Middle of the Night

It's an ordinary week in a picturesque cul-de-sac in New Jersey. Ten-year-old boys Ethan and Billy are camping in a tent on a Friday night in July, as they do every week. But this week, Ethan wakes up in the morning not with Billy beside him, but with a large cut in the side of the tent.

Thirty years later, Ethan returns to his childhood home still haunted by the same question: where is Billy?

This wasn't the first nor the last book I've read from Riley. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, especially the first major part of the book. Without giving away too much of the story, I hoped the tension and mystery from the beginning would carry through to the very end.

The writing style, characters, and depiction of the neighborhood really pull you into the story. There are plenty of twists and turns that constantly make you second-guess what's really happening, leading you down different paths of suspense.

Overall, it's a great book with just two minor complaints: I wished for a bit more mystery towards the end, and I wasn't ready for it to end when it did.