I love psychological suspense because I am fascinated by the human mind and the reasons that people think, feel or behave as they do. Emma in the Night was an intriguing look at Narcisstic Personality disorder and how Cass and Emma suffered because of it. Three years previously when they were 15 and 17 Cass and Emma mysteriously disappear. Then Cass suddenly returns alone with one desire – to find her sister Emma.
The case of the girls’ disappearance had almost destroyed Dr. Abby Waters, the FBI forensic psychologist assigned to the case. She was convinced that the girls’ mother suffered, as her own mother did, from NPD. But, she could not convince anyone on her team that the mother was in any way involved.
When Cass returns and starts telling the story of what happened to the two of them it seems even more apparent that Dr. Waters was wrong about their mother. But, more questions remained than were answered, especially when Emma could not be found.
The twists and turns will keep you guessing until the very end and the insight into the feelings, emotions and actions of all of the characters is fascinating.