Anna O

　　她是睡美人，還是沉睡的殺手？
　　萬一，惡夢從清醒後才開始…
 
　　每個人一生平均花費33年在睡眠上，但是沉睡時，人體有哪些變化正在產生？在熟睡的狀態下，人類是否還能掌控自己的行為？
 
　　4年前，25歲的年輕作家安娜‧奧維正準備迎向光明前途。某晚，她的兩個朋友在一間農場民宿被發現身中數刀身亡，警方發現安娜在隔壁小屋熟睡，身邊放著兇刀。依照證據判斷，身穿血衣、手機留有疑似認罪簡訊的安娜具有重嫌，但是她陷入了病態的熟睡狀態，無法製作筆錄。自此之後，安娜再也沒有醒過來，案子凍結了四年，「睡美人殺手」從此聲名大噪。直到有重要人物注意到司法心理學專家班奈狄克．普林斯的論文，案子才出現轉機。
 
　　班奈狄克同時是睡眠科學專家，他提出了一套能夠幫助像安娜這種放棄生存症候群患者的療法。這回他承接喚醒「睡美人」的重責大任，因為政府需要清醒的嫌犯，才能進行庭審。透過班奈狄克的新實驗，安娜似乎開始對外界有了反應。在班奈狄克準備透過解析安娜對於刺激的不同反應，連結到當晚的真相時，似乎也在一步步地，將他們兩個人都推往了危險的黑暗中⋯ (文∕博客來外文館)

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＂A riveting, unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blake’s tension-filled thriller is as elusive and mysterious as sleep itself.＂--Nita Prose, #1 New York Times author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest

Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and then never opens her eyes again.

ANNA O WILL WAKE UP THE WORLD

What if your nightmares weren’t really nightmares at all?

We spend an average of 33 years of our lives asleep. But what really happens, and what are we capable of, when we sleep?

Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive--and hasn’t woken up since. Dubbed ＂Sleeping Beauty＂ by the tabloids, Anna’s condition is a rare psychosomatic disorder known to neurologists as ＂resignation syndrome.＂

Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. His methods are the last hope of solving the infamous ＂Anna O’＂case and waking Anna up so she can stand trial. But he must be careful treating such a high-profile suspect--he’s got career secrets and a complicated personal life of his own.

As Anna shows the first signs of stirring, Benedict must determine what really happened and whether Anna should be held responsible for her crimes.

Only Anna knows the truth about that night, but only Benedict knows how to discover it. And they’re both in danger from what they find out.