Gone Tonight – Book Review

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it’s been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening.

Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never question anything about her mother’s past or background. But when Ruth’s desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in Ruth’s carefully-constructed world, both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.

I have read Sarah Pekkanen’s books before–she had co authored with Greer Hendricks The Golden Couple, The Anonymous Girl.

Gone Tonight follows the story of mother and daughter. The daughter Catherine Sterling believes that her mother is on the set of getting Alzheimer’s but when Catherine finds out some things about her mother, she wasn’t sure if she could trust her mother or not. Ruth Sterling has been moving around and running away from someone–and she would do anything to keep her daughter by the side.

The story is told in the POVs of Catherine and Ruth, so we would know what each of them thinks about each other. Ruth’s part was actually more interesting to read in my opinion as she describes her life in the past, what made her to leave behind her family and move to different cities. There are some twists and turns in the book, the book itself was engaging and intriguing to read. The writing was great, as the author knows how to draw the reader into the story. The ending was what I actually expected it to be, not really surprising. However there is not much suspense going on in the story in my opinion although the ending part was interesting to read.

Overall, I would rate this book 3.5 stars.