Veena’s review of Night Island (Lost Night Files, Book 2) by Jayne Ann Krentz
Romantic Suspense published by Berkley 09 Jan 24
Talia March, along with her cohosts of the podcast “Lost Night Files,” is trying to track down the truth behind their own lost night. When she shows up for a meeting with an informant, she runs into Luke Rand, who’s also seeking answers to his lost night and the nightmares that indicate he might have killed someone.
When the informant disappears, the two team up and head off to a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, called Night Island, in search of answers. It seems that Talia is able to seek and find and Luke is able to influence others strongly enough to potentially kill them. Night Island seems to be populated by misfits and a garden gone wild.
When dead bodies begin to show up, the two know there’s more afoot and they might actually end up dead themselves, even as they seek answers. Lost laboratories, an elaborate plot, enhanced psychic talents, and an unlikely romance are all rolled into one amazing story.
As always Ms. Krentz delivers an intriguing storyline with a strong mystery. I can’t wait to learn more about the future plots of lost nights.
Grade: B
Summary:
Talia March, Pallas Llewellyn, and Amelia Rivers, bonded by a night none of them can remember, are dedicated to uncovering the mystery of what really happened to them months ago—an experience that amplified innate psychic abilities in each of them. The women suspect they were test subjects years earlier, and that there are more people like them—all they have to do is find the list of others who took that same test. When Talia follows up on a lead from Phoebe, a fan of the trio’s podcast, she discovers that the informant has vanished.
Talia isn’t the only one looking for Phoebe, however. Luke Rand, a hunted and haunted man who is chasing the same list that Talia is after, also shows up at the meeting place. It’s clear he has his own agenda, and they are instantly suspicious of each other. But when a killer begins to stalk them, they realize they have to join forces to find Phoebe and the list.
The rocky investigation leads Talia and Luke to a rustic, remote retreat on Night Island in the Pacific Northwest, where the Unplugged Experience promises to rejuvenate guests. Upon their arrival, Talia and Luke discover they are quite literally cut off from the outside world when none of their high-tech devices work on the island. It soon becomes clear that Phoebe is not the first person to disappear into the strange gardens that surround the Unplugged Experience retreat. And then the first mysterious death occurs. . . .
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