The Innocent Sleep: A Novel

How goods the big twist? You wont see it coming.―Entertainment Weekly Terrific…an unpredictable and unsettling familial drama that has drawn comparisons to the novels of Gillian Flynn and fellow Dubliner Tana French.―Kirkus Reviews When a couples lost child resurfaces they are forced to embark on a journey into their shared past―one rife with dark secrets and lies Tangiers. Harry is preparing his wifes birthday dinner while she is still at work and their son Dillon is upstairs asleep in bed. Harry suddenly remembers that hes left Robins gift at the café in town. Its only a five minute walk away and Dillons so tricky to put down for the night so Harry decides to run out on his own and fetch the present. Disaster strikes. An earthquake hits buildings crumble people scream and run. Harry fights his way through the crowd to his house only to find it razed to the ground. Dillon is presumed dead though his body is never found. Five years later Harry and Robin have settled into a new kind of life after relocating to their native Dublin. Their grief will always be with them but lately it feels as if theyre ready for a new beginning. Harrys career as an artist is taking off and Robin has just realized that shes pregnant. But when Harry gets a glimpse of Dillon on the crowded streets of Dublin the past comes rushing back at both of them. Has Dillon been alive all these years? Or was what Harry saw just a figment of his guilt-ridden imagination? With razor-sharp writing Karen Perrys The Innocent Sleep delivers a fast-paced ingeniously plotted thriller brimming with deception doubt and betrayal.