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Before I Go To Sleep

A Novel

S. J. Watson

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S. J. Watson

Born and educated in the U.K., S. J. Watson was born in the Midlands, lives in London, and worked in the National Health Service for a number of years. In 2008 Watson was accepted into the first Faber Academy “Writing a Novel” Course, a rigorous and selective program that covers all aspects of the novel-writing process. Before I Go to Sleep is the result.



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"The summer's single most suspenseful plot belongs to BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP. . . . pure page-turner."


- New York Times
"A chilling debut thriller."


- Los Angeles Times
"The structure of the novel is heart-racing. We can never really tell what is real and what is invented, and as any keen reader of thrillers knows, the blurry line between truth and fiction can be scarier than blood and gore."


- NPR.org
"Watson packs explosive tension into even the most mundane scenes."


- Wall Street Journal online
"Watson has written a thriller that's fueled by infectious paranoia. Think of it as a nifty little beach book with a pedigree that runs back to the films of Alfred Hitchcock.. In Watson's capable hands, suspense and a hypersensitive awareness (and fear) of the seemingly mundane are far more unnerving.. Cunningly seductive."


- Richmond Times-Dispatch
" Plunges the reader into a twisty psychological thriller. Librarians are reporting it's already one of the most requested books of the summer."


- The Hollywood Reporter
"This debut novel is a haunting page-turner of the literary sort."


- Christian Science Monitor
"Every few summers comes a thriller like this-one that should be slapped with a "May cause sunburn" sticker because readers could easily lose all track of time, hunger, and sun exposure.. S.J. Watson succeeds in keeping readers as tense and off-kilter-but deliciously so-as Lucas herself."


- Parade
"Memories-real, false, and a bit of both-are at the heart of Watson's haunting, twisted debut.. Watson handles what could have turned into a cheap narrative gimmick brilliantly, building to a chillingly unexpected climax."


- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"This mesmerizing, skillfully written debut novel works on multiple levels. It is both an affecting portrait of the profound impact of a debilitating illness and a pulse-pounding thriller whose outcome no one could predict."


- Booklist (starred review)
"Watson's debut novel unwinds as a story that is both complicated and compellingly hypnotic. . . . Watson's pitch-perfect writing propels the story to a frenzied climax that will haunt readers long after they've closed the cover on this remarkable book."


- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"An intriguingly fresh look at the amnesia-focused psychological thriller. . . . A captivating and highly suspenseful read, populated with believable characters who lead the reader through a taut, well-constructed plot."


- Library Journal
"An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page."


- Dennis Lehane
"Quite simply the best debut novel I have ever read."


- Tess Gerritsen
"A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller."


- Lionel Shriver
"Brilliant in its pacing, profound in its central question, suspenseful on every page and satisfying in its thriller ending."


- Anita Shreve
"A deeply unsettling debut that asks the most terrifying question-what do you have left when you lose yourself?"


- Val McDermid