The Sleepwalkers

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From 'one of the UKs most interesting authors' (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meetsWhite Lotusin this surprising and suspenseful modern gothic story following a couple running from both secretive pasts and very present dangers while honeymooning on a Greek island.

Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive on a tiny Greek island for their honeymoon. Its the end of the season and a storm is imminent. Determined to make the best of it, they check into the sun-soaked doors of the Villa Rosa. Already feeling insecure after seeing the 'beautiful people,' the seemingly endless number of young models and musicians lounging along the Mediterranean, Evelyn is wary of the hotels owner, Isabella, who seems to only have eyes for Richard.

Isabella ostensibly disapproves of every request Evelyn makes, seemingly annoyed at the fact that they are there at all. Isabella is also preoccupied with her chance to enthral the only other guests an American producer named Marcus and his partner Debbie with the story of 'the sleepwalkers,' a couple who had stayed at the hotel recently and drowned. Everyone seems to want to talk about the sleepwalkers, butwhat at first seemed eccentric, decorative, or simply ridiculous, becomes a living nightmare. Evelyn and Richard are separated the night of the storm and forced to face dark truths, but its their confessions around the origins of their relationship and the years leading up to their marriage that might save them.

Exhilarating, suspenseful, and subversively funny,The Sleepwalkersasks urgent questions about relationships, sexuality, and the darkest elements of contemporary society where our most terrible secrets are hidden in plain sight.

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Scarlett Thomas was born in London. She is the author of the Worldquake series. She is also the authorof nine books for adults, includingPopCo,The End of Mr. Y,which was longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction in 2007 (formerly known as Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction),andOur Tragic Universe.She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent. Find out more at Worldquake.co.uk.