‘Starts off like a fired bullet and never lets up’ David Baldacci
‘A terrific future-shock thriller full of pace, tension, character, and emotion’ Lee Child
‘Slick and fast-paced… Do yourself a favour and buy this book!’ LJ Ross
Thirty-six hours. One island. Thousands of lives at stake.
Michael North is the kind of operative MI5 uses when failure isn’t an option. He’s ruthless, loyal, and – to them – expendable.
Now North’s been sent undercover inside a doomsday cult on a remote Scottish island. In thirty-six hours, the cult will unleash a mass killing that will leave thousands dead. Cut off from backup and surrounded by true believers, North has no margin for error – and no time to sleep.
But as paranoia tightens its grip and loyalties fracture, every second brings North further from stopping the atrocity… and closer to his own violent end.
Sleep When You’re Dead is a full-throttle action thriller where the clock is ticking, the body count is rising, and survival is never guaranteed. Perfect for fans of the explosive action and morally complex heroes of David Baldacci, Lee Child, Stephen Leather and Mark Dawson.
Readers and reviewers love Jude O’Reilly:
‘Thought-provoking, pacy and thrilling’ Sunday Mirror
‘A nail biting, high-octane thriller’ The Sun
‘A high-octane plot about the dark heart of British political power’ Sunday Times
‘Fast-paced and packed with action’ Mick Herron
‘A gritty, action-packed, page-turner’ Andy McNab
Jude O’Reilly is the author of three action thrillers. Her latest book Sleep When You’re Dead was an FT Best Book of the Year. Lee Child has described her writing as ‘terrific’and David Baldacci as ‘a sheer delight’. Her thrillers, which also include Killing State and Curse the Day, track the adventures of all action hero Michael North, a young, sexy, reckless British government agent who has been dubbed the modern Bond.
Using the pen name Judith O'Reilly (see what she did there), Jude has also written two memoirs, Wife in the North and A Year of Doing Good. Wife in the North reached number three in the UK bestsellers’ chart and was a top ten bestseller in Germany. It was serialised by The Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph, was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and was based on Jude’s eponymous blog which, at the time, was named as one of the top 100 blogs in the world by The Sunday Times.
Jude is an award winning short story writer whose latest book is an anthology of crime short stories called In Our Crime. She is also a former political producer with BBC 2’s Newsnight and ITN’s Channel 4 News. She’s a former education correspondent with The Sunday Times where she also covered politics, undercover reporting and general news. She lives in Durham with her family and a miniature poodle called Joey.
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