mystery was complex enough that I would be rather surprised if any reader was able to figure out every single piece of the puzzle before everything is revealed. It's one of those in which the theory you have floating around in your head will probably change throughout the story and by the end at most you were only partially correct. I liked how the story alternated between Emma and Abby's perspectives and as the story progressed, it was interesting learning some of the things they shared in common but also how they were different.

Highly recommend for not just mystery fans but also for anyone who appreciates when an author takes the time and effort to create a well-crafted story with fully developed characters.

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Clifford Family

Best Read of the Year

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017

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Emma in the Night is magnificent. I loved All Is Not Forgotten. Somehow Emma manages to take it up a notch. It's a flawless, layered, psychological thriller, with twists and turns and an endgame impossible to figure out till the final pages. I read it in practically one sitting, and twenty four hours later, I am still unable to stop thinking about it. I wish every book were this good. You get one or two of these a season. When you find them, you want to slow down, savor it, because you don't want it to end. Enough with the gushing. Just buy the book. If warped and wonderful domestic head games and tawdry crime novels like Gone Girl, etc., are your thing, you won't be disappointed.

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See Gee

Emma in the NIght is a hard story of truth that must be faces and dealt with. Compelling and disturbing.

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2017

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Whew! What a complicated story of very messed up and twisted lives. It was most disturbing for me to read, because I know a family plagued by this syndrome of Narcisissism. It was a hard book to read for me, because the family I know is totally torn up because of a mother who has this strong weakness. I was hoping for some conclusion as to how to help someone get over themselves and thus spare the children....but this story was so full of hard truths about this sickness of the mind and how ti affects and cripples children and spouses. There was no cure professed, only escape from the person poisoning the victims with her cruel, self centered demands and ways. Oh ,such a downer. But the story was compelling and well formulated . Step by step the mystery of the missing sisters is solved, with a big surprise at the very end. This book will not disappoint, but it also will not lift you up with a good feeling heart. Some truths are just hard to bear, but bear them we must. Read it! Find out for yourself, See Gee

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N. Erdmann

A BIG TWIST

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020

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EMMA IN THE NIGHT has the narcissistic mother and the relationships she is or isn’t able to have with her two daughters as its central theme.

To complicate the family dynamic are the two daughters’
father, divorced because of his weakness of will by their power-hungry mother, his son from his first marriage who is the daughters’ kind half-brother, the mother’s new, much more powerful husband and his unstable son from his previous marriage, the two daughters’ stepfather and stepbrother.

The family’s home is in the (Fairfield County, I deduce) suburbs, an hour south of Danbury along Rte 7, in the far south of Connecticut. An island off the coast of Maine near Rockland is the second important setting for this extreme yet believable drama.

The F. B. I., a young female psychologist and a seasoned male agent who have worked together before, will be the ones to get to the bottom of what was and what is going on in this ordinary-seeming, affluent Connecticut family.

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Kerry Kilburn

Good premise, mediocre execution

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017

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Wendy Walker has an intriguing premise here and an interesting approach to telling Cass's story. The problem, for me, is that she does a lot of telling and virtually no showing, making a lot of the narrative seem more like info-dumps than the gradual revealing of character and events that a good thriller with an unreliable narrator really requires. Additionally, the character of Abby Winters never really came Alice for me - she seemed to exist primarily as a way to relay Cass's narrative of events and to fill the reader in on everything you could ever want to know about narcissistic personality disorder, much of which was, frankly, repetitive and/or irrelevant to the story. And can I just ask, why give her a dog who is mentioned maybe twice and never named?

That said, parts of the story were intriguing enough to keep me reading, and a few plot twists were a little surprising. No major thrills or shocking reveals (too heavy a hand with the foreshadowing), but a pleasant enough summer vacation read.

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Great psychological thriller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2018

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Emma in the Night
By Wendy Walker
Two sisters disappeared one night three years ago. Emma Tanner’s car was found at the beach with her purse and keys, and her shoes left on the sand. There was no sign of her younger sister Cass. Nothing of hers was missing from her room.
Now, after three years Cass has come home!
Special Agent, Leo Strauss and FBI, Forensic Psychologist, Dr Abigail Winter who had been in charge of the case of the missing girls cannot wait to interview Cass and find out, at last what happened. But it is not quite that simple. Cass’s story leads to more questions than it answers and as her story unfolds the divisions and tensions in the family start to unravel.
Full of drama and suspense ‘Emma in the Night’ is told by two narrators, Cass and Dr Winter and has lots of twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. The atmosphere builds, empathy is created and I really did not want to put this book down. The relationships and conflicts between the characters unfold at a satisfactory pace along with the plot and the descriptions and analysis of living with a narcissistic mother are shockingly detailed and raw.
Lovers of psychological thrillers and unreliable narrators will really enjoy Emma in the Night. I will definitely look out by more by Wendy Walker.
Sue Almond
January 2018

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jade1

Twists and turns - but not all that gripping

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2018

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This book really did have so many twists and turns I did not see coming. It is an enjoyable book with a thoroughly good story line, however I did not find myself gripped to the pages as I usually would with a story of this strength. I'm not sure what it was about the writing, but I left this book multiple times for over a week without being interested in coming back to it, almost forgetting about it when it wasn't right in front of me.
It has great reviews and really does have a good storyline so maybe I am wrong with my criticism. But overall I would recommend.

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S. Ackland

Perfect psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2018

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I didn't guess the truth at all, which is brilliant, as nothing worse that a psychological thriller with predictable twists and conclusions, I didn't give it 5* because I did find myself skim reading Abby's back story bits as I really wasn't interested in it, I just wanted to read and find out the main story, other than that it was a brilliant story, I recommend it 100% to anyone who loves a good puzzle to try and figure out

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Wendy

REALLY WELL CRAFTED STORY

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2018

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Its very difficult to write a review for this book without revealing spoilers as there are so many twists and turns!

I really enjoyed this book I thought it was really cleverly crafted to keep you guessing without the author trying to be too pretentious and throw in a ridiculous twist at the end. I felt myself sympathising with all of the characters as each one had their own issues.

Abby Davies

Original, Compelling Psychological Thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2018

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Really compelling and original. The inclusion of narcissistic personality disorder made this book a fresh and interesting read for me. Well-written and well-paced; I found this hard to put down.

I gave this 4 rather than 5 stars because I found - SPOILER ALERT - the fact that Cass told such extensive lies not quite convincing enough.

I'd definitely read Wendy Walker again!

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