The Last Night Out
by Catherine O'Connell

Six friends. A bride to be. One murder. Too many secrets.

After drinking too much at her bachelorette party, Maggie Trueheart wakes to find a stranger in her bed. To make matters worse, a phone call brings the devastating news that her friend Angie was murdered some time after they parted ways the night before.

Kelly Delaney, who left the party early, is the first of Maggie’s friends to face questions from Chicago homicide detective Ron O’Reilly. After taking a closer look at the other women who attended the party, O’Reilly concludes that at least some of them are lying.

As the clock ticks down to the wedding day and more shocking secrets are revealed, the murderer zeros in on another one of the girls. Can the killer be stopped before there is another victim?

Genre: Psychological thriller

Reviews

“The story sashays in some surprising directions before briskly pulling all the disparate threads together in a slam-bang finale. O’Connell tells this intricately plotted tale with verve.”

Publishers Weekly Starred Review

“Catherine O’Connell has written a detailed and deftly plotted thriller that is as much a romance novel as it is a mystery with several twists. It’s doubtful even the most canny reader will guess the culprit until the tense final chapters, and the revelations in Kelly’s part of the epilogue will stay in the mind for a long time.”

New York Journal of Books

“O’Connell takes an exceedingly clever approach to the story, using shifting points of view to take us through the investigation... readers will respond enthusiastically to this well-told tale of secrets, lies, and murder.”

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Catherine O'Connell

CATHERINE O’CONNELL divides her time between Chicago and Aspen, and sits on the board of Aspen Words, a literary centre whose aim is to support writers and reach out to readers. She is also a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Catherine has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, the Cox network and numerous radio shows including WGN Radio’s SUNDAY PAPERS with Rick Kogan.

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Editions

The Last Night Out by Catherine O'Connell is available in the following formats

Hardback *978072788800631st May 2018145 X 225mm304£20.99
Hardback - Large Print978072789387129th March 2019145 X 220mm416$36.95
Hardback - Large Print978072789387131st January 2019145 X 220mm416£22.99
Paperback97818475192691st June 2019138 X 215mm304$17.95
Paperback978184751926929th March 2019138 X 215mm304£12.99
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