Stay Awake

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The heart-stopping new thriller from the Australian author who has taken the world by storm. A complex thriller that unfolds at a breakneck speed, Stay Awake will keep you up all night. In the vein of Jacqueline Bublitz' s BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME and Christopher Nolan' s cult classic MEMENTO, Megan Goldin' s STAY AWAKE is an electrifying novel that plays with memory and murder. Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she' s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers-a stranger who claims to live in her apartment. She reaches for her phone to call for help, only to discover it' s missing. In its place is a bloodstained knife. Her hands are covered in scribbled messages, like graffiti on her skin- STAY AWAKE. Two years ago, Liv was thriving as a successful writer for a trendy magazine. Now, she' s lost and disoriented in a New York City that looks nothing like what she remembers. Catching a glimpse of the local news, she' s horrified to see reports of a crime scene where the victim' s blood has been used to scrawl a message across a window, the same message that' s inked on her hands. What did she do last night? And why does she remember nothing from the past two years? Liv finds herself on the run for a crime she doesn' t remember committing. But there' s someone who does know exactly what she did, and they' ll do anything to make her forget-permanently. A complex thriller that unfolds at a breakneck speed, Stay Awake will keep you up all night. Praise for Megan Goldin, internationally bestselling author of The Escape Room and The Night Swim- ' Megan Goldin has a sure hand at ratcheting up the tension. The pages tun themselves. ' New York Times Book Review ' Cancel all your plans and call in sick; once you start reading, you' ll be caught i your own escape room. the only key to freedom is turning the last page. ' Kirkus Reviews (starred) ' Top' -shelf page-turning crime' Sydney Morning Herald' Gripping and unforgettable' Harlan Coben' One of my favourite books of the year' Lee Child