The Night Bus

A few months ago, Catherine Tolland ("Cath") ran away from her life. Boarding a night bus with no credit cards or identification, using the last of her meager cash to buy a one-way ticket to Florida, Cath left behind her home, her friends, and a seemingly happy marriage -- for reasons that not even she can remember. But now Cath is back home in Connecticut, in the arms of her loving, if distant, husband Derek -- and watched over, perhaps a bit too closely, by her critical sister-in-law Yvonne. Informed by Yvonne that her mysterious night bus disappearance was merely yet another symptom of her ongoing mental problems, Cath tries her hardest to piece together her fragmented memories and make sense of her sudden flight.

But why, if she has always suffered from mental problems, can Cath not remember ever speaking with a therapist? Why, if she and Derek have always had a happy marriage, is Cath beginning to remember evidence of "other women" -- and cast a suspicious eye on Derek's current aloofness? And -- most terrifying -- what happens to these "other" women? How much can Cath trust the vague terror that fills her memories now -- the terror that may have bought her a seat on a night bus to Florida?