Are You Sleeping: Kathleen Barber - Softcover

Barber, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509843000 ISBN 13: 9781509843008

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Memory can be imperfect.The truth is always black and white.

When a family man is killed at point blank range in his home, it shakes a sleepy town to its core. The murder is a strange, horrifying crime but for the authorities its an open-and-shut case.

Ten years on, the victims daughter, Josie, has started afresh in New York far from the tragic events that blew her family apart. No-one knows the truth about her previous life, not even her fianc.

Investigative journalist Poppy is convinced the wrong man is in jail for the murder and shes determined to prove it. What starts off as a true-crime podcast snowballs into a national phenomenon and everyone has an opinion on the case. Poppys relentless pursuit of the truth threatens to expose old secrets. Josie realises that her fathers murder could have consequences more devastating than she had ever imagined.

Are You Sleeping is an addictive debut psychological thriller for fans of Serial, Disclaimer and Luckiest Girl Alive.

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Críticas

An astute debut . . . turning our obsession with true crime inside out * Stylist * Tense, clever, addictive * Paula Daly, author of The Mistake I Made * I couldn't turn the pages fast enough . . . a terrific debut * Jenny Blackhurst, author of Before I Let You In * Are You Sleeping will more than likely keep you up all night as this most compelling suspenseful novel unfolds. A classic whodunit gets a very clever modern treatment that left this reader's heart racing right up to the last page. * Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait *

Reseña del editor

'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough . . . a terrific debut' - Jenny Blackhurst, author of Before I Let You In. The only thing more dangerous than a lie . . . is the truth. When a family man is killed at point blank range in his home, it shakes a sleepy town to its core. The murder is a strange, horrifying crime but for the authorities it's an open-and-shut case. Ten years on, the victim's daughter, Josie, has started afresh in New York - far from the tragic events that blew her family apart. No-one knows the truth about her previous life, not even her fiance. Investigative journalist Poppy is convinced the wrong man is in jail for the murder and she's determined to prove it. What starts off as a true-crime podcast snowballs into a national phenomenon and everyone has an opinion on the case. Poppy's relentless pursuit of the truth threatens to expose old secrets. Josie realizes that her father's murder could have consequences more devastating than she had ever imagined. Are You Sleeping is a gripping debut psychological thriller from Kathleen Barber for fans of Serial, Disclaimer and Luckiest Girl Alive. Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will be starring in the TV adaptation, produced by Reese Witherspoon.

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1509843000
• ISBN 13: 9781509843008
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384