What Happened That Night: A Novel

by Sandra Block Narrated by Karissa Vacker, Joel Richards

Overview

She doesn't remember that night. But she will never be the same.



One moment, Dahlia is a successful Harvard student; the next, she wakes up from a party, the victim of a brutal assault. Her life veers into a tailspin, and what's worse-her memory of the attack has been ripped away, leaving a cold rage in its wake.



Now, years later, Dahlia is a tattooed paralegal suffering from PTSD and still haunted by that night. Until one day, a video surfaces online, and Dahlia sees her attack for the first time.



Now she knows what happened to her. And she knows who is to blame. Her rage is no longer cold, but burning, red hot.



And she is about to make everyone pay.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

04/09/2018
Dahlia, the heroine of this propulsive tale of revenge from Thriller Award–finalist Block (The Secret Room), was a Harvard student and aspiring lawyer until she attended a finals party and was sexually assaulted. Five years later, Dahlia, now a Beretta-carrying, tattooed paralegal living in Boston, still doesn’t remember what happened that night. Suffering from PTSD and stress-related-seizures, she seeks solace with her cat and her best friend, Eli, who like her attempted to commit suicide. When a video of the fateful party surfaces online, Dahlia sees her attackers for the first time and decides to take matters into her own hands. She teams up with James, a quirky IT geek she meets through a suicide survivors support group, and together they hatch a plan to uncover the truth and execute their own version of justice. Dahlia thinks she has everything figured out, but there’s another secret—a shocking betrayal that turns her world upside down again. Only the draggy ending, in which Block ties up loose ends, disappoints. Until then, this is a satisfying page-turner. Agent: Rachel Ekstrom, Irene Goodman Literary Agency. (June)

From the Publisher

"Sandra Block's heroine is smart, heartbreakingly vulnerable, and laugh-out-loud funny. I am a forever-fan of the Zoe Goldman series and will read anything Block writes. You should too." — Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author

"A satisfying page-turner." — Publishers Weekly

"Emotional thriller...An apt read in the #MeToo era, this also pairs nicely with Paullina Simons’ The Girl in Times Square, which also involves a couple-versus-world theme." — Booklist

"Sandra Block’s What Happened That Night is an unflinching exploration of the fine line between justice and revenge. Block expertly compels readers to examine a diverse number of issues through the eyes of Dahlia and James, who are bound together by personal tragedy, heartache and the search for justice. What Happened That Night is a visceral thrill that will keep you reading late into the night. Perfect for book clubs." — Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and Not a Sound

"Block expertly navigates the emotional landscape of trauma survivors in this deeply satisfying thriller. What begins as a quest for revenge becomes so much more as Dahlia fights to uncover the truth and reclaim her life after a brutal attack. Block handles the weighty subject matter with a deftness I’ve come to expect from her work—she never disappoints." — Laura McHugh, award-winning author of The Weight of Blood and Arrowood

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170605019
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	06/30/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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