Praying for Sleep, Jeffery Deaver
Praying for Sleep, Jeffery Deaver
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Praying for Sleep

Author: Jeffery Deaver

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 15 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/03/2020


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Never Game and the Lincoln Rhyme novels comes a twisty psychological thriller packed into a terrifying 24 hours...

When paranoid schizophrenic killer Michael Hrubek escapes from an institution, there’s no doubt of where he’s headed: to find the woman who put him away and to finally get his revenge.

Lis Atcheson knows he’s out there—the man who killed two of her students. He’s haunted every sleepless night ever since she testified against him. Now the nightmares are coming true. He’s watching... and waiting... and he’s going to take Lis to hell with him.

With a massive storm coming—in more ways than one—Lis can barely prepare for the dark cloud that approaches, threatening to take everything away from her in one horrifying sweep...

About Jeffery Deaver

Chicago born author, Jeffery Deaver, has been richly rewarded for his successful career as a an American mystery/crime writer, including being a three-time Ellery Queen Reader's Award winner, and several different newspaper best of lists around the world.

Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective is the main character in his most popular series of novels, such as The Broken Window. His time spent practicing law before he embarked on his writing career definitely gave him greater insight into the cases about which he writes.

He was writing about criminal hackers in his 2001 book, The Blue Nowhere. He also established a computer crime unit within the pages of the book. Several of his novels have been adapted for tv and movies. The most popular among them would be The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Deaver was chosen to write an official James Bond novel, Carter Blanche, published on May 25, 2011, making him the second American author to participate in the series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on August 22, 2012

I shall preface all reviews for Deaver books as follows: they are generally mysteries/crime thrillers usually containing fairly dark subject matter, and if that doesn't sit well with you, I'd avoid them. Of the books Deaver has written that aren't part of a series (i.e., not featuring Lincoln Rhyme,......more

Goodreads review by Marie on May 05, 2016

I've decided it would look petty to detail the many reasons I disliked this book. The short version is, I thought there were MASSIVE plot holes, some serious timeline discrepancies, and way too many little backstory tangents and flashbacks. Finally, I didn't think the ending was even remotely surpri......more

Goodreads review by Cathal on December 09, 2018

Not what I'd normally expect from Jeffrey Deaver but still a brilliant book. He never fails to deliver. An original storyline with a few twists and turns along the way. It's very reminiscent of something like what Stephen King would write but I feel there's more to Jeffrey Deaver than Lincoln Rhyme......more

Goodreads review by Corey on June 06, 2019

Rating this one was quite tough for me, I so badly wanted to give it 5 stars because, first of all the ending I didn't see coming, but then some of the story was quite predictable and a few plot holes, and then on the other hand some unexpected moments, so I'm giving a 4 star rating, which means I o......more

Goodreads review by Bill on November 03, 2016

The story engine is good with some good twists at the end. The middle slogs a bit with all the searching. It's hard to keep track of who's searching where for what reason. And, honestly, the searches are only mildly interesting, I think, because I didn't care deeply for the characters on the search.......more


Quotes

"Scary, smart, and compulsively readable."—Stephen King

"An entertaining thriller...palpable suspense."—Publishers Weekly

"Nightmarish...harrowing suspense."—James Paterson

"Undeniably throat-clutching."—Kirkus Reviews