Witherspoon Book Club pick. She has also written several books for young adults, including Come Find Me, Fragments of the Lost, and The Safest Lies. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children.Her new adult suspense novel is The Girl from Widow Hills.
At CrimeReads, Miranda tagged five "suspenseful novels that feature sleep issues at the heart of the story, heightening the very real fear for the characters—either for themselves, or for those around them," including:
When the Lights Go Out by Mary KubicaRead about another entry on the list.
Jessie isn’t sleeping. At all. Already dealing with the grief of losing her mother, Jessie soon finds herself at the center of a mystery questioning her own identity. As she searches for answers, she’s sent down a rabbit hole, her fear and paranoia exacerbated by an extreme insomnia, leaving the reader to question everything. The tension increases with every page, especially as her insomnia veers into very dangerous territory, and even Jessie isn’t sure whether what she’s seeing is a product of delusions, paranoia, or a terrifying reality.
The Page 69 Test: When the Lights Go Out.
--Marshal Zeringue
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