Seven guests. Seven secrets. One killer. Do you dare to SLEEP?
'Beware! Sleep does not do what it says on the tin: I was awake
until the small hours under its dark and twisty spell.' FIONA
BARTON All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing
insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible
night are making it impossible. If only she didn't feel so
guilty... To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the
remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what
started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare.
Each of the guests have a secret, but one of them is lying - about
who they are and why they're on the island. There's a murderer
staying in the Bay View hotel. And they've set their sights on
Anna. Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. The
million-copy bestseller is back in her darkest, twistiest book to
date. Read it if you dare! Perfect for fans of Lesley Kara's The
Rumour and Cara Hunter's DI Fawley Thrillers. What people are
saying about SLEEP: 'Wow just wow!... I loved it' Karen's World
'WOW!... Sleep!!! You wont get any if you start to read it in the
evening! So be warned!!!' Reader review 'Superb... her books just
keep getting better and better - this one was a belter!!' Donna's
Book Blog 'A cracking story... A heart in your mouth plot' Books
from Dusk 'til Dawn 'Extremely creepy, atmospheric and twisty.'
CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Do Not Disturb 'Sleep will keep you up
all night.' MARK EDWARDS, author of The Retreat 'As always, C L
Taylor knocks it out of the park!' Reader review "Reminiscent of
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None... a final killer twist
that is as satisfying as it is unexpected" Mature Times "Everything
we love in a thriller: creepy, tense and pacy enough to get your
heart racing" Good Housekeeping 'A perfectly written psychological
thriller... filled with plot twist after plot twist... I was on the
edge of my seat for every page.' 2016 and Beyond
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Mon, 19 Aug 2019 | Review
by: Breakaway R.
Seven guests, seven secrets and a remote island setting
Anna needs to get away from a tragedy in her past, and the job on the remote island of Rum in Scotland seems to be the escape she needs to put the shattered pieces of her life together again. But the old adage of 'be careful what you wish for’ rings true when Anna finds herself trapped with seven strangers and a murder.
Anna finds her past coming back to haunt her in the worst possible way, and she has nowhere to escape to. Each of the seven guests seems to be hiding dark secrets, and she has no way of telling which of them is the killer.
The story starts with a letter Anna has left for the police to find in the event of her death, and this sets the pace for the novel. Although the premise for the book is along the lines of many of today's modern-day thrillers, it did set itself apart in that it explored the deeper issues of guilt and PTSD and how a life-changing event can have longterm effects.
As the story unfolds, Anna unravels, and the title of the story begins to make sense. She suffers from severe insomnia as a result of her PTSD and also the blame she has put on herself after the terrible accident involving her work colleagues. She has also lost her longterm boyfriend and feels alone and cast adrift.
The perfect scenario for a murder mystery and yet the pace of the novel did not live up to the hype. Perhaps this genre is now a little overdone, I feel that many of the novels follow the same tried and tested route, with little originality.
That being said, I still enjoyed the book, and it was a perfect summer beach read.
Gillian
Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review
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