Everything That Follows

Name: Everything That Follows
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Meg Little Reilly
ISBN: 9781538588765

Author: Meg Little Reilly

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 05/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Women, Sagas

Synopsis

For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating accident. Set in the moody off-season of Martha’s Vineyard, Everything That Follows is a plunge into the dark waters of secrets and flexible morals. The truth becomes whatever we say it is.Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. Is it an accident? The result of an unwanted advance? His body disappears quickly, silently, into the dark water. The circumstances are murky, but what is clear is that the other two need to notify the authorities. Minutes become hours become days as they hesitate, caught up in their guilt and hope that their friend has somehow made it safely to shore. As valuable time passes, they find themselves deep in a moral morass with huge implications as they struggle to move forward and live with their dark secret.

About Meg Little Reilly

Meg Little Reilly is a former Treasury spokesperson under President Obama, deputy communications director for the Office of Management and Budget, communicator for the Environmental Defense Fund, and producer for Vermont Public Radio. A native of Vermont, she is an UVM graduate with deep ties around the state. She currently lives in Boston with her husband and two daughters.

About Amy McFadden

Amy McFadden has narrated more than two hundred titles in many different genres. She is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has acted on stage throughout Michigan for more than twenty years and in commercials and film for ten years. She is a founding member of Dog Story Theater in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chandra on May 17, 2018

3.5 stars - rounding to 4. I'm having a hard time putting this really in a thriller category. I think psychological suspense may work for this but for some reason I keep leaning more towards the contemporary side. One fatal accident and the decision to not call the authorities lead to disruptions in......more

Goodreads review by Booksandchinooks (Laurie) on April 29, 2018

I received this book from Harper Collins Canada for an honest review. This was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. Die hard thriller/suspense fans might find this book a little tame for them but it kept my interest throughout. Three people go out on a boat at night and only two com......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on April 29, 2018

After a night of celebration, three friends go out on a boat in Martha’s Vineyard. But only two return. Kyle has gone overboard and Kat and Hunter cannot rescue him in the blinding storm. But, instead of reporting the “accident” the two return to land telling themselves that Kyle will be able to swim......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on June 03, 2018

This is a case of what would you do? Or shoulda, woulda, coulda. Three people go out on a boat after drinking on a stormy nigt. What could go wrong? Well needless to say only 2 come back. They decide to keep things to themselves and then low and behold their lives begin to unravel.......more

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on June 05, 2018

RATING: 2 STARS (I received an ARC from the NETGALLEY) (Review Not on Blog) I finished this book...one star. The characters felt real enough that I disliked a few...one star. There were so many moments I was like "what?!?". Like when someone (who is drunk and just tried to make the moves on me) goes......more

Quotes

“A skillfully wrought tale of atonement in a frame of psychological suspense.” Booklist

“Taut with moral complexity and a subtly building tension, this is the kind of story that punishes you if you dare to put it down. ” Kim Cross, author of What Stands in a Storm

“Smart, taut, and seductive, Reilly’s second novel immediately catches you in its grip and doesn’t let you go.” Michelle Hoover, author of Bottomland

“Riveting and deeply insightful…[Reilly’s] characters are so organic, so painfully relatable, that their secrets, their dark desires, their moral failures somehow feel like our own.” John Ward, author of The Sovereign

“A novel that stays surprising from beginning to end and refuses to provide easy answers for the moral quandaries at its heart…Riveting.” Suzanne Berne, author of The Dogs of Littlefield