What (am I currently reading)?

I am currently reading the thriller The Sleepless by Liam Bell.  This is being published by Fly on the Wall Press and will be out in paperback on 29th September 2023. 

Book Blurb   (taken from https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/  )

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.

Born out of COVID-19’s age of ‘alternative truths’, this commune set in Ardnamurchan, Scotland, rejects societal routines of sleep with the aim of achieving a toxin cleanse, a nirvana of sorts…

However Grafton finds the truth of the commune is much more sinister and its governance thirsts for blood, using torturous methods to keep its followers weak…

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…

• Are there ideals strong enough to compel a mother to leave her young child and husband?

• And will history repeat when the husband starts to learn more? In The Sleepless, the struggle between blood ties and a powerful cult is laid bare.

Why (have I chosen to read it)?

I loved the book blurb.  Being someone who likes plenty of sleep, the idea that it might just be a habit intrigued me, and the story of a cult sounded good too.  So will it keep me awake reading it or send me to sleep?  Pleasingly – I can tell you it is keeping me up reading!  My full review will be up on EmmabBooks nearer publication date at the end of this month.

While (I am reading it)

I’ve taken time out from blogging, and been in the South of England.  Here is a picture of a harbour near where I was staying. 

All the best,  Emma