Insomnia: A chilling psychological thriller of 2022 from the queen of twists and the No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES, now a Netflix series!

Reviews

Emma Washer

I felt Emma’s descent and with the stakes being so high, the nail biting tension sent me flying through each chapter. What a book. By chilling, I mean really chilling - they reminded me of scenes in atmospheric horror films. I loved every minute of this thrilling delight, and the denouement, what a revelation.

Ruth

Twelve days before the big 4-0, Emma wakes in the middle of the night and from then on is hit with crippling insomnia. OMG!

Griffy

🌀Four twisty crazy stars 🌀 Emma and her sister Phoebe didn’t have the best childhood; with an unstable mother who couldn’t sleep and muttered to herself constantly, culminating with the unthinkable happening on their mothers’ fortieth birthday – a day that ended with two traumatised children and a mother secured in a psychiatric hospital. Then there was this intriguing family history. I couldn’t trust any of the characters which ended with me having a million theories as to what was going on.

Nischal

‘Insomnia’ is a supercharged psychological thriller, and some! Caught between terror, paranoia and denial – everyone is beginning to wonder if madness truly does run in the family! She finds, as the sleep-deprived nights pile up, that she is losing time, compulsively checking the windows, checking the door is still locked, looking in on the children and hovering over their beds – praying for sleep while constantly wandering around the darkness of her large house and entering further into the darkness of her own mind. Emma was a wife, a mother, a colleague and slightly on the lonely side.

With family rumours of a madness plaguing the second child, it’s always been stuck at the back of her mind. After all, what is more terrifying than losing your mind?

Emma Averell is a success story – a rags to riches, high powered divorce attorney with two beautiful children and a stay at home husband, all living together in a large and beautiful house – a seemingly perfect life. ! I was lucky enough to be gifted the audiobook and Sarah Durham did an amazing job at narrating. I never got around to reading Behind Her Eyes and I was surprised to realise this is my first Sarah Pinborough book – after reading Insomnia, I’ll be checking out her other work for sure.