In an instant everything changed forever...
A future as bright as the stars above the Connecticut shore lay before Jensen Reilly and her high school sweetheart, Ryder, until the terrible events of an October night left Jensen running from her family and her first love. Over the years that followed, Jensen buried her painful past. Now married to a charismatic artist, she has created a new life far away from the unbearable secret of that night.
When Jensen's father, Sterling, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, she returns to her childhood home for the first time in thirteen years, and the memories of her old life come flooding back, along with the people she's tried to escape. Torn between her life in Santa Fe with her free-spirited husband, Nic, and the realization that it is time to face her past, Jensen must make a terrifying decision that threatens to change her life again―this time forever.
An emotionally thrilling debut set during a New England summer, Susan Strecker's Night Blindness is a compelling novel about the choices we make, the sanctity of friendship, and the power of love.

Night Blindness: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Strecker, Susan

United States

Thomas Dunne Books

A future as bright as the stars above the Connecticut shore lay before Jensen Reilly and her high school sweetheart, Ryder, until the terrible events of an October night left Jensen running from her family and her first love. Over the years that followed, Jensen buried her painful past, and now, married to a charismatic artist, she has created a new life far away from the unbearable secret of that night. When unexpected events force Jensen to return home, she must finally face her past and ultimately make a decision that threatens to change her life again-this time forever.
Susan Strecker's Night Blindness is an emotionally thrilling debut set during a New England summer about the choices we make, the sanctity of friendship, and the power of love.

A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin

“An author to watch.”―Hartford Books Examiner
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Nowhere Girl: A Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

A future as bright as the stars above the Connecticut shore lay before Jensen Reilly and her high school sweetheart, Ryder, until the terrible events of an October night left Jensen running from her family and her first love. Over the years that followed, Jensen buried her painful past, and now, married to a charismatic artist, she has created a new life far away from the unbearable secret of that night. When Jensen's father, Sterling, is diagnosed with a brain tumor, she returns to her childhood home for the first time in thirteen years, and the memories of her old life come flooding back along with the people she's tried to escape. Torn between her life in Santa Fe with her free-spirited husband, Nic, and the realization that it is time to face her past, Jensen must make a terrifying decision that threatens to change her life again--this time forever. An emotionally thrilling debut set during a New England summer, Susan Strecker's "Night Blindness" is a compelling novel about the choices we make, the sanctity of friendship, and the power of love.

Night Blindness

Thorndike Press

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Night Blindness: A Novel

Night Blindness: A Novel

Nowhere Girl: A Novel

Night Blindness