Don't Wake Up

By Liz Lawler

Book Overview

A harrowing psychological thriller debut about a woman who awakens after an assault with no physical proof of the attack and who must try to convince everyone of what really happened.

When Dr. Alex Taylor opens her eyes, she is hooked up to an IV, is bound to an operating table, and her legs are raised in stirrups. Disoriented and alarmed, she assumes she's been anesthetized and brought to surgery after being in an accident. But the man standing over her, with his face hidden behind a surgical mask and wielding instruments, is no doctor she recognizes at the hospital where she works as a successful and respected doctor. He's a stranger--and he's calmly and methodically telling her how he's about to attack her. Before Alex can even scream for help, she succumbs to another dose of anesthesia, rendering her unable to defend herself....

When she comes to on a gurney, she finds herself surrounded by her colleagues and immediately reports the attack and rape. The police are skeptical of her bizarre story. And after a physical exam reveals no proof of any attack, even her boyfriend has doubts. Despite Alex's adamant claims, no one believes her, leaving her to wonder if she has, in fact, lost her mind.

Until she meets the next victim...

An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller, Don't Wake Up is also a provocative, timely exploration of victimhood, abuse, and the discrediting of women in our culture.

--Publishers Weekly

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062886223
• ISBN13: 9780062886224
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Frustrating, edge of your seat, sympathetic, grudge holding

I really enjoyed this book beginning to end. It definitely has you guessing throughout and frustrated at some characters for how they treat the main character during this time. It kept me on the edge of my seat wanting to get down to what actually happen and then the ending?! Ugh it was so good but also left me wanting more.