While You Sleep

A Novel

by Stephanie Merritt

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Pub Date Mar 05 2019 | Archive Date Feb 28 2019

Horror | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

It begins, they say, with a woman screaming . . . On a remote Scottish island, the McBride house stands guard over its secrets. A century ago, a young widow and her son died mysteriously there; just last year a local boy, visiting for a dare, disappeared without a trace. For Zoe Adams, newly arrived from America, the house offers a refuge from her failing marriage. But her peaceful retreat is disrupted by strange and disturbing events: nighttime intrusions; unknown voices; a constant sense of being watched. The locals want her to believe that these incidents are echoes of the McBrides’ dark past. Zoe is convinced the danger is closer at hand, and all too real—but can she uncover the truth before she is silenced?

A Note From the Publisher

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Advance Praise

“Atmospheric, spellbinding—as haunting as the best of Du Maurier, as psychologically astute as Kate Atkinson. Read it and shiver.” —A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

“A sumptuously written contemporary Gothic thriller. At turns chilling, poignant, and sensuous, While You Sleep will ensure that you won’t sleep until you’ve ridden its twists and turns to the shocking end.” —Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X

“I made the mistake of starting this book late at night and was overcome almost immediately by a creeping sense of dread. The isolated setting, unreliable narrator, and menacing cast of characters all come together for a genuinely terrifying read!” —Amy Engel, author of The Roanoke Girls

“While You Sleep makes for utterly riveting bedtime reading. Steph has taken familiar ingredients and made something fresh and frankly terrifying from them. I loved it.” —Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London