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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Innocent Sleep: A Novel Hardcover

Author: Visit Amazon's Karen Perry Page | Language: English | ISBN: 0805098720 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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*Starred Review* Five years ago in Tangiers, Harry and Robin’s son was killed when an earthquake demolished the building in which he lay sleeping. Harry gave three-year-old Dillon sleeping medication so that the couple could have a romantic celebration of Robin’s birthday, and the earthquake occurred while he was running down the street to retrieve her gift. Now, they’ve moved to Dublin, hoping a fresh start will salvage their relationship and relieve Harry’s immense burden of guilt. Instead, the wounds are freshly opened when Harry becomes convinced he’s spotted Dillon in Dublin, and he begins chasing leads to find him and determine the identity of the woman leading him by the hand. Is it possible that Dillon was kidnapped instead of killed, or is Harry suffering from grief-induced delusions? Karen Perry, pseudonym of Paul Perry and Karen Gillece, pulls the story deliciously taut by alternating perspectives that contrast Harry’s increasing obsession with Robin’s deteriorating trust. And the haunting, sometimes vague flashbacks to Tangiers create a sense of alluring, exotic danger. Readers drawn to the intense emotion and zero-sum conflict of Andre Dubus III’s House of Sand and Fog (1999) will love this one, as will those captivated by the missing-person intrigues in Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know (2007) and Lisa Scottoline’s Look Again (2009). --Christine Tran

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"The narrative is full of surprises…a furious page-turner…from explosive start right through to outrageous end."—Minneapolis Star Tribune

"How good’s the big twist? You won’t see it coming."—Entertainment Weekly

"Many psychological thrillers have been undeservedly compared to Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, but this one really does have strong similarities…But Perry and Gillece's voice is their own, blended nicely, offering insights into a marriage affected by grief."—Shelf Awareness

"That powerful thing, a beautifully written mystery driven by its exploration of the characters' innermost hearts— of the inexorable ripples that loss sends out, and the terrible damage people can do to those they love most. Both as a crime novel and as an emotional journey, it's gripping stuff."—Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Harbor and Faithful Place

"A truly remarkable novel. The Innocent Sleep is a pitch-perfect balance of driving plot and honest, complex human emotion. Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go."—Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Stone Monkey

"The Innocent Sleep kicks off with a gut punch of every parents’ worst fear and never lets up. Part thriller, part introspective emotional novel, the book dives into what it feels like to survive the unthinkable, and then— what if— you could get it all back…Highly original and highly entertaining."—Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked City and Devil’s Garden

"Gripping from its dramatic opening chapter, this tense, unpredictable novel blends a thriller with an intimate family story to produce a most compulsive read."—John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

"Terrific…an unpredictable and unsettling familial drama that has drawn comparisons to the novels of Gillian Flynn and fellow Dubliner Tana French."—Kirkus Reviews

"Deliciously taut…the haunting, sometimes vague flashbacks to Tangiers create a sense of alluring, exotic danger. Readers drawn to the intense emotion and zero-sum conflict of Andre Dubus III’s House of Sand and Fog (1999) will love this one, as will those captivated by the missing-person intrigues in Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know (2007) and Lisa Scottoline’s Look Again (2009)."—Booklist, Starred Review

"[The Innocent Sleep], with a premise that taps into the fears of every parent, is an entertaining thriller that fans of Tana French and Gillian Flynn will enjoy."—Library Journal

"Smart…Deceit, infidelity, and surprising twists make this a satisfying debut."—Publishers Weekly

"Impossible to put down. This pulse pounding thriller is bristling with suspense—a fantastic debut."—John Hart, author of Iron House and The Last Child

"Accomplished…A dark mystery about unimaginable loss and irrevocable choices…Perry delivers an intriguingly emotional and unconventional debut."—Kirkus Reviews
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition (February 18, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0805098720
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805098723
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
On a night in Tangier, Harry prepares a birthday dinner for his wife Robin, while nearby, three-year-old Dillon resists the cup of warm milk his father has made for him.

Dillon regularly resists sleep, and occasionally Harry has added a small dose of a sleeping pill to the boy's milk. That night, the boy does sleep, and is still sleeping soundly when Harry recalls that he has left Robin's gift at the shop just five minutes away. Hesitating, he then plunges into the night, alone, leaving the boy behind....

That risk, that erroneous choice...sets in motion a disastrous series of events, beginning with an earthquake, a crumbled building, and the presumption of Dillon's death.

Years later, in Dublin again, the couple struggles. Harry is remote, devoted to his art. Robin is bogged down with her own secrets...and then on a street nearby, a protest march slows down Harry's progress after running errands, and he sees him. He is sure of it! There is Dillon, walking away with a woman wearing a blue scarf.

And the journey begins again, after years of struggling, of disbelief. Harry has never believed that Dillon died, since no body was found.

Robin has just discovered she is pregnant again, so in the aftermath of that news, Harry does not mention the sighting. Instead, he follows clues, finds footage of the street, and persists in seeking answers.

What transpired over the next few months kept this reader rapidly turning pages, asking what could have happened? Is it possible that, as others believe, Harry is delusional? Has his grief taken over and claimed him? Or has he made a discovery that could resolve his grief at last?
The Innocent Sleep is not a feel-good story. If you're looking for a light, fast read to keep you entertained, look elsewhere. This is a serious and rather dark novel. It captivates the reader from the onset in its originality and exotic setting. Harry and Robin, Irish citizens, are both artists working in Morocco, parents of a 3-year old son, Dillon, and living in a flat above a book store. The novel opens in Tangiers, where an earthquake demolishes their home with their sleeping child inside. Robin was working late, and Harry thought he could step away for a few minutes to retrieve a gift for his wife's birthday from a friend's home close by. When he works his way back to his home, the entire building has been swallowed up by the earth, and his son presumed dead. Harry's guilt overwhelms him. Secretly, he holds out hope, when no one else does, that his son is still alive somewhere as Dillon's body was never recovered. Harry and Robin's lives, before and after the disaster, are explored in past and present from both of their points of view, a format I happen to like. In the aftermath of the disaster, they leave Morocco and settle back in Ireland, painfully adapting to life without Dillon. Then 5 years later, Harry swears he sees Dillon on the streets of Dublin, as he would look 5 years later... and here is where the tempo picks up and it gets really good. This is a powerful novel, not a thriller or suspenseful mystery, but an emotional journey one won't easily forget.

This about choices made and the consequences of making them. It is also a novel of profound love, marital and parental, and of infatuation, as well. It focuses on guilt and the psychological repercussions of choices made... what one must live with, or maybe even die with as a result.

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