Sleep No More (novel)

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Sleep No More
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Author Greg Iles
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date
July 8, 2002
ISBN 0-399-14881-7

Sleep No More ("La regola del buio") is a 2002 novel by American author Greg Iles. [1] [2] [3] In the novel, protagonist John Waters finds the lives of his wife and child in jeopardy when the soul of a lover he had 20 years ago appears in the body of a female stranger in Natchez, Mississippi. Part mystery, part thriller, part romance, the book probes the concepts of pathological jealousy and transmigration of the soul.

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References

  1. "SLEEP NO MORE by Greg Iles". Publishers Weekly . June 17, 2002. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. "Sleep No More". Kirkus Reviews . May 15, 2002. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  3. "Sleep No More" . Booklist . June 1, 2002. Retrieved October 13, 2024.