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"Tense and twisty." --Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries
"A taut, creepy techno-chiller that will leave you hearing ghosts." --Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Survivor Song
A new supernatural novel about a sinister mindfulness app with fatal consequences from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chill.
Recently laid-off from his newspaper and desperate for work, war correspondent Nick Bishop takes a humbling job: writing a profile of a new mindfulness app called Clarity. It's easy money, and a chance to return to his hometown for the first time in years. The app itself seems like a retread of old ideas--relaxing white noise and guided meditations. But then there are the "Sleep Songs." A woman's hauntingly beautiful voice sings a ballad that is anything but soothing--it's disturbing, and more of a warning than a relaxation--but it works. Deep, refreshing sleep follows.
So do the nightmares. Vivid and chilling, they feature a dead woman who calls Nick by name and whispers guidance--or are they threats? And her voice follows him long after the song is done. As the effects of the nightmares begin to permeate his waking life, Nick makes a terrifying discovery: no one involved with Clarity has any interest in his article. Their interest is in him.
Colette Bancroft is a book editor.
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Lisa Unger is an author.
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“WHERE THEY WAIT is so readable, you’ll be a couple of hundred pages in before you realize you’re terrified...and then you can’t put it down. Mesmerizing.”—@StephenKing on Scott "@mjkoryta" Carson's novel. That and 7 more of his picks on @OffTheShelf 🔗https://t.co/scRbYZ5lHd https://t.co/TfkLrhOgpf