Survive The Night – Riley Sager

Survive The Night, the latest from Riley Sager, tells the story of Charlie, a college student who blames herself for the death of her roommate and best friend at the hands of the campus serial killer.  Looking to escape, she accepts a ride from a stranger to go back home to Ohio, leaving college behind, but comes to believe that he is the killer, coming to finish her off before she can identify him.  Nothing is what it seems, especially in Charlie’s mind, and before long, her world, what little of it she has left, is turned upside down.

This the second straight year I’ve finished Sager’s latest book while out of state on vacation.  Unfortunately, that may mean that I’m becoming too familiar with his work, as I was able to see a few of the twists here coming.  The story also takes place in 1991, primarily, I assume, because cell phones would have made this tale about a chapter or two long.  I still look forward to what Sager comes up with next, but I hope it works for me just a little better than this one did.