What if I told you that sleep was just a habit? What if the third of your life you spend asleep, you could be awake instead?
Grafton is a single dad who works in local radio, but he's always dreamt of being a 'real' journalist. When he gets a whiff of a story - a Scottish commune whose residents believe that sleep is a social construct - he decides to investigate... something tells him 'the Sleepless' might finally provide answers about his wife, Liz, who abandoned him and their son Isaac for a similar cult in India.
As Grafton is drawn deeper into the extreme world of the Sleepless, Liz reappears, and Grafton has to race to save both himself and his son...
Publisher: Fly on the Wall Press
ISBN: 9781915789105
Number of pages: 300
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
"The Sleepless is a dazzlingly smart and compelling thriller, which will grip you from its unforgettable opening scene and will linger with you long after you have finished it. Liam Bell is a writer of rare and distinctive talent, and this is a novel not to be missed. These are characters and situations - vividly rendered, unsettlingly plausible even at their most terrifying - which will haunt you, a novel which will keep you up all night. " -Ellery Lloyd, author of People Like Her and Reese's Book Club pick The Club
Gripping, well written, sinister and packed full of fully-fleshed characters. A terrific surprise from an author I hadn’t heard of before!
It really makes you think, too. Highly recommended!!!
If any book is going to keep you awake at night- it’s probably The Sleepless.
Grafton is a single dad who decides to investigate a Scottish commune called ‘the Sleepless’ in the hopes it will provide both answers...
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A perfect book for long cold nights, a thriller with a tinge of folk horror. 'Sleepless' by Liam Bell gripped me from the start and didn't let up, getting increasingly claustrophobic and sinister as the... More
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