Birthday Girl, Niko Wolf
Birthday Girl, Niko Wolf
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Birthday Girl
Dark and masterfully written, Birthday Girl will keep you reading through the night

Author: Niko Wolf

Narrator: Adam Sims

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/09/2022


Synopsis

He loved her. He lost her. But he should never have written her off.

'Birthday Girl is a real treat of a book, beautifully written and perfectly paced, slowly revealing secret after secret until you're not sure of anything anymore - only that you have to keep reading' - Elly Griffiths, author of The Ruth Galloway Novels

Jonathan's wife disappeared more than twenty years ago. Now he's seeing her everywhere . . .

New York in the 1990s - impoverished writer Jonathan Dainty takes his wife Maddie out to the beach for her birthday. Hours later he finds himself at the local police precinct trying to explain how on earth he let his wife get into a stranger's car, and allowed it to drive her away.

More than twenty years later, Maddie is presumed dead and Jonathan has channelled his grief into a best-selling series of crime novels. As far as he can, he is living the perfect life.

Then one day he catches a glimpse of his dead wife, moving through a throng of people. Is Maddie alive? Has she come back? And why does no one believe him? As Jonathan attempts to uncover the truth, it soon becomes clear that the people closest to him are hiding something, something that could change everything . . .

The propulsive thriller from debut talent Niko Wolf, perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Blood Orange

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Niko Wolf

Niko Wolf was born in London and her first novel, The Favourite, was published in the UK in 2017 under SV Berlin. Long listed for The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2018, it was also chosen as an ELLE Book of the month. Most recently, she was a Screenwriter and Story Editor for independent movie A Son of Man, selected as an official entry in the foreign-language category for the 2019 Oscars. Wolf works in artificial intelligence, and lives in Manhattan. Birthday Girl is her first thriller.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tina

The Gone Girl comp we’ve all been looking for. This was such a page turner and the ending made me holler. Shout out to my Book Talk, etc cohost Renee for getting this on our radar!!......more

Goodreads review by Mandy

A great twisting thriller that keep you guessing. Really enjoyed it......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

Jonathan and his wife go for a trip to the beach for her birthday, only hours later, he finds himself at the police station, his wife missing. He tries to explain why it felt plausible to let her get into a stranger's car, thinking she would shortly return and the finger pointing begins. We see Jona......more

Jonathan Dainty takes his wife Maddie out to the beach for her birthday in New York in 1990’s. Then an inexplicable event occurs. Maddie gets into the car of a total stranger and literally disappears. Jonathan is devastated by this turn of events and never gets any answers to what happened on that f......more

Full thoughts: [URL not allowed] I think the description of this book is way off and is not doing the book any favors. The description states this is a "propulsive thriller" for fans of Gone Girl. Based on that, I'm expecting to have some real moments of tension and building th......more