Wow what a book. Couldn’t put it down.

A time bomb is ticking—but what if that time bomb is you? A chilling novel of intrigue, terror, and a man and woman in a race against the clock 

Sylvie is running , or is she being chased by the memories of a terror attack in London she experienced as a child, a catastrophic event in which her brother died? She is running, or is she similarly being chased by her abusive boyfriend? She IS absolutely running from a warning, given to her on a station platform in Nantes: someone is trying to kill her.

Corran is not what he seems. What is he then? He’s working deep undercover to infiltrate the political organisation that looks set to win the upcoming British election—a group that doesn’t appear to have existed a few years ago. Corran has been sent to find out who they are, who is ‘working’ them, and what on earth is their agenda?

All he has is a list of names, Sylvie’s included. Only with time does he begin to see the connections to the victims of the terror attack. But that was 10 years ago. So why does it seem they are being taken out, killed, cancelled?

As the field of living victims is steadily reduced, Corran and Sylvie work together, albeit reluctantly and head into the vortex, uncertain, scared, but hell bent on  not only exposing, but neutralising the threat, one which could explode at any minute ….

Sounds a great novel, but is it really?

Well, frankly, talk about clinging to the edge of your seat, or hanging onto your hat, it’s a hell of a ride, let me tell you. A Wowzer as we say in my family! Wow-zer, such a fab page turner.

The  plot is strong, intricately and empathetically planned, and it lives,  which is a great start because  thrillers, mysteries, and any sort of crime is dependent on a rip roaring plot, one with peaks and troughs, obstacles, successes, one step forward, perhaps two back …  If the author can include believable  characters, believable settings, a sense of being in the moment, then the reader is hooked. As you readers know, we have to believe that this is our problem, our battle, we are in the scene, taking each step the character takes. If all these are present,  then this is a grand novel.

But finally there is the need for a theme,  one that gives the novel depth, and a raison d’etre, and if this resonates with the reader, then the novel is a triumph. The theme of The Sleepers was, for me, the need to run towards, not away. In other words – take back control. Put all this together and mix it up with excellent writing you have, in The Sleepers, that rare thing, a triumph.

Read The Sleepers, it’s a wow of a novel. Thank heavens the author has dipped her toes in the adult pacey thriller world, leaving children’s writing for a moment. She knows her craft, her imagination is on fire. Bring on the next please, K M Kelly.

You can obtain e-book of The Sleepers by K M Kelly here