Anna O
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- $8.500
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- $8.500
Descripción editorial
*ANNA O – THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME*
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**SELECTED AS THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH**
**AN OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH**
'Reads like a dream but unsettles like a nightmare' A J FINN
‘A propulsive and inventive read’ GUARDIAN
'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit' THE TIMES
'Compelling and brilliantly crafted' SUN
'Utterly addictive' LUCY CLARKE
‘Certain to be one of the year's best thrillers’ LEE CHILD
'Will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime' NITA PROSE
'Remarkable . . . it deserves to be a breakout bestseller’ DAILY MAIL
'The twist is one of the best I’ve read' DAVID BALDACCI
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ANNA O HASN’T OPENED HER EYES FOR FOUR YEARS
Not since the night she was found in a deep sleep by the bodies of her best friends, suspected of a chilling double murder.
For Doctor Benedict Prince, a forensic psychologist on London’s Harley Street, waking Anna O could be career-defining. As an expert in sleep, he knows all about the darkest chambers of the mind; the secrets that lie buried in the subconscious.
As he begins Anna O’s treatment – studying his patient’s dreams, combing her memories, visiting the site where the horrors played out – he pulls on the thread of a much deeper, darker mystery.
Awakening Anna O isn’t the end of the story, it’s just the beginning.
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Readers are DREAMING of Anna O!
‘This is my favourite book of 2024 … the bar has been set’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This book is a true definition of murder mystery’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A triumph! It’ll keep you awake at night’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Explosive twists and turns that lead to a sensational finale’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Well worthy of five stars’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Mindblowing and suspenseful!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This story has it all’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author
After discovering that the average person spends thirty-three years of their life asleep, MATTHEW BLAKE felt the pull of a story. He began extensive research into sleep-related crimes and into the mystery illness known as resignation syndrome, research that sparked a thrilling question: if someone commits murder while sleepwalking, are they innocent or guilty? And so his novel Anna O was born.
Before writing fiction, Matthew worked as a researcher and speechwriter at the Palace of Westminster. He studied English at Durham University and Merton College, Oxford.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former political speech writer Blake debuts with a devilishly twisty psychological thriller about a woman accused of killing her best friends and then falling into a deep sleep. Forensic psychologist Benedict Prince specializes in sleep-related crimes, studying instances of reckless driving, murder, and robbery committed while the perpetrators were asleep. His article on a possible cure for "resignation syndrome," or involuntary extended sleep, has brought him to the attention of officials at England's Ministry of Justice, who want Prince to revive 25-year-old editor Anna Ogilvy, so she can be tried for murder: Anna's been asleep for several years, ever since she was found beside a bloody knife in a cabin next door to the corpses of two of her friends. As Prince attempts to stir Anna, he looks into the factors that might have driven her to violence. Interwoven throughout Prince's investigation are chapters focused on a pseudonymous character who's researching the case for their own obscured purposes, as well as entries from Anna's missing diary, which cover the days leading up to the murders. Blake never lets the reader, or his hero, get comfortable, delivering one game-changing twist after another all the way through to the final sucker punch. The exhilarating results are likely to shock even seasoned thriller fans.
