- 'A
- smart,
- sly
- and
- satisfying
- book'
PANDORA
- SYKES'A
- crafty
- new
- locked-room
- thriller
- of
- adultery
- and
- disaster'
WASHINGTON
- POST'An
- energizing
- reminder
- of
- what
- the
- novel
- can
- do'
REBECCA
- WAITNick
- Holloway
- is
- forty-six.
- A
- successful
- partner
- at
- a
- law
- firm,
- he
- has
- a
- gorgeous
- wife,
- a
- precious
- daughter,
- and
- a
- big
- house.
- If
- he
- also
- has
- gnawing
- disappointments,
- secret
- yearnings,
- and
- a
- creeping
- sense
- of
- opportunities
- wasted,
- well,
- that's
- nobody's
- fault
- but
- his
- own.Jenny
- Parrish
- is
- forty.
- She
- has
- two
- lovely
- sons,
- a
- devoted
- if
- somewhat
- hapless
- husband,
- and
- recently
- is
- hugely
- successful
- in
- her
- dream
- vocation.
- It's
- a
- perfect
- life!
- So
- perfect,
- she
- can't
- help
- but
- wonder
- sometimes
- whether
- it's
- all
- going
- to
- come
- crashing
- down.For
- the
- past
- six
- years,
- Nick
- and
- Jenny
- have
- been
- meeting
- at
- least
- once
- a
- month
- and
- having
- sex.
- Lots
- of
- sex.
- Great
- sex.
- They
- do
- not
- discuss
- their
- spouses,
- they
- never
- spend
- the
- night,
- and
- they
- never
- ever
- talk
- about
- what
- their
- relationship
- means.
- Because
- this
- thing
- they
- have?
- It's
- casual.
- Uncomplicated.When
- Nick
- books
- a
- night
- at
- a
- fancy
- new
- hotel,
- the
- two
- decide
- to
- break
- one
- of
- their
- rules
- and
- spend
- the
- whole
- night
- together.
- It's
- business
- as
- usual-until
- a
- fire
- alarm
- goes
- off.
- At
- first
- they
- think
- it's
- a
- false
- alarm.
- But
- as
- the
- fire
- closes
- in,
- fear
- strips
- away
- their
- defenses
- and
- justifications,
- forcing
- Jenny
- and
- Nick
- to
- be
- honest,
- with
- each
- other
- and
- with
- themselves,
- about
- how
- they
- ended
- up
- in
- this
- room,
- and
- what
- these
- six
- years
- have
- really
- meant.A
- meditation
- on
- whether
- it's
- possible
- to
- live
- an
- authentic
- life,
- and
- whether
- we
- can
- ever
- show
- our
- true
- selves,
- Eliza
- Kennedy's
- Lucky
- Night
- is
- a
- literary triumph.
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