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When the Lights Go Out
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When the Lights Go Out

“A twisty, captivating, edge-of-your-seat read.” —Megan Miranda, bestselling author of All the Missing Girls “Creepy and oh so clever!” —Alice Feeney, bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller by the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she’s ever known. Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by grief and a relentless lack of sleep. As days pass and the insomnia worsens, it plays with Jessie’s mind. Her judgment is blurred, her thoughts are hampered by fatigue. Jessie begins to see things until she can no longer tell the difference between what’s real and what she’s only imagined. Meanwhile, twenty years earlier and two hundred and fifty miles away, another woman’s split-second decision may hold the key to Jessie’s secret past. Has Jessie’s whole life been a lie or have her delusions gotten the best of her? Don't miss Mary Kubica's chilling upcoming novel, She's Not Sorry, where an ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient's frightening past... Look for these other edge-of-your-seat thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica: The Good Girl Pretty Baby Don’t You Cry Every Last Lie The Other Mrs. Local Woman Missing Just The Nicest Couple She's Not Sorry

Pages: 384

ISBN: 9781488023576

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3.0

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Mary S.

Apr 3, 2026
Jessie Sloane has spent the last few years caring for her sick mother. But on her deathbed, her mother tells her to go find herself after she’s gone. Jessie takes this to mean apply to college which she does. But when she receives a call from the college that there is a red flag with her social security number, Jessie goes down a long rabbit hole. Not being able to find her birth certificate or her physical social security card, she is unable to prove she is actually Jessie Sloane. And she begins to question everything she has ever known and even who she is. Her life is made worse by the fact that she has been unable to sleep since her mother died, so she begins hearing voices and seeing things that aren’t there and can’t distinguish between what is real and unreal due to lack of sleep.
Meanwhile in another storyline we have Eden who, 20 years ago, her and her husband and struggling to get pregnant and unsuccessfully going through fertility treatments. Eden, who watches other undeserving mothers neglect their kids and wishes so hard for a child of her own.
The book is told through the viewpoints of both Jessie and Eden back and forth past and present. You think you’ll know where it’s going and it seems so obvious and dumb, but you’ll be wrong like me! A good story although all the non-sleeping and hallucinating got tiresome. I enjoy this authors books so I kept reading.