Survive the Night
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of New York Times Book Review's "summer reads guaranteed to make your heart thump and your skin crawl"; An Amazon Best of the Month Pick; Named a must-read summer book by The Washington Post, USA Today, Vulture, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, CNN, New York Post, Good Housekeeping, E!, PopSugar, CrimeReads, Thrillist, and BookRiot. It's November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it's guilt and grief over the shocking murder of her best friend, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh, it's to help care for his sick father--or so he says. The longer she sits in the passenger seat, the more Charlie notices there's something suspicious about Josh, from the holes in his story about his father to how he doesn't want her to see inside the trunk. As they travel an empty, twisty highway in the dead of night, an increasingly anxious Charlie begins to think she's sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh truly dangerous? Or is Charlie's jittery mistrust merely a figment of her movie-fueled imagination? One thing is certain--Charlie has nowhere to run and no way to call for help. Trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse played out on pitch-black roads and in neon-lit parking lots, Charlie knows the only way to win is to survive the night.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0593183169
ISBN13:9780593183168
Release Date:June 2021
Publisher:Dutton Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.23 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A Fun Ride
Published by Stephanie , 9 months ago
I've heard mixed things about this book and wasn't sure where I'd stand, but I loved it. Maybe being a child of the 90's made me really appreciate the 90's setting, even if it was pretty vague, and I'm finding I apparently like "bottle episode" books like this, as it's mostly set in a car ride (I also love Stephen King's Cujo, which is set primarily in a car, go fig). I admit some of the twists were kind of reaching, but they worked for me.
Such a fun read
Published by Acook , 1 year ago
This story is told from Charlies POV, even though shes not the most reliable source. It keeps you guessing Who is the campus killer? I really enjoyed reading this book and trying to figure out what would happen next.
Nostalgic & Thrilling
Published by AW , 2 years ago
It's a thrilling story told from a possibly unreliable POV. The scene is set in the 90s which makes for some nostalgic throwbacks. It was twisty and a quick, fun read.
Really enjoyable. Read very quickly- good page turner
Published by Schnitzel , 3 years ago
Written from the perspective of Charlie- the lead character. Very entertaining. Enjoyed it!
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