The Innocent Sleep by Karen Perry

The Innocent Sleep

Karen Perry

323 pages • first pub 2014 (view editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
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The Innocent Sleep is ideal for the reader who wants to watch a marriage fracture in real time beneath the weight of a single, split-second parental mistake and then spend three hundred pages second-guessing every memory, photograph, and alibi that follows.

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You were loved and lost - then you came back . . .Five years ago, three-year-old Dillon disappeared. For his father Harry - who left him alone for ten crucial minutes - it was an unforgivable lapse. Yet Dillon's mother Robyn has never blamed her h...

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Community Reviews

3.23
based on 410 reviews

Moods

dark: 80%

mysterious: 70%

emotional: 65%

tense: 35%

sad: 25%

hopeful: 10%

reflective: 10%

adventurous: 5%

challenging: 5%

inspiring: 5%

lighthearted: 5%

Pace

20% of readers chose fast
45% of readers chose medium
35% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

6% of readers chose Plot
75% of readers chose A mix
18% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

5% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
61% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
77% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
82% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

83% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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