A riveting unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blakes tension-filled thriller is as elusive and mysterious as sleep itself.--Nita Prose #1 New York Times author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn A. J. Finn and Alex Michaelides Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark twisty and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking and then never opens her eyes again. THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME What if your nightmares werent really nightmares at all? We spend an average of 33 years of our lives asleep. But what really happens and what are we capable of when we sleep? Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then one night she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive--and hasnt woken up since. Dubbed Sleeping Beauty by the tabloids Annas condition is a rare psychosomatic disorder known to neurologists as resignation syndrome. Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. His methods are the last hope of solving the infamous Anna Ocase and waking Anna up so she can stand trial. But he must be careful treating such a high-profile suspect--hes got career secrets and a complicated personal life of his own. As Anna shows the first signs of stirring Benedict must determine what really happened and whether Anna should be held responsible for her crimes. Only Anna knows the truth about that night but only Benedict knows how to discover it. And theyre both in danger from what they find out.
