While You Sleep: An unputdownable psychological thriller that will send shivers up your spine!

A pacy, chilling psychological thriller, set to reinvent the genre.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: night-time 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?

Reviews of While You Sleep: An unputdownable psychological thriller that will send shivers up your spine!

`Creepy, clever, atmospheric, a fabulous Gothic thriller' Kate Mosse`Pure edge-of-the-seat stuff: a fantastically entertaining, yet deeply unsettling read' Julie Myerson`Forget sleep – this broodingly creepy gothic tale of love, lust and loss on a remote Scottish island kept me awake most of the night, partly from fear, but mostly because I couldn't put it down' Fiona Neill, bestselling author of The Betrayals`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, bestselling author of The Roanoke Girls`A sumptuously written contemporary Gothic thriller, Stephanie Merritt's latest will have you whipping through pages. 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, bestselling author of Orphan X`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, bestselling author of The Ashes of London`Sexy, scary and gripping' Cass Green, bestselling author of In a Cottage In a WoodPraise for Stephanie Merritt:`A tight plot combines with subtly-realised characters and an omnipresent sense of danger … a cracking story' Daily Mail`Colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step … can mean a grisly death.' Sunday Times`A delicious blend of history and thriller' The Times`Vivid, sprawling … Well-crafted, exuberant' Financial Times`A killer plot … an engaging protagonist; and an atmospheric sense of place' The Times`Twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes' Stuart MacBride