The scintillating new novel from the author of The End of Mr Y Patricia Highsmith meets
White Lotus in this compulsive and brilliant gothic thriller ‘Like a darker funnier The
White Lotus The Sleepwalkers is horrifying in the best possible way. I loved every moment of
it.’ James Smythe ‘The Sleepwalkers is brilliant savage and hilarious. The voice is so
strong and so distinctive from the get-go so bold and pitilessly funny. There is no whingeing
here just a fearless takedown which I read through in a single streak of pure delight. This is
Scarlett' s best yet and I don' t say that lightly.’ Bidisha Mamata ‘Muriel Spark’s
disreputable niece’ Spectator Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding Evelyn and
Richard arrive on a tiny Greek island for their honeymoon. It’s the end of the season and a
storm is imminent. Determined to make the best of it they check into the sun-soaked doors of
the Villa Rosa. Already feeling insecure after seeing the ' beautiful people ' the
seemingly endless number of young models and musicians lounging along the Mediterranean Evelyn
is wary of the hotel’s owner Isabella who seems to only have eyes for Richard. Isabella
ostensibly disapproves of every request Evelyn makes seemingly annoyed at the fact that they
are there at all. Isabella is also preoccupied with her chance to enthral the only other guests
— an American producer named Marcus and his partner Debbie — with the story of ' the
sleepwalkers ' a couple who had stayed at the hotel recently and drowned. Everyone seems to
want to talk about the sleepwalkers but what at first seemed eccentric decorative or simply
ridiculous becomes a living nightmare. Evelyn and Richard are separated the night of the storm
and forced to face dark truths but it’s their confessions around the origins of their
relationship and the years leading up to their marriage that might save them. Exhilarating
suspenseful and subversively funny The Sleepwalkers asks urgent questions about
relationships sexuality and the darkest elements of contemporary society — where our most
terrible secrets are hidden in plain sight. ‘She' s a genius’ Douglas Coupland
‘Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great story teller.’ Financial Times ‘One of the
most startling unpredictable writers of her generation’ Scotsman
