Light of Day: A Novel [Paperback]

“An exhilarating emotional roller-coaster ride.”
—Washington Post

“Haunting, beautifully-written, and heart-wrenching.”
—Harlan Coben

With his shattering, extraordinarily affecting debut novel,Light of Day, author Jamie M. Saul made a powerful, incontrovertible statement: a major American writer had arrived on the literary scene. The author ofThe First Warm Evening of the Year, Saul mesmerizes with the unforgettable story of a small-town Midwestern professor struggling to come to terms with a devastating tragedy and the strange and terrible mystery at its core.

Light of Dayis a powerful and illuminating novel about love, loss, and the unforeseeable darkness that lurks around the corners of everyday life.

Respected professor Jack Owens brought his son, Danny, to Gilbert, Indiana, to escape a betrayal too painful to endure anywhere but in this quiet midwestern college town. After ten years, Jack believed they were safe. But on a seemingly ordinary day, the world Jack thought he knew and the future he anticipated abruptly come apart at the seams, leaving him haunted by the questions:Why?andWhat next?Redemption, however, could come with the arrival of an unexpected friend whose prescient understanding slowly helps Jack cope with the unacceptable. But with healing comes clarity—and secrets best left unrevealed by the stark, glaring light of day.

Like an arrow to the heart, Jamie Sauls page-turner novel sears through the psyche to hit bedrock. -Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Four Spirits

From its poignant opening chapter to its breathtaking conclusion, nothing about this writer or book is less than extraordinary. -Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Breakdown Lane

LIGHT OF DAY is a haunting, beautifully-written and heart-wrenching debut. -l³¸