I have a bad habit of not thoroughly reading things before agreeing to go ahead and that happened here. I had read and really enjoyed some of the psychological thrillers written by the author so I jumped at the chance to receive a copy of her latest novel Sleep Tight. It wasn’t until I actually looked at my copy I realised that this was something different.
Sleep Tight introduces us to DC Rose Gifford. She is called to investigate the death of a young woman called Hannah who suffocated in her bed within a locked room. It looks like a straightforward crime scene – but the police can’t find the killer. Her roommate can’t think of anyone who might want to harm her although she does mention that Hannah had been suffering from crippling nightmares. Rose then meets DS Moony who runs UCIT, a secret department of the Met set up to solve supernatural crimes. Rose has to put aside her scepticism before anyway else dies.
Regular readers of the blog will know I’m not really a fan of supernatural in crime thrillers, however occasionally there is a cross over that works, and this is one of those. It was a fun read that I really enjoyed.
The character of Rose is interesting, she’s a bit of a strange one who shares her house with an unwelcome visitor, and doesn’t always make the best decisions work wise but she’s definitely a character I’d like to read more about. My favourite however was DS Mooney I liked her understated attitude despite working for such an unusual and eccentric department.
The story was good, I liked the slightly quirky nature of the story and the humour worked well against the back drop of the crime. I found parts of it quite creepy especially the descriptions of the dreams and the nightmares. I very much enjoyed this, although reading the book in bed certainly wouldn’t be recommended!
To find out what others thought of the book have a look at the other stop on the tour.
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