Grand Central Publishing and Hachette Audio announce the full cast recording of the audio edition of GONE BEFORE GOODBYE, Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben’s first collaborative suspense novel
Reese Witherspoon narrates and stars as Maggie McCabe, the novel’s main protagonist, opposite Chris Pine as Marc, Maggie’s husband
The recording also features Saskia Maarleveld, Peter Ganim, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and James Fouhey.
New York, NY (September 24, 2025)—Grand Central Publishing (GCP) and Hachette Audio announced today the all-star full cast recording of GONE BEFORE GOODBYE, the highly anticipated first collaborative suspense novel by two of the world’s most acclaimed storytellers, Oscar winning actor, producer, New York Times bestselling author and Reese’s Book Club/Hello Sunshine founder Reese Witherspoon and #1 New York Times bestselling author and the creator of multiple Netflix original dramas, Harlan Coben. Hachette Audio’s edition will publish simultaneously with GCP’s print and e-book editions on October 14, 2025.
On the audio edition, Reese Witherspoon narrates and stars in the role of Maggie McCabe, the novel’s main protagonist, and leads the cast, which also features actor, director, producer and writer Chris Pine in the role of Marc, Maggie’s husband. Other cast members include Saskia Maarleveld, Peter Ganim, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and James Fouhey.
Witherspoon said of the audio edition, “Bringing GONE BEFORE GOODBYE to life as an audiobook has truly been a labor of love for me. I’m so proud of the one-of-a-kind recording we created—with every detail carefully chosen to make this story feel special. I can’t wait for you to hear the incredible cast and get swept away by all the twists and turns. I hope you love listening as much as we loved making it.”
Ben Sevier, President and Publisher of GCP said, “I could not have imagined a more extraordinary and unique audio edition of an already remarkable first collaborative thriller by Reese and Harlan Coben. It will come as no surprise that Reese’s acting brilliance matches her incomparable creative storytelling, and listeners will be entranced by the dazzling full cast audio edition she crafted with our team here at GCP and Hachette Audio.”
GONE BEFORE GOODBYE will also publish in the UK with Penguin Audio and will be available on October 23, 2025, from all audiobook retailers.
Cast bios
Reese Witherspoon (Maggie McCabe) is an award-winning actress, producer, New York Times bestselling author and founder. In 2016, she established the media brand, Hello Sunshine, which puts women at the center of every story across all platforms– from scripted and unscripted television, feature films, animated series, podcasts, audio storytelling, and digital series. Hello Sunshine is also home to “Reese’s Book Club,” a community propelled by meaningful connections with stories, authors, and fellow members. Witherspoon is best known for her roles in feature films like her Oscar winning performance in WALK THE LINE, WILD, ELECTION and LEGALLY BLONDE as well as Emmy award-winning TV series “Big Little Lies,” “Little Fires Everywhere” and “The Morning Show.”
Chris Pine (Marc) is an actor, director, producer, and writer whose career spans film, television, stage, and publishing. He will next be seen in The Kidnapping of Arabella which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and just wrapped the Zellner brothers’ Alpha Gang alongside Cate Blanchett, Léa Seydoux, and Riley Keough. Pine made his directorial debut last year with Poolman, which he also co-wrote, produced, and starred in opposite Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh. His recent credits include Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Disney’s Wish, Don’t Worry Darling, All the Old Knives, and The Contractor. He is widely recognized for his roles in Wonder Woman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the Star Trek reboot trilogy, and the Oscar-nominated Hell or High Water. Beyond film, he authored the children’s book When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel and, through his company Barry Linen Motion Pictures, produces a diverse slate of entertainment across film, television, documentaries, and podcasts.
Kiff VandenHeuvel (Porkchop) is an alumnus of The Second City and directed the National Touring Company at Second City Chicago. He has been teaching improvisation, acting and voiceover for 20+ years. Notable voiceover roles include Grug on The Croods: Family Tree, Han Solo in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny and Comstock in Bioshock Infinite. Kiff has narrated many audiobooks and cast recordings, including several James Patterson books and the legendary Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman.
Kiff also has extensive on-camera experience as wide-ranging as Cliff on Netflix’s Richie Rich to wrestling legend Pat Patterson on NBC’s acclaimed Young Rock. He has appeared on Parks and Recreation, Chicago Med, NCIS, Bosch Legacy, This is Us, Countdown, and feature films Behind the Candelabra, Nightcrawler, LA LA Land, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. He is also currently producing multiple podcasts, including his award-winning All Over Voiceover, currently in its 10th season, Between Takes with Amanda Troop and Zehra Fazal and the dramatic anthology series The Museum of Safe Keeping.
Suehyla El-Attar Young (Nadia) is an Actor/Writer/Voiceover Artist based in Atlanta, GA. Her formative years were spent between a small, college town in Mississippi and the big international city of Cairo, Egypt – where her parents were from, originally. She moved to Atlanta in the late 90s to pursue a career in theatre and radio (the thing that existed before podcasts and Spotify). Her career continues to span stages across the United States; as well as film/tv; and audio, including video games, Apple News, and over 100 audiobooks of varying genres.
Peter Ganim (Barlow, Brovsky and Ragorovich) is an award-winning actor of stage and screen, a writer/director of theater and short film, a founding member of Theatre du Reve, and a narrator of audiobooks. An American artist of Lebanese, Syrian and Slovak descent, he lives in New York City. Find him online at peterganim.com and ganimedia.com.
Saskia Maarleveld (Sharon) is an award–winning narrator of over 700 audiobooks. Raised in New Zealand and France, she switches seamlessly between accents, often narrating in British, Australian, New Zealand, and various European accents. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
James Fouhey (Trace and Lockwood) is a classically trained actor and an Audie award winning narrator of more than 500 audio books. Favorites include the Pete the Cat series by James Dean, Born in Blackness by Howard W. French, and Horse by Geraldine Brooks. His New York theatrical credits include last spring’s Witches!? In Salem!? (HERE Arts Center), and the role of Cedric in Off-Broadway’s Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (New World Stages). Puffs was also released in movie theaters nationwide and is currently available to stream. You can check out more of his work at jamesfouhey.com.
GONE BEFORE GOODBYE SYNOPSIS
GONE BEFORE GOODBYE is the story of a woman trapped in a deadly conspiracy—where uncovering the truth could cost her everything.
Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan…until it wasn’t.
Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance.
Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself—or she will be the next one who is… Gone Before Goodbye
For more information and updates about GONE BEFORE GOODBYE – including book tour appearances — please visit GoneBeforeGoodbye.com.
AUTHORS
Reese Witherspoon is an award-winning actress, producer, New York Times bestselling author and founder. In 2016, she established the media brand, Hello Sunshine, which puts women at the center of every story across all platforms– from scripted and unscripted television, feature films, animated series, podcasts, audio storytelling, and digital series. Hello Sunshine is also home to “Reese’s Book Club,” a community propelled by meaningful connections with stories, authors, and fellow members. Witherspoon is best known for her roles in feature films like her Oscar winning performance in WALK THE LINE, WILD, ELECTION and LEGALLY BLONDE as well as Emmy award-winning TV series “Big Little Lies,” “Little Fires Everywhere” and “The Morning Show.”
Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-six languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries, with ninety million books in print worldwide. His Myron Bolitar series has earned the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards.
Coben is also the creator and executive producer of many television shows, including adaptations on Netflix of the #1 global hits Missing You and Fool Me Once, Stay Close, The Stranger, The Innocent, Gone for Good, Hold Tight, and The Woods. His forthcoming TV series include Run Away, I Will Find You, and Lazarus.
About Grand Central Publishing:
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