The Long Night
Published on 28. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-923046-79-5 (ISBN)
Description
Em has lived a quiet life with her complicated mother and is now looking for love and a potential escape from her small hometown. When a masked man kidnaps her in the dark of night, though, she is drawn into a terrifying world.
Jodie has been trying to forget a troubling time in her life, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is dragged back into the violence.
As Em and Jodie race into the darkness, the agony of the past rushes up to meet them. It will take all their devotion and courage to escape this night alive.
Bold, vivid and heart-racingly intense, The Long Night is the darkest and most exhilarating novel yet from bestselling author Christian White.
Jodie has been trying to forget a troubling time in her life, pouring her trauma into her work and out of her mind. Until one night her daughter is kidnapped and Jodie is dragged back into the violence.
As Em and Jodie race into the darkness, the agony of the past rushes up to meet them. It will take all their devotion and courage to escape this night alive.
Bold, vivid and heart-racingly intense, The Long Night is the darkest and most exhilarating novel yet from bestselling author Christian White.
Reviews / Votes
'A different offering from White, The Long Night is certainly a solid read for lovers of crime fiction.' * <B>Glam Adelaide </B> * 'Vividly cinematic and hauntingly atmospheric.' * <B>The Weekend Australian </B> * 'A fierce frightener.' * <B>The Canberra Times</B> * 'Best read with the lights on, The Long Night confirms Christian White as a master of contemporary Australian noir, delivering a thriller that is both gripping and distinctly his own. Christian White is at his twisty, suspenseful best here.' * <B>Good Reading</B> * 'White evocatively captures their fear and mounting desperation, instilling a visceral sense of isolation and urgency.' * <B>Books+Publishing </B> * "Bold, vivid and heart-racingly intense" * <B>Australian Arts Review</B> *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mulgrave
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-923046-79-5 (9781923046795)
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Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter whose credits include feature film Relic, Netflix series Clickbait and numerous other projects in the pipeline. His debut novel The Nowhere Child was one of Australia's bestselling debut novels ever, with rights sold in 17 international territories and a major screen deal. Christian's second book, The Wife and the Widow (2019),and third, Wild Place (2021), were instant bestsellers. The Ledge is his fourth novel.