How far would you go to hold on to the people you love? When Olivia Brookes calls the police to report that her husband and children are missing, she believes she will never see them again. She has reason to fear the worst; this isn’t the first tragedy that Olivia has experienced. Now, two years later, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Douglas is called in to investigate this family again, but this time it’s Olivia who has disappeared. All the evidence suggests that she was in the family home that morning. But her car is in the garage, and her purse is in her handbag - on the kitchen table. The police want to issue an appeal, but for some reason every single picture of this family has been removed from albums, from phones, from computers. And then they find the blood…. Has the past caught up with Olivia? Sleep tight - if you can. You never know who’s watching.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 40 minutes
Author	Rachel Abbott
Narrator	Melody Grove, Andrew Wincott
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Audible.com Release Date	August 11, 2015
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
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Language	English
ASIN	B01311G8D2
Best Sellers Rank	#99,351 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,058 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #2,198 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #2,294 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)

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Mary Ann Yedinak

Love, Obsession, Fear

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021

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Rachel Abbott’s Sleep Tight is an atmospheric mystery that asks the question, ‘what is obsession versus what is love?’

Olivia Brookes is panicked because her husband has unexpectedly taken their children for pizza for dinner, but he hasn’t returned by the next morning. She calls the police who find her husband and children; he claims that Olivia had packed the children’s little overnight bags, knowing he was trying to give her a break and the kids a treat. Olivia seems confused.

Skip ahead two years and DCI Tom Douglas is once again called. This time Olivia and the children are missing. Is she a possibly disturbed and forgetful mother as her husband claims, or is something more sinister taking place? Fine mystery with good interwoven clues, but still with enough twists to keep it moving forward. My rating is a 4.7 out of 5. I would like just a bit more description of the settings used. Recommend to mystery lovers.

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suzanne

Amateur plot, writing and forget about editing

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022

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First congrats to writer for stretching 250 words into a marathon at some 500 pages. I've read or skimmed more than 75% of this book -- and believe that by this point something should have happened. The police romances: leave them out because -- just too lame.

But with a master mentor, the author can be great -- lots of imagination and ideas.

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Karen R

Fast paced, easy to read psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2015

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Easy to read, very enjoyable psychological thriller. After reading a few of the reviews from one star to 5 stars there are many points I agree with on both ends of the scale. I would rate it as 3.5 stars if the option were available but not as low as 3 stars so therefore it has to be a 4 on Amazon.
I read this book faster than any other book I have read in years as it didn't require much concentration on the plot and I also found myself flipping pages and skim reading as I wanted to get to the end and find out the full plot as it was excitingly written. I worked out many of the twists before they were revealed and also found the ending a bit abrupt so this was a little disappointing. Also as other reviews mentioned, there was no need to leave unfinished business in Tom's burglary to be continued in the next book, this added nothing to this stand alone book and should have been left out or concluded to add to the story.
One does not also feel that one gets to know the characters enough and there is a feeling of shallowness with the character development besides the two main characters. So said, I have recommended this book to both my daughters as I feel it is still a very enjoyable read (I would say more a "woman's book) and is priced right. This would make a popular choice for a book club.

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Long and complex tale with plenty of twists

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2015

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Long and complex tale of obsession, control, and murder. Olivia is trapped in a loveless (for her) marriage, and her husband Robert is an obsessive control freak who watches over every move Olivia makes. As she pines away for her ex-boyfriend, Robert tightens the reins even more. One day, Olivia and her children are deemed missing, and the police suspect foul play on Robert's part. And let the twists begin. This book is a slow read, and seems much longer than the 284 pages listed on my Kindle. However, it is still a very good book and requires your full attention to every detail, since the author weaves a delightfully wicked web of deceit and subterfuge. Not all is as it seems, and that's the one thing that becomes evident as one reads along. At first I thought some things were missing from the story, but they were cleverly omitted until the detectives uncover more twists as the story progresses. Very well-written, and the surprises keep us guessing right up until the final pages. Great book.

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Jjspina

A Real Page Turner of a Mystery!

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2015

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Sleep Tight is an unforgettable mystery that I could not put down. The story was well crafted and had more twists and turns than a spider's web. The characters were interesting, well defined and fascinating. A thoroughly enjoyable read by a creative author.

The protagonists, Olivia and Robert, were in the beginning an enigma but slowly the author defines them for the reader. Olivia, the main protagonist, is used to having her own way but meets a man who she becomes involved with and gets pregnant. Dan is from Iran and his family would not accept her and he must choose between his family and Liv. Now that she is pregnant she feels lost and turns to her parents but something happens to prevent her from going to them. Strange things happen and she is caught up in a new relationship that she is not sure is right.

There are many circumstances that keep her from getting away from this man who she has now married. She now has two more children, sons that she loves more than life itself. She has never forgotten her first love, Dan. But will she ever escape the clutches of this possessive and cloying relationship? Will she be reunited with the man she truly loves so her daughter will know her father?

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RICHARD JARVIS

Magnificent build up of tension

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2014

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I loved this book, from the prologue through to the brilliant conclusion.

Rachel Abbott tells the tale of Olivia from a number of perspectives. The use of first person present drew me into Olivia's character as she's first snared by her manipulative husband, then carefully plans and engineers her escape. The personas of the other characters are all told from their respective point of view in the third person, with the brilliant madness of Robert being particularly captivating. The mystery elements of the plot were subordinate to the raw tension of finding out the fate of Olivia and the children, but right up to the very end I was left guessing who (if anyone) had been murdered, and if so, by whom.

All the players have distinct and believable personalities, and I now want to read more of Ms Abbott's books to find out more of their back story. Loved it.

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Bluecashmere.

Not one of Rachel Abbott's better offerings.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2020

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I’m not sure whether I am becoming jaded with psychological thrillers or whether Rachel Abbott is a particularly uneven writer. I found this novel dull and predictable after the likes of ‘And so it Begins”, which seemed to me so much more imaginative and inventive. Here, Robert and Olivia seem to me to be stock characters, and the situation, the stock one in so many stories (and sadly in reality) of domestic control and abuse. The police presence via the familiar Tom and Becky is a reasonable steady backcloth to the action, but these characters scarcely develop from one story to the next. At least we are spared the presence of Jack, Tom’s wild but predictable brother. Instead we have the rather unpleasant Sophie, who is really little more than an instrument of the plot. I really think the author should abandon her melodramatic endings, which we can forecast the endings to far too soon in advance. Overall sadly disappointing.

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Stephen Clynes

The plot of Sleep Tight is very, very clever.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2021

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Olivia Brookes does not have a lot of good luck and comes to the attention of the police on 4 separate occasions. First Olivia reports that her boyfriend has gone missing. Second Olivia reports that she found both her parents dead in their home. Third Olivia reports that her husband and their three children have gone missing. But the fourth time it is her husband Robert who reports that Olivia and the three children have gone missing. Can DCI Tom Douglas solve if Olivia is unlucky or are darker forces at play?

I really enjoyed reading Sleep Tight and I loved how the story unfolded. Nagging doubts were thrown at the reader all the way through this book. All the characters had scope for dirty dealings and the reader does not know who to trust. There are three central characters with their points of view pointing the reader in different directions. Olivia, her husband Robert and DCI Tom Douglas but who has got it right?

The plot of Sleep Tight is very, very clever. It is centered around the idea of obsession. There are many twists in this story and it has you pulling this way and that. You think that you understand exactly what is going on only to be shocked by yet another revelation. Finally you have a surprise ending and you think WTF?

I found Sleep Tight far better than the first two novels in this series - it gives me all I want from a crime thriller with a psychological twist. I loved all the little details that were thrown into this story, their importance were all revealed towards the end. The clues are all there but quite often ignored as simply setting a scene. I think Sleep Tight is an OUTSTANDING read that gets the top score of 5 stars from me.

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Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2019

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Once again, Rachel Abbott has written a thriller which had me hooked from the first page. Is this the last book in this series? I hope not! I can't get enough of Tom Douglas, especially now he has ---- more or less ---- tamed Leo. And what is the secret about his brother? Will he find the answers among all the paper work? Come to a conclusion that there definitely is a Book 4.
I loved the twists and turns to this story. Liv and Dan, so much in love until Dan's brother, Samir, shows up to put the cat amongst the pigeons. When Liv discover she is pregnant, she believes that Dan won't leave her, but to her dismay he does a vanishing trick after their daughter was born. Losing Dan and also her parents----who died in mysterious circumstances----Liv is in the depths of despair and turns to Robert----who has conveniently appeared on the scene----for comfort.
Is Robert the man he seems to be---tender, loving, and caring? Or is he a creepy stalker? No spoilers.
Tom sure had his job cut out in trying to solve this case.

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Tham Chee Wah

As always, riveting.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2019

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I have a number of the author’s books in my Kindle, and I’ve read quite a few of her works already. So far, each of the thriller from her was engrossing at its best.

This one is as good although not as bloody or gruesome as the few I’ve read. This one is quite mild a thriller compared with the few. I still like it, though.

It’s the way she laid out the chapters that make the chase for the culprit to be nailbitingly engrossing. Even the last chapter, which revealed the answer to the confusing case, seems to bring it all to a satisfactory close.

Another good read for a dull weekend afternoon.

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A. Roberton

What a clever writer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2020

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It takes a special writer to keep the reader's interest going throughout the book, plus to tell a story that grips the imagination as well as stirs the emotions. Sleep Tight is one such book and Rachel Abbot is imaginative enough to be able to keep the interest going throughout each of her books.

I particularly like the Tom Douglas thrillers as not only are they all different, but the ongoing story of the characters makes you want to know what they do next too. Clever - got me hooked.

In short, if you like thrillers, with a twist, you will be hard pushed to find better than this.

Highly recommended as are all Rachel's books.

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