Greg Iles is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series. His novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published in more than thirty-five countries worldwide.
“Sleep No More is that rarity, a thriller that really
thrills.”—Stephen King
“Completely engaging...irresistible pass-the-popcorn fun…a spirited
chiller.”—People
“Reads like a revved up go-cart, with surprises at every curve.
Erotic, shocking, pulse racing and a whole lot of white-knuckled
fun.”—Clarion-Ledger
“Iles presents whodunits that are a cut above…His characters have
some dimension. You usually can’t see his plot twists coming.”—Fort
Worth Star Telegram
“A broody, moody writer whose books have the twitchy languidness of
Tennessee Williams combined with the suspense of Alfred
Hitchcock...a dazzling combination of guilt, obsessions and
suspicion.”—St. Petersburg Times
“This is exactly the sort of action at which Iles is best: the
cornered family man, trying to do right by his people, facing
extraordinary problems with heroic effort.”—The New Orleans
Times-Picayune
“It takes an exceptional writer to make a story about soul transfer
believable. Iles, who has wowed critics with his six previous
thrillers, not only makes the incredible seem logical but also
engages the reader completely in the hopes and doubts of his
protagonist…Iles is masterful at sustaining psychological
suspense...An irresistible page-turner.”—Booklist
“Fans will certainly enjoy the way he once again brings to piquant
life his home turf Natchez and the Mississippi Delta.”—Publishers
Weekly
“With this new novel, Iles has once again proven himself master of
the suspense genre…he has crafted a compelling psychological
thriller.”—Library Journal
Iles has written some solid, beautifully constructed thrillers (24 Hours; Dead Sleep), so when his latest seems for page after page to have no logical explanation for its central mystery, we hold on, bide our time and wait for the moment of revelation that will make everything fall into place. Unfortunately, that moment never comes. The puzzle of how a woman who has been dead for 10 years can suddenly appear in the body of another woman turns out not to be a mystery at all. It's a whole other genre horror or fantasy or science fiction. Iles fans will certainly enjoy the way he once again brings to piquant life his home turf Natchez and the Mississippi Delta and creates a character with an actual job. John Waters is a petroleum geologist, and the details of his work are carefully rendered. He's a happily married man of 41 with a bright eight-year-old daughter, although his sex life has all but disappeared in the wake of several disastrous pregnancies. So he's ready to be pushed over the edge by the sudden appearance of Eve Sumner, a 32-year-old real estate agent who seems to know every intimate detail of Waters's youthful affair with the late Mallory Candler a mentally fragile beauty queen who was subsequently raped and murdered in New Orleans. The game gets really serious when Eve is also murdered. Possibilities abound: John's weak and financially reckless partner might be behind the whole thing, and even Waters's embittered wife could be a suspect. Readers will probably stick around to see how Iles gets himself off the hook, but it's hard to imagine many of them coming away completely satisfied. (July) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
"Sleep No More is that rarity, a thriller that really
thrills."-Stephen King
"Completely engaging...irresistible pass-the-popcorn fun...a
spirited chiller."-People
"Reads like a revved up go-cart, with surprises at every curve.
Erotic, shocking, pulse racing and a whole lot of white-knuckled
fun."-Clarion-Ledger
"Iles presents whodunits that are a cut above...His characters have
some dimension. You usually can't see his plot twists
coming."-Fort Worth Star Telegram
"A broody, moody writer whose books have the twitchy languidness of
Tennessee Williams combined with the suspense of Alfred
Hitchcock...a dazzling combination of guilt, obsessions and
suspicion."-St. Petersburg Times
"This is exactly the sort of action at which Iles is best: the
cornered family man, trying to do right by his people, facing
extraordinary problems with heroic effort."-The New Orleans
Times-Picayune
"It takes an exceptional writer to make a story about soul transfer
believable. Iles, who has wowed critics with his six previous
thrillers, not only makes the incredible seem logical but also
engages the reader completely in the hopes and doubts of his
protagonist...Iles is masterful at sustaining psychological
suspense...An irresistible page-turner."-Booklist
"Fans will certainly enjoy the way he once again brings to piquant
life his home turf Natchez and the Mississippi
Delta."-Publishers Weekly
"With this new novel, Iles has once again proven himself master of
the suspense genre...he has crafted a compelling psychological
thriller."-Library Journal
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