Night Will Find You - by Julia Heaberlin

About the Book

"Vivvy Bouchet, daughter of a known psychic, was ten when she saved a boy's life by making an impossible prediction. Now she's an astrophysicist in Texas, devoted to science, but the boy she saved has become a cop who continues to believe she can see things no one else can. When he begs for help on the high-profile cold case of a kidnapped girl, Vivvy steps back into the ocean of voices that once nearly drowned her. She is forced to team up with detective Jesse Sharp, a skeptic of anything but fact. When Vivvy becomes the target of a conspiracy theorist podcaster, she fights back with both her scientific mind and her inexplicable gifts, hoping to lure a kidnapper, find a child who haunts her, and lay some of her own ghosts to rest"--

Book Synopsis

"Heaberlin's work calls to mind that of Gillian Flynn." --The Washington Post

* A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK * BEING DEVELOPED BY FOX TELEVISION AS A TV SERIES * KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR * STARRED PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW * LONG-LISTED FOR THE UK's GOLD DAGGER AWARD *

In the new thriller from the author of the bestselling We Are All the Same in the Dark, a brilliant young astrophysicist with an uncanny gift is asked to find a girl who vanished. Their story will make you examine everything you believe.

Vivvy Bouchet was only ten when she saved a boy's life by making an impossible prediction. She doesn't want to explain it. A wunderkind scientist, she just wants to be left in peace to scan the desert Texas sky with her telescopes in one of the darkest places on earth. But when the boy she saved, now a Fort Worth cop, begs for her help on a cold case, she can't turn him down.

In the past decade, Lizzie Solomon and the Victorian mansion where she disappeared have taken on almost mythic status. Conspiracy theorists feed the frenzy that Lizzie is still buried in the crumbling walls while her mother, who sits in prison convicted of killing her, loudly proclaims her innocence.

Paired with a skeptical detective, Vivvy falls deeper into the mystery of why Lizzie has never been found. When a vicious podcaster takes aim at Vivvy's own secrets--and those of the vanished girl--Vivvy's life unravels like the mysterious galaxies she chases.

Julia Heaberlin delivers a resilient and unforgettable heroine in Vivvy Bouchet, a woman who walks the line between evidence-based science and unexplained phenomenon. Sharply relevant, Night Will Find You explores the mysterious nature of belief―in science, in conspiracies, in a higher power―and the delicate dance with the things we can't know.

Review Quotes

"One surprise twist follows another. . . Heaberlin's writing walks the line between plain speech and poetry."
--Dallas Morning News

"This gripping page-turner from Heaberlin conceals its secrets from even the cleverest readers...Vivian is an intelligent, perceptive character who's a pleasure to spend time with, and when the plot kicks into gear, it's nearly impossible to stop reading. This is Heaberlin at her best."
--Publishers Weekly [starred review]

"Heaberlin's novels of suspense always aim for something more and consistently achieve it. Night Will Find You is her best yet. The characters who feel like they exist off the page and the story - nominally about an astrophysicist with psychic gifts trying to solve a cold-case kidnapping, but so much more than that - tightens its embrace until you're breathless."
--D Magazine

"Night Will Find You is a mesmerizing, unputdownable love letter to the mysteries of science and the human mind. With an unforgettable cast of characters--a reluctant psychic and grieving daughter, a wildly popular conspiracy theorist, a police officer with shadowy motives--Julia Heaberlin pays homage to everything we don't know about the universe and ourselves. I am already missing my time inside this world."
--Katie Gutierrez, nationally bestselling author of Good Morning America book club pick More Than You'll Ever Know

"Vivvy's role as a scientist sets her apart from many fictional psychics and makes her a formidable heroine--there are rational layers to this supernatural thriller. Mysterious, sexy, and smart."
―Kirkus Reviews

"Night Will Find You is an expertly rendered mystery, complete with compelling characters, an impeccably paced plot, and surprising twists. Heaberlin writes with such aching beauty I found myself pausing to relish her words and then racing ahead because I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. A must-read!"
--Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest

"Haunting, heartfelt, chilling and beautifully told, Night Will Find You walks that rare line between mystery, thriller and truly original character study. I adored it."
--Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

"Night Will Find You is a rare thriller that seamlessly straddles the mystic and the scientific. Compelling and compassionate, Hearberlin's novel has one foot firmly planted in our world of misinformation and the other reaching for the inexplicable. I loved it."
--Ivy Pochoda, acclaimed author of These Women

"Heaberlin is one of my all-time favorite authors. With Night Will Find You, she nails it again, from the brilliant premise to the vivid prose to the gripping suspense to the beating hearts of her characters. Darkly beautiful, enthralling, and masterfully done. Every mystery lover should know her name."
--Laura McHugh, award-winning author of What's Done in Darkness

"Engrossing and scrupulously plotted, with gorgeous prose and one of the most memorable protagonists I've read in ages, Night Will Find You is an absolute must-read from an immensely talented author."
--Kimberly Belle, bestselling author of The Marriage Lie

"Dark, elegant and utterly captivating, Night Will Find You is an unforgettable story written with richly evocative prose and genuine heart. I found myself completely immersed. A lyrical exploration of the fine line between scientific fact and the things we can't explain."
--Christina McDonald, USA Today bestselling author of The Night Olivia Fell

"An irresistible mystery with addictive prose, Night Will Find You is a thriller like no other."
--Anna Bailey, bestselling author of Where the Truth Lies

"Vivvy is smart, relatable, interesting ... we think our audience can really get behind a Texan willing to get to the heart of a truth while still leaving a window open for the unexplainable."
--Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming of Fox Entertainment, where Night Will Find You is in development

Praise for Julia Heaberlin:
"If you only read one thriller this year, let it be this one. Psychologically absorbing, original and atmospheric. I could not turn the pages fast enough."
--Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 28 Summers
"Heaberlin's work calls to mind that of Gillian Flynn...Don't miss it."
--The Washington Post
"Heaberlin knows how to build to a truly shocking twist, how to break a reader's heart and then begin mending it."
--The Dallas Morning News

About the Author

Julia Heaberlin is the internationally bestselling author of six thrillers, including Night Will Find You, We Are All the Same in the Dark, Paper Ghosts, Black-Eyed Susans, Playing Dead, and Lie Still. Her books have sold in more than twenty countries. We Are All the Same in the Dark won the 2020 Writers' League of Texas award for fiction, and Paper Ghosts was a finalist for Best Hardcover Novel at the International Thriller Awards. Before writing novels, Heaberlin was a journalist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, and The Detroit News, which fed her interest in true crime and the forgotten stories of victims, a theme she carries into her fiction. She currently lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with her family, where she's working on her next psychological thriller.