While You Sleep
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3.6
Stephanie Merritt
A modern-day ghost story set on a remote Scottish island, While You Sleep is a page-turning, chillingly erotic Hitchcockian thriller evoking the dark atmospheric of a house that may be more than it seems . . .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?
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Author
Stephanie Merritt
Pages
400
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2019-03-05
ISBN
1643131184 9781643131184
Ratings
Google: 5
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"I just finished reading this for the second time, the first time about a year ago. An American woman has travelled to a small Scottish island for a month, we gather to have a break from her husband and young son. She is staying in an isolated area in a house rumoured by the locals to have a reputation of some sort. She starts to have strange experiences but is unsure if it's locals playing a joke, or being more menacing, her own imagination, or something supernatural. Some of the experiences are sexualized. Really engaging story, great writing, characters I really wanted more of including both the ones I liked and didn't like. Her experiences of place are evocative and compelling. You won't be disappointed by the answers about the mystery... "
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