The Long Night

By: Christian White

Narrated by: Raechyl French

Em has lived a quiet life with her complicated mother and is now looking for love and a potential escape from her small hometown. When a masked man kidnaps her in the dark of night, though, she is drawn into a terrifying world.

Jodie has been trying to forget a troubling time in her life, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is dragged back into the violence.

As Em and Jodie race into the darkness, the agony of the past rushes up to meet them. It will take all their devotion and courage to escape this night alive.

Bold, vivid and heart-racingly intense, The Long Night is the darkest and most exhilarating novel yet from bestselling author Christian White.

©2025 Christian White (P)2025 W. F. Howes ltd.

Too long, dull suspense

Christian White wrote a truly FABULOUS book, The Wife & the Widow, right up there with Gone Girl & Girl on the Train--he's also written several good shorter works, like The Call, & Still House. This one has a similarity (not saying what it is in a review) to the Wife & the Widow, but not to the same great effect.

Admittedly, horror is not my genre. Although this isn't exactly a horror tale, it's close & those who like that would like it better than I did. I admit the opening was very dramatic, effective, & creepy, points there. However, I got very tired of endless snapping twigs & lightening flashes & umpteen wounds. Better to be attacked by a crazed killer than die of boredom! The characters were not interesting, the art descriptions were overly simplistic, & the motivation (so important!) was not explained in a believable or interesting way.

I did not find the surprise to be that effective.

I'll try again reading his work, some books are SO good, but this one was a dull experience.

Inspirational

This book resonated with me like no other book on this topic and humorous too! If you struggle with weight you have to read this.