The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave

From Laura Dave, the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, comes an engrossing family drama with undercurrents of suspense. 

When wealthy hotel magnate Liam Noone falls to his death from a cliff, his children suspect foul play, doubting it was an accident as the authorities have made it out to be. Nora and her brother Sam, who she hasn’t seen for years, are drawn together in an attempt to track down information pertaining to their father’s death.

What complicates their investigation is the nature in which Liam lived his life. On the one hand, he was in the public eye as a renowned businessman, and yet despite that, his private life is shrouded in mystery. Three marriages, children from the first two, and an extramarital affair. 

In the aftermath of his death, Nora and Sam are left wondering how much they really knew their father. And with so many people who loved and respected him, who would want him dead? Laura Dave is a master at balancing multiple timelines and perspectives in this well-plotted story and she kept me guessing until the end.

In exciting news, the novel is currently in the works for Netflix, with Laura Dave and her husband Josh Singer, Academy Award-winning screenwriter teaming up for the adaptation.

Laura Dave by Katherine Eskovitz

Laura Dave is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Last Thing He Told Me and Eight Hundred Grapes. Her novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and six of them have been optioned for film and television. She resides in Santa Monica, California.

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