Last Night in Montreal

By: Emily St. John Mandel

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility—when Lilia Albert was a child, her father appeared on the doorstep of her mother's house and took her away. Now, haunted by an inability to remember much about her early childhood, Lilia moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers and eluding the private detective who has dedicated a career to following close behind.

Then comes Eli. When Lilia goes out for a paper and fails to return to their Brooklyn apartment, he follows her to Montreal, not knowing whether he wants to disappear, too, or help her find her way home. But what he discovers is a deeper mystery, one that will set past and present spinning toward collision.

Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

Critic reviews

“Breathtaking. . . . Simply blew me away.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR, “Morning Edition”

“Emily St. John Mandel is astonishing.” —Emma Straub, author of The Vacationers

“Stunning. . . . A brilliant tale of desperation and identity.” —Richmond Review

“Lilia is more or less Newton’s first law of motion personified. . . . [A] knot of a novel.” —The New York Times

“[Mandel’s] writing is pure elegance.” —Patrick DeWitt, author of Sisters Brothers

“[Mandel] is a stunningly beautiful writer whose complex, flawed, and well-drawn characters linger with you.” —Sarah McCarry, Tor.com

“The pages fly.” —Paste

“Last Night in Montreal is an exciting debut: a thriller, a love story, and a quiet ballad about life's fleeting connections.” —Quill & Quire

“Taut, gripping. . . . The lost souls in this elegantly compelling novel are lost to themselves as much as they are to others.” —Booklist

“Mandel is a terrific writer, so good that even the furthest reaches of her tale make perfect sense.” —PopMatters.com

“Shockingly real, and so hard to put down.” —Three Guys One Book

“Exquisite. . . . At its heart this book is a mystery, a few mysteries; we wait and we wonder while being charmed by Mandel’s intricate narrative dance.” —Foreword magazine

Excellent

Well written, fast paced, loved the end.
Alyssa Bresnahan wonderfully narrated. Would listen to her again with pleasure.
Didn’t want it to end.
Thanks you.

Prose beautiful,l development, not so much.

I thought this plot had potential but it just kind of letters out into cliches without really fleshing out some of the chars Byers enough.

Something reslly different

I took a chance on this one and I'm glad I did. It is relaxed, has a few very interesting people and places but left me wondering just what kind of mystery it is. Crimes certainly abound....

Tragically Beautiful

Mandel tells the most beautifully strange stories. I particularly loved this one, her first. Her choice of words is absolutely exquisite.

Strange but compelling story. Not her best novel

I have read several of Mandel's novels. This one did not live up to the quality of the others, but I just love her writing and her ability to cast a spell and a sense of mystery and danger. The story of Last Night... was far-fetched and really dragged in the last third.