Home Before Night

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I guess as it’s a short story there’s not a lot of character expansion and it’s quite quick to get to the end with a decent ending. But this is another great read from Pomare and the sneak peek at his next book (included in the paperback copy) will whet your appetite for his 2024 release. She’s a heavy drinker, and presents as perhaps a little paranoid, in part troubled by a secret from her past that Pomare teases out. I have to say I was ambivalent about reading a book set in the pandemic and it did bring me back to that time and my own feelings about being in lockdown.

Twists come out of nowhere and the high drama of the final few chapters is edge-of-the-seat stuff' New Zealand Women's Weekly'A twisty small-town mystery with a protagonist I didn't want to let go' IAN RANKIN'The pay-off is criminally good . Lou has raised her son to be honest and has never before had to suspect him of harbouring secrets and lies. divorced mother Lou is waiting on her eighteen year old son Samuel to arrive before the curfew hits otherwise they must stay for the next four weeks where they are, when he doesn’t arrive home and she cannot contact him Lou pushes the panic buttons, does she have a reason to?When Lou discovers Samuel isn’t with his girlfriend, more alarm bells begin to ring, and Lou can’t help but think it has something to do with events from her past with Samuel’s father Marko.

There are lots of different twists in this mystery, thriller, my mind had all different thoughts trying to sort out what was happening, and the ending was not what I expected at all, a short story that I did in one sitting, it is fast paced and has lots happening in, characters that add to the story. As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8pm to get to their homes. Everyone and everything is suspicious, as Pomare’s lead character embarks on her turbulent journey to find her missing son Samuel. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.P Pomare I think I know what's happening and where the story is going then BOOM he flips the script on me. It was safe to say I had my seatbelt buckled in tight while reading Home Before Night, I knew that a huge jolt to my system was coming! The whole story with Jessica fascinated me and I so wish it had gone down that path and not where it went. The characters are miserable, trying to get through the minutia of the first 8-12chapters was very, very difficult for me.

Her ex-husband is dismissive when she phones him, accusing her of being overbearing, among other things, but Lou is certain there is something wrong. Maybe I'm just thick, but I didn't get the twist at the end and can think of no plausible explanation for how it could have happened, so this left it feeling unfinished for me.The book also includes a sneak peek of Pomare’s next book ‘Seventeen Years Later’ which I am holding back on reading until it’s published because I need to read the whole book!

Overall: highly recommend this thriller, especially if you are looking for something quick to get stuck into. Opening with an outstandstanding prologue, this twist-filled, fast-paced mystery moves at a breathless speed.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I am a Perth resident so we didn’t face as many lockdowns as Melbourne, but we were cut off from the rest of the country and the world, so Home Before Night was a reminder of this extremely isolating time. As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8 pm to get to their homes. Expect a cheap Covid plot, a miserable, alcoholic, overbearing mother, shitty father, and boring plot until about 80% in.