Two people, unable to sleep for very different reasons, believe that they see a missing girl being assaulted in the middle of the night. In a huge leap of faith they begin to work together to try to solve the case, even though the police are working on it. Ultimately I found the ending unsatisfying and I don’t think it made much sense in terms of the story up to that point.

It didn’t deter my reading, but I wonder if other readers would’ve embraced the silliness a bit more if it was straightforward in the funny department. I absolutely loved Claire McGowan's writing in I Know You and What You Did, so naturally I was pumped af to grab her latest off NetGalley.I also found it annoying how “that sort of thing” appeared way to many times at the end of sentences. From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a chilling story about a missing girl and two potential witnesses.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Are You Awake by Claire McGowan takes the reader on a mystery that is both surreal and recognizable at the same time. I think Mary could be the lead in more books and I’d love to see how the author would continue to evolve her. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I also really felt for her losing her identity through being a mum to two young children and needing something to get her teeth into.