While You Slept

R. J. Parker

Jul 2020 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this eBook

What would you do if you woke up in your home... but it wasn't your home at all?

When a man wearing a picture mask of her daughter Maisie's face stands tauntingly in her garden, Lily Russell does the smart thing and calls the police. When she and Maisie wake up the following morning in an exact replica of their home, held captive by that same man, the police are no longer an option.

Surrounded by the rooms and things that once provided comfort and now only promote fear, Lily and Maisie must fight to survive. Because when no one knows where you are, you are your only hope.

Readers love R. J. Parker:

‘This one kept me gripped and guessing to the end’ Stephen Edger

‘A deliciously twisted thriller’ Michael Wood

‘Woah! Once you pick it up you will NOT want to put it down!’

‘So many twists and turns! This thriller has you guessing until the very last chapter’

Ratings and reviews

There is a man in Lily's garden. He's wearing a mask ... a picture of her 5-year-old daughter. Lily does the right thing and calls the police, but the intruder is gone by the time they get there. The next morning mother and daughter wake up as usual .... only there's nothing usual now. They are in a room .. completely decorated to look like their home...but it isn't. The man from the garden has somehow taken them from thier home and installed them in a replica. Lily doesn't know where they are ... how long will they be there ... is anyone looking for them? There is a certain creepiness factor .... knowing that someone is always watching ... bringing you food, but you wonder if it's drugged .... The panic they feel is palpable. Why would someone do this to them ... she has no enemies and her daughter is still a young child. It's a complex plot amid what seems like many interconnected parts. A backstory would have helped tremendously. The characters lack complete development. There are many twists and turns, some of them make no sense at all with some glue to hold them together. The ending seemed abrupt ... and again, made no sense. As a thriller, this one just didn't do it for me. Many thanks to the author / Harper Collins UK / One More Chapter / Netgalley for the digital copy of WHILE YOU SLEPT. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

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About the author

R. J. Parker’s creative career began as a TV script writer, editor and producer. It was this background that fed into a series of cinematic, high-concept thrillers that grabs the reader from the very first page and doesn't release them until the last. R. J. Parker now lives in Salisbury.