The Other Side of Night: A Novel

Written by Adam Hamdy

Narrated by Justin Avoth

For fans of Matt Haig and Anthony Horowitz, a “strange, compelling, and ultimately moving head-spinner of a novel” (John Connolly) in which the lives of a disgraced police officer, a prolific author, and an upstanding citizen are inextricably bound together by a series of mysterious deaths.

The Other Side of Night begins with a man named David Asha writing about his biggest regret: his sudden separation from his son, Elliot. In his grief, David tells a story.

Next, we step into the life of Harriet Kealty, a police officer trying to clear her name after a lapse of judgment. She discovers a curious inscription in a secondhand book—a plea: Help me, he’s trying to kill me. Who wrote this note? Who is “he”?

This note leads Harri to David Asha, who was last seen stepping off a cliff. Police suspect he couldn’t cope after his wife’s sudden death. Still, why would this man jump and leave behind his young son? Quickly, Harri’s attention zeroes in on a person she knows all too well.

Ben Elmys: once the love of her life. A surrogate father to Elliot Asha and trusted friend to the Ashas.

Ben may also be a murderer.

Compulsively readable and thought-provoking, “The Other Side of Night is one of those rare books that you’ll still be thinking about long after the last page” (Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Oct 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781797146058

Adam Hamdy

British author and screenwriter Adam Hamdy works with studios and production companies on both sides of the Atlantic. He is the author of Black 13, a Scott Pearce novel, and the Pendulum trilogy, an epic series of conspiracy thriller novels. James Patterson described Pendulum as ‘one of the best thrillers of the year’, and the novel was a finalist for the Glass Bell Award for contemporary fiction. Pendulum was chosen as book of the month by Goldsboro Books and was selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club. Prior to embarking on his writing career, Adam was a strategy consultant and advised global businesses in the medical systems, robotics, technology and financial services sectors.

Reviews for The Other Side of Night

[Emma Ruth · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Slow start but magnificent ending!!! If you thought about not finishing it, pick it back up and finish! It's worth it!

[Catherine Penrod · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This did not hold my interest. I thought the story was silly. I thought I had it figured out early on, but because I lost interest, I really don’t know. The narrator was OK, but for some reason, his voice just didn’t fit the story – he didn’t hold my attention.

[Rainy McKnight Fincher · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Snoozeville ugh. I hung around to catch the twist. No

[Jennifer Carney · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The author does a great job of layering the characters stories so that by the end of it you’re unsure who the real protagonist was. Also, I enjoyed the set up that the novel was a novel.

[Leah Barton Tew · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I haven’t rated a book higher than three stars in a long time, and I’ve rarely given a book five stars. I’m a hard grader, so for me to give a book four stars it has to be really good.

This story turned out being completely different, and I’m hard to trip up. I really didn’t see the twist coming AT ALL. There are some holes in the story, but it doesn’t really matter because it’s such an original and well thought out story line.