Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

About the book:

Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers―a stranger who now lives in her apartment and forces her out in the cold. She reaches for her phone to call for help, only to discover it’s missing, and in its place is a bloodstained knife. That’s when she sees that her hands are covered in black pen, scribbled messages like graffiti on her skin: STAY AWAKE.

Two years ago, Liv was living with her best friend, dating a new man, and thriving as a successful writer for a trendy magazine. Now, she’s lost and disoriented in a New York City that looks nothing like what she remembers. Catching a glimpse of the local news, she’s horrified to see reports of a crime scene where the victim’s blood has been used to scrawl a message across a window, the same message that’s inked on her hands. What did she do last night? And why does she remember nothing from the past two years? Liv finds herself on the run for a crime she doesn’t remember committing as she tries to piece together the fragments of her life. But there’s someone who does know exactly what she did, and they’ll do anything to make her forget―permanently.

MY THOUGHTS

Coffee ☕️ anyone?? 🙋‍♀️ Wow this was intense! I have read all of @megangoldinauthor books 📚 and they all have left me feeling like I drank 10 cups of coffee. 😂 You know that is what thriller lovers adore. 🤷‍♀️ Thank you @stmartinspress for sending me this gorgeous gifted copy!!

Imagine waking up in a cab🚕 … you have no idea how you got there… 🤔..you don’t know how to get ahold of your roommate .. your boyfriend.. umm you don’t even know where you live..😳… well you thought you did… but the owners were not buying your story..🥺

Except.. it gets worse…😬… did you actually murder someone Liv?? It sure is looking like it..🙄…

This was such an intense.. quick read. It kept me up wayyy too late… ⏰… It was ironic because I literally had to fuel ⛽️ up the next day. ☕️☕️☕️ Always the sign of a good book!!

☕️☕️☕️ Have you read this one?? What is your favorite @megangoldinauthor book? What’s your favorite caffeinated drink? I am so excited that Fall is right around the corner… helloooo Starbucks!! 🎃

Thank you again St Martins Press for this gifted copy!!

Megan Goldin is the bestselling author of "The Escape Room", praised by Lee Child as "one of my favorite books of the year", as well as "The Girl In Kellers Way", a critically-acclaimed domestic noir thriller nominated for Australia's leading crime fiction awards.
Megan worked as a journalist for Reuters, the Australian ABC and Yahoo! News before writing her debut psychological thriller The Girl In Kellers Way.