From the bestselling author of The Good Neighbor comes a gripping thriller about an engagement party gone fatally awry.
Imagine your closest friend utterly betraying you. Years later, when she seeks forgiveness, you invite her to your engagement party as a gesture of reconciliation. But seething hostilities rise to the surface, ruining everyone’s evening. After an awful night, your friend’s battered, lifeless body is found at the bottom of a rocky cliff.
Newly engaged Marissa Parlette is living this nightmare. She should be celebrating her upcoming wedding, but she can’t shake the image of her friend lying dead on the beach. Did she fall? Was she pushed? Or did she take a purposeful step into darkness? Desperate for answers, Marissa digs deep into the events of the party. But what she remembers happening after nightfall now carries sinister implications: the ugly sniping, the clandestine meetings, the drunken flirtations. The more she investigates, the more she questions everything she thought she knew about her friends, the man she once trusted, and even herself.
Bestselling author A. J. Banner keeps readers on a razor-sharp edge in this intricately plotted novel of psychological suspense…in which nothing is as it seems.
Genre: Mystery
Imagine your closest friend utterly betraying you. Years later, when she seeks forgiveness, you invite her to your engagement party as a gesture of reconciliation. But seething hostilities rise to the surface, ruining everyone’s evening. After an awful night, your friend’s battered, lifeless body is found at the bottom of a rocky cliff.
Newly engaged Marissa Parlette is living this nightmare. She should be celebrating her upcoming wedding, but she can’t shake the image of her friend lying dead on the beach. Did she fall? Was she pushed? Or did she take a purposeful step into darkness? Desperate for answers, Marissa digs deep into the events of the party. But what she remembers happening after nightfall now carries sinister implications: the ugly sniping, the clandestine meetings, the drunken flirtations. The more she investigates, the more she questions everything she thought she knew about her friends, the man she once trusted, and even herself.
Bestselling author A. J. Banner keeps readers on a razor-sharp edge in this intricately plotted novel of psychological suspense…in which nothing is as it seems.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"We tore through the pages of After Nightfall, a masterful thriller that's twisty in the very best way. A. J. Banner will keep you guessing until the final sentence, with an ending so shocking you’ll be gasping for breath." - Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
"After Nightfall is a moody, haunting thriller that masterfully explores the complex dynamics of fractured families, fractured marriages, and fractured friendships. This book grabbed me from the opening scene and kept me frantically turning pages until the shocking final chapter. A. J. Banner’s best book yet!" - Robyn Harding
"Gripping and arresting! After Nightfall is a stellar psychological thriller. Banner had me second-guessing every character throughout the entire novel. I literally couldn’t figure out who’d done it until the reveal. And it was shocking. Love that!" - Kerry Lonsdale
"After Nightfall is a chilling and fast-paced whodunit with a cast of characters who will keep you guessing who to trust until the very end. Get ready for a twisty, suspenseful read. A. J. Banner has done it again!" - Kaira Rouda
"Moody and beautifully atmospheric, After Nightfall is a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page, the final sentence even, a heart-stopping revelation. I highly recommend it!" - Barbara Taylor Sissel
"A. J. Banner keeps the pages turning with this twisty thriller that strikes right at the heart of our closest relationships." - Wendy Walker
"After Nightfall is a moody, haunting thriller that masterfully explores the complex dynamics of fractured families, fractured marriages, and fractured friendships. This book grabbed me from the opening scene and kept me frantically turning pages until the shocking final chapter. A. J. Banner’s best book yet!" - Robyn Harding
"Gripping and arresting! After Nightfall is a stellar psychological thriller. Banner had me second-guessing every character throughout the entire novel. I literally couldn’t figure out who’d done it until the reveal. And it was shocking. Love that!" - Kerry Lonsdale
"After Nightfall is a chilling and fast-paced whodunit with a cast of characters who will keep you guessing who to trust until the very end. Get ready for a twisty, suspenseful read. A. J. Banner has done it again!" - Kaira Rouda
"Moody and beautifully atmospheric, After Nightfall is a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page, the final sentence even, a heart-stopping revelation. I highly recommend it!" - Barbara Taylor Sissel
"A. J. Banner keeps the pages turning with this twisty thriller that strikes right at the heart of our closest relationships." - Wendy Walker
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