Middle of the Night

New York Times bestselling author Sager (The House Across the Lake) scores another home run with his eighth thriller, a compulsively readable tale that will not disappoint fans of his dark, atmospheric writing. In a run-of-the-mill New Jersey subdivision, a childhood nightmare comes back to haunt Ethan. As a child, waking from camping in his backyard with a friend, Ethan realized their tent had been cut open with a knife and his friend was missing. The child was never found. Enduring marital problems 30 years later, Ethan reluctantly returns to his family’s house and faces his past head-on. He is convinced that someone is sneaking around the cul-de-sac at peculiar hours and wonders if there is still something strange happening or if someone is trying to pull an ill-conceived prank. The story is luminously narrated by Santino Fontana, his voice thick with tension and chilling foreboding.