Lead Review
- Book: Sleep When You’re Dead
- Location: London, The Hebrides, United States (USA)
- Author: Jude O'Reilly
Sleep When You’re Dead is the third book in Jude O’Reilly’s Michael North thriller series. The first two are Killing State and Curse The Day – both set in London. They are all excellent reads…
Sleep When You’re Dead is a quite complex book. Michael North has a bullet lodged in his brain and is an operative without fear. He is sent ‘under the radar’ by the UK government to investigate the strange happenings on the fictional Hebridean island of Murdo. He leaves behind in London his associate, Fangfang, and some dubious but very loyal friends. Fangfang is a 15 year old Geordie lass and an absolute genius at all things to do with computers and technology. The island is inhabited by a doomsday cult and its charismatic leader. They believe the universe is like a computer game where you move from one level to the next… and the portal to the next level opens in the next couple of days. What most of the cult do not know is that the leader’s plan is to kill them to enable the portal to open successfully. North has to prevent this happening – probably by killing the leader himself. The cult are supported on the island by a Glaswegian gangster and his very violent accolades. No one quite knows why… (though North finds out)
And then there is a parallel story. A team of American contractors are also on the island. They are ostensibly building a platform from which to launch low orbit commercial satellites, but what else are they are up to? Fangfang hacks into the systems of their parent company, and discovers things that no one is supposed to see. They are frightening.
The book moves at pace to a violent conclusion with a twist.
A thriller that is absolutely recommended to anyone who likes them fast and furious. I do.
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