Survive the Night [Large Print]

By Riley Sager

Book Overview

It's November 1991. George H. W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana's in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer.

Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it's guilt and grief over the murder of her best friend, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh, it's to help care for his sick father. Or so he says. Like the Hitchcock heroine she's named after, Charlie has her doubts. There's something suspicious about Josh, from the holes in his story about his father to how he doesn't seem to want Charlie to see inside the car's trunk. As they travel an empty highway in the dead of night, an increasingly worried Charlie begins to think she's sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh truly dangerous? Or is Charlie's suspicion merely a figment of her movie-fueled imagination?

What follows is a game of cat and mouse played out on night-shrouded roads and in neon-lit parking lots, during an age when the only call for help can be made on a pay phone and in a place where there's nowhere to run. In order to win, Charlie must do one thing--survive the night.

• Format: Library Binding
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432888234
• ISBN13: 9781432888237
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Length: 469 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Oh Em Gee

This book was so good.There was a lot of moments i thought I knew what was going to happen, and then something else happens. Totally recommend this book.

A Fun Ride

I've heard mixed things about this book and wasn't sure where I'd stand, but I loved it. Maybe being a child of the 90's made me really appreciate the 90's setting, even if it was pretty vague, and I'm finding I apparently like "bottle episode" books like this, as it's mostly set in a car ride (I also love Stephen King's Cujo, which is set primarily in a car, go fig). I admit some of the twists were kind of reaching, but they worked for me.

Such a fun read

This story is told from Charlies POV, even though shes not the most reliable source. It keeps you guessing Who is the campus killer? I really enjoyed reading this book and trying to figure out what would happen next.

Nostalgic & Thrilling

It's a thrilling story told from a possibly unreliable POV. The scene is set in the 90s which makes for some nostalgic throwbacks. It was twisty and a quick, fun read.

Really enjoyable. Read very quickly- good page turner

Written from the perspective of Charlie- the lead character. Very entertaining. Enjoyed it!