Blackout
Books | Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
3.7
Erin Flanagan
In this unforgettable psychological thriller, the dark is a terrifying mystery for a woman on the edge. Seven hard-won months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears that her husband and daughter will suspect she's drinking again. Whatever their cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent. Sometimes minutes, sometimes longer, but always leaving Maris with the same disorienting question: Where have I been? Then another blackout lands Maris in the ER, where she makes an alarming discovery. A network of women is battling the same inexplicable malady. Is it a bizarre coincidence or something more sinister? What do all the women have in common besides missing time? Or is it who they have in common? In a desperate search for answers, Maris has no idea what's coming next--just the escalating paranoia that her memories may be beyond her control, and that everything she knows could disappear in the blink of an eye.
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Author
Erin Flanagan
Pages
304
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Published Date
2022-07
ISBN
1542039894 9781542039895
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"Intricate mystery about a woman who experiences blackouts that break her career, her friendships and her family. The story occurs within the contexts of academia and of family, but thankfully the family is not as saccharine or weepy as most domestic thrillers (talking to you Wrong Place, Wrong Time). Blackout was an entry in Amazon’s First Reads in January"
"The author did a great job with the story and it's arc. I am not bashing the author as I feel it was intentional but, this book has the most hateable main character I've ever read. She's terribly self-absorbed, a terrible mother, a terrible wife and a relentless liar. I understand the growth arc but dang. I still hate her. If that was intentional kudos!"