Sleep No More
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4.2 • 289 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz returns with the first novel of the Lost Night Files, an exciting new romantic suspense trilogy about a night that changed three women forever—but that none of them can remember.
Seven months ago, Pallas Llewellyn, Talia March, and Amelia Rivers were strangers, until their fateful stay at the Lucent Springs Hotel. An earthquake and a fire partially destroyed the hotel, but the women have no memory of their time there. Now close friends, the three women co-host a podcast called the Lost Night Files, where they investigate cold cases and hope to connect with others who may have had a similar experience to theirs—an experience that has somehow enhanced the psychic abilities already present in each woman.
After receiving a tip for their podcast, Pallas travels to the small college town of Carnelian, California, to explore an abandoned asylum. Shaken by the dark energy she feels in the building, she is rushing out when she’s stopped by a dark figure—who turns out to be the women's mysterious tipster.
Ambrose Drake is certain he’s a witness to a murder, but without a body, everyone thinks he’s having delusions caused by extreme sleep deprivation. But Ambrose is positive something terrible happened at the Carnelian Sleep Institute the night he was there. Unable to find proof on his own, he approaches Pallas for help, only for her to realize that Ambrose, too, has a lost night that he can’t remember—one that may be connected to Pallas. Pallas and Ambrose conduct their investigation using the podcast as a cover, and while the townsfolk are eager to share what they know, it turns out there are others who are not so happy about their questions—and someone is willing to kill to keep the truth from coming out.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What's going on at the Carnelian Sleep Institute in the quiet college town of Carnelian, Calif.? That's the question at the heart of this enticing romantic suspense novel and Lost Night Files series launch from bestseller Krentz (Lightning in a Mirror). Months before the start of the book, Pallas Llewellyn and two strangers, Talia and Amelia, all lost their memories of the exact same window of time while staying at Lucent Springs Hotel. Since then, the women have become friends and started the podcast that gives this series its name, using it to investigate what happened to them and explore other potentially paranormal cases. Ambrose Drake turns to this podcast for help after a disturbing experience. While participating in an overnight sleep study, he's positive that he heard screams from the adjoining room and believes a fellow patient may have been murdered, though the medical staff assure him he was only dreaming. The stakes ratchet higher when institute assistant Emery Geddings mysteriously disappears, leading Pallas and Ambrose to investigate—with explosive results. Krentz's plot is characteristically twisty and her characters are well-shaded. The cliffhanger ending will undoubtedly frustrate some readers, but it successfully builds anticipation for future installments. Readers will be on the edges of their seats.
Customer Reviews
New trilogy!
I really loved this book, the first on a new trilogy! Just finished it and already anxiously awaiting the second book!!
Sleep No More
Greatly entertaining book, well written and riveting. Thank you, Jayne Ann Krentz.
Sleep No More
Let me start by saying I am a total fan of Ms Krentz in all her various iterations. This book is excellent in so many ways that I have come to expect of her - twisty and complex plot, interesting and nuanced characters, fascinating use and theories about paranormal phenomena, well written. In my opinion,however, it could use some serious editing. There are so many allusions to events, people, plots not explained in this book that in the first 150 pages I spent hours either rereading previous text or looking through her other books (and I think I have them all!) trying to find the back story, see what these people/places were about. Unfortunately this felt like a bunch of holes in character building rather than fore shadowing or hints. Frustrating until I decided to just go with what I was given here. I think this compromised my willingness to be a part of the investigation however - I felt like I was barred from important knowledge about the principal characters and earlier events. (Though I guess that's part of how the protagonists felt too...)