The Night in Question: The uplifting new book club read from the prize-winning author - Softcover

Fletcher, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1804992534 ISBN 13: 9781804992531

Publisher: Penguin, 2025

Synopsis

Discover the uplifting story with a uniquely loveable protagonist, perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things, Elizabeth is Missing, and Dear Mrs Bird.

'Full of unforgettable characters . . . a beguiling mystery’ Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
'A wonderfully warm and involving page-turner.' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures
'Life-affirming [and] full of surprises' Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters

Florence Butterfield has a secret.

She's kept it for 70 years. She's travelled the world, fallen in love, and grown and changed in ways she never could have imagined. But she's never told a soul.

Until one midsummer's night, something happens. Something so terrible and unexpected that it changes everything for Florrie. And perhaps, at last, her long-buried secret will finally see the light of day . . .


Praise for The Night in Question and Susan Fletcher:

'[Fletcher's] prose is extraordinarily lyrical . . . and her themes are profound.' Sunday Times
'A gifted storyteller' Independent
'Fletcher unpeels with delicacy and insight the complex layers of the human heart.' Guardian

Readers LOVE The Night in Question:

'I absolutely loved this book... The writing is compelling and a joy to read.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A heartwarming story that [...] moved me to tears more than once.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I loved this gorgeous novel, which is both a gripping, twisting whodunnit and a moving, intricate, beautifully written portrait of a life.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Easily the best book I've read this year.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A glorious combination of razor-sharp plotting, vivid characterisation and beautiful prose.' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

About this title

About the Author

Susan Fletcher was born in Birmingham and studied English Literature at the University of York. Whilst taking the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she began her first novel, Eve Green, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award (2004) and Betty Trask Prize (2005). Since then, Susan has written seven novels - whilst also supplementing her writing through various roles, including as a barperson, a cheesemonger and a warden for an archaeological excavation site near Hadrian's Wall. Most recently, she has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Worcester.
She lives in Warwickshire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1804992534
• ISBN 13: 9781804992531
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448