Sleepwalker was on my most anticipated list, so I was delighted to be given a spot on the tour.

What a great read! It's the fourth I've read by Hunter and it satisfied on so many levels. It's a fast paced, enthralling thriller that had me hooked immediately. Tensions are high, and the atmosphere set with the eeriness of the sleep clinic and the inhabitants, both staff and patient.

I only recently watched Shutter Island, a brilliant film BTW, and Sleepwalker is reminiscent of that in the way it manipulates the mind and bends perception.

Characterisations are brilliant, well developed, but misleading, adding to the uncertainty and credibility of the plot.

I easily related to Jake. My partner struggles massively with combat PTSD, so this was an interesting take on PTSD, behaviour and the therapy side of things.

It's full on twisty, suspenseful and the ending, just wait till you read that! I certainly wasn't expecting it.

Sleepwalker was well worth the wait and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending both the book and the author.

I’m a massive fan of the author, so I knew I was in for a treat, this has to be his best yet.

Not going to lie, sleepwalkers freak me out a tad, so this plot was so interesting, especially the concept of the clinic, not sure I could handle the creepiness of its staff and patients.

So many twists, you will be hooked!!

Ahhh the psychological thriller equivalent of the 'locked room crime' - Jake's wife is dead and he has literal blood on his hands, and his prints are all over the murder weapon. But he didn't kill her, did he?

It seems that even Jake doesn't know. Oldest get out in the book isn't it, sleepwalking? Surely it can't be true? I loved following Jake's account and continually asking myself if he was a reliable narrator. His memory loss was convenient but also awful if he truly didn't even know himself whether or not he had killed his wife.

The changing narration was another wonderful touch that perfectly upped the anti on the already sky high pile of doubt over what was reliable and who could be trusted. This was such an enjoyable read as the the author kept so many plates spinning that it was hard to know which ones to try and catch! A wonderful dip into a blurred reality that had me second guessing everyone and everything.

Jake Meredith is accused of murdering his wife Lucy, but he has no memory of it. He insists he is not guilty of it. His brother is his lawyer and he advises him to spend a week at Lundy Clinic for the study of sleep disorders. Jake is a sleepwalker. When he arrives on the island he meets a patient who tells him not to trust anyone and he will never get off the island. What is behind the red door in the clinic? A great read that keeps you hooked until the very last page.

Sleepwalker was quite the page turner of a story. It has a unique storyline that I have not come across before and had plenty of twists that kept me gripped.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for my ARC.

A unique, fast-paced psychological thriller that will keep you up all night and you won’t forget in a hurry. I was hooked instantly and I couldn’t read the pages fast enough, the twists and turns made me doubt what the actual truth was. I thought I knew what happened but after that ending I will never be 100% sure. I highly recommend this creepy, claustrophobic thriller

Black outs and memory loss are horrible, even when you know the cause. But for Jake, he doesn’t know the cause. It’s possibly sleepwalking but he doesn’t sleep walk does he?? But the big question is – did he stab his wife??!

I really felt sorry for Jake. He doesn’t remember what happened the night of Lucy’s murder. He only remembers that morning, walking his daughter to school. But the more I read, I began to question what Jake told me in the present. Was it real or was it his mind during his sleepwalking episodes? Jake became the perfect unreliable narrator very quickly!

The way Hunter switched the perspective of the present being in the first person to the past being third person was unnerving. Was someone else telling me the story of the past? This change in narration just added to the unnerving feel to this book!

Hunter led me on a proper merry dance with Sleepwalker. I didn’t know what events to believe or which characters to trust. It’s an addictive read that made me question everything! I’ll admit – I spent the last few chapters with my hand over my mouth with my chest tightening as I read! Cracking psych thriller 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I'm reviewing this via NetGalley, as part of a tour with Rachel's Random Resources.

This is a psychological thriller. At the start, I was very interested in the scenario presented by the author. I felt sympathy towards the protagonist, Jake, while at the same time, curious to learn the truth about the situation.

In places, I noticed that certain descriptions of both the characters and setting sparked my interest, and that seemed to add to the suspense somehow. This was a page turner that played with my mind a little, and kept me guessing. I became more and more concerned to know what had happened, to have the truth about Jake's situation revealed, and couldn't stop reading until the end.

If you like psychological thrillers, you may want to give this a try.

Thank you to NetGalley, Rachel's Random Resources, Boldwood Books, and to the author, for the opportunity to read and review this.

This is one of those books that will mess with your head and make you question what is really going on. As the MC spirals, you read and spiral too. You think it is going to be one thing, then it is something else, and then something more happens, and it all looks like something else entirely.
Also, what is it with all the sleep/wellness/etc clinics – all the books I have read make me want to stay away from any establishment like that as far as I can!

I received an E-ARC with a request for my honest review.

This dark crime thriller follows Jake Meredith as he is admitted to a sleep clinic when he is accused of killing his wife. With no memory of that fateful night, Jake himself still claims he is innocent.

He has been admitted as his brother, who is acting as his lawyer tries to find the real killer and alleges that Jake is a sleepwalker. The police agree to see if he has this condition, and to then determine whether he could have committed murder whilst asleep.

Soon Jake finds himself waking up in random places with no memory of how he got there and starts to believe that there may be something else going on in the clinic.

Did Jake kill his wife? Is there more going on than he has been led to believe?

This thriller is a dark read as you go through working out the mystery behind the murder of Jake’s wife along with Jake himself.

As the mystery unravels you find yourself not knowing whether to believe his memories that start to come back, and this builds to a tense ending.

I did feel sorry for Jake’s character as it must be so hard not being able to remember what happened in a situation like this, it must play on your mind constantly.

Overall, a dark crime thriller where a man is admitted to a sleep clinic to try and clear his name from murder.

4⭐
Genre ~ psychological thriller
Setting ~ England
Publication date ~ July 12, 2024
Est Page Count ~ 298 (44 chapters)
Audio length ~ 8 hours 32 minutes
Narrator ~ Paul Panting
POV ~ single 1st & 3rd
Featuring ~ dual timeline, flashbacks, former military, murder

Jake is accused of killing his wife, Lucy, while his young daughter, Sienna, slept upstairs. He has no recollection of what happened the night she died, but according to his brother, Max, he has a history of sleepwalking, so he’s being evaluated at the Lundy Clinic.

After a bit of a slow start I was fully engaged in the story. You can feel his desperation to find answers. He, also, desperately wants to talk to Sienna, but his sister in law, Geraldine, is making it hard on him. There are some flashbacks to his time serving in Afghanistan, which really put us inside his head. I did have the big twist figured out, but there were some other nice surprises along the way.
Can't say I was thrilled with the final gut punch he faced, or his choice at the end, but all in all I really liked it.

If you like an unreliable and unlikeable narrator with a dose of not knowing who to trust in a locked room clinical environment then give this one a whirl.

I won’t hesitate to pick up another book by this author.

This was an interesting take on the treatment of PTSD. Jake is arrested for the murder of his wife, but his brother, an attorney is convinced he might have been sleepwalking when the murder occurred. Jake has less than a week to be evaluated at an island facility to prove his sleepwalking, He has his cell phone taken away, but is allowed phone calls. But every time he tries to reach out to his daughter his sister-in-law tells him she's not available. As Jake becomes more and more confused about his treatment, believing he does not suffer from sleepwalking, he begins to distrust his fellow patients. Are they plants? Have they been sent there to gain his trust, to get him to confess to what he did when he was in the service? A crime he is still haunted by?

While the ending was intense and tied together a lot of what happened, I feel like there are some unanswered questions. Who was Sully? Who was Kate? I felt the first half of the book was in a loop of Jake declaring his innocence and denying his sleepwalking all the while fearing his wartime activity will come out.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for introducing me to this author through an advanced reader's copy.

This is a good psychological thriller style book, with a closed spaced creepy vibe. Did he kill his wife? That is what the doctors are trying to find out. That is what he wants to find out himself as well. Did he kill her in his sleep or are people messing with is mind? What is going on?

The story is moving forward and it was hard to put the book down. The ending came a bit quickly, but otherwise this is a solid, good book!

Although Jake is accused of killing his wife, he is unable to recall the events of that evening. Although Jake has no memory of it, his brother Max informs the police that Jake used to sleepwalk as a child. Jake might be ruled not guilty of his wife's murder or labeled legally insane if it can be demonstrated that he killed her while sleepwalking. In an attempt to strengthen his defense, Jake is admitted to a facility to have his tendency to sleepwalk identified.

Jake maintains his innocence throughout his time at the clinic, but as he starts having memory loss, he starts to wonder if he really did commit the murder and whether there is something more sinister going on there.


The narrative moved quickly it didn't let me put it down, even though the conclusion was sudden. I didn't like Jake as a character. He was portrayed as a vengeful and suspicious man who frequently lashed out at others. If the resolution was meant to restore his reputation, I didn't find it to be strong enough.

This book does give off a Shutter Island vibe which I just rewatched recently, For that aspect it is kinda underwhelming in my opinion. It seems like everything is similar to something else nowadays, but it makes sense with the genre. Only so many ways one can go and not be similar to other topics, or writing styles.

Sleepwalker by M.A. Hunter is darkly atmospheric, filled with suspicion and paranoia, ending with a shocking twist that left me rethinking the entire book.

Jake has recently returned from another stint overseas with the army. Plagued with guilt over an act in combat, he’s struggling to readjust to life with his wife Lucy and young daughter Sienna.

Having a challenging time finding employment, Jake’s marriage becomes strained as Lucy is working harder than ever to keep them afloat financially. Becoming more and more suspicious of her late work hours, Jake accuses his wife of having an affair and wanting to take his daughter away from him.

Flash forward to current day and Jake is on a boat with his older brother, who is serving as his lawyer, heading to a clinic that studies sleep disorders. While he doesn’t have many memories of it, Jake apparently struggles with sleepwalking. And his brother Max is using that as a reason why Jake murdered his wife.

Adamant of his innocence, Jake believes the clinic is not all that it seems. He believes the doctors and staff are in on a conspiracy against him. Not knowing who to trust, Jake begins to wonder if he can even trust himself.

This hooked me immediately and proved to be a case of “just one more chapter” - the best kind of books, in my opinion! This book is scheduled to be released July 11th so make sure to pre-order it or check it out!

This was an intense, complex plot with a jaw-dropping twist. I enjoyed the book but was disappointed at how eerily similar the plot and many events were to Shutter Island.
Thank you to the publisher for the opportunity to read this advanced copy. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Exciting thriller with an original plot that will keep you guessing! Jake is a British soldier who has recently returned home after a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan. Jake is happy to be reunited with his lawyer wife Lucy and his young daughter Sienna but life is not the same as before he left. After he decides to leave the Army, Lucy is angry that he is not providing for the family and the couple seem to be worlds apart. One day Jake wakes up in an ambulance being treated for a head injury. He is told his wife Lucy has been found stabbed to death with his fingerprints on the knife and blood on his clothes. He remembers nothing but is sure that he would never hurt his wife. The next thing he knows he is on ship heading for a sleep clinic on a remote island. His brother who is also his lawyer says that Jake has suffered from sleepwalking since he was a child and he believes Jake committed the crime while sleepwalking. Max, the brother believes the clinic can find out if Jake has a sleepwalking problem and this can be used as an excuse in his upcoming trial.

The sleep clinic seems strange and Jake begins losing time almost as soon as he arrives. he keeps waking up in different rooms and at times he is sedated and restrained. Another patient tells him the people there are doing experiments on the patients and he shouldn't believe anything he hears. The author does a great job of creating a tense, creepy atmosphere and we don't know what is real and what is in Jake''s head. The ending provided quite a twist and while that doesn't answer all of the questions I had, I found this is quick, exciting read and different from the standard thriller fare. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this ARC for review.

My thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Sleepwalker’ written by M A Hunter in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Jake Meredith has been accused of the murder of his wife Lucy and his brother Max who’s acting as his defence solicitor has arranged for him to be admitted to the Lundy Clinic where he’ll be studied for sleep disorders. Max says Jake has been a sleepwalker since childhood although Jake can’t remember doing it, but he’ll stay at the Lundy Clinic and do whatever they want if only to prove that he’d never do anything to hurt Lucy.

‘Sleepwalker’ is a psychological thriller with an original plot and characters who can’t be trusted. Jake has been told he’s expected to be at the Clinic for a week but every day that passes he gets more suspicious not only of the staff who work there but the patients too. This isn’t my favourite book by this author but it’s definitely caught my attention with its gripping twists and turns that get more unusual as the story progresses. As I’ve got nearer to the conclusion there a final unexpected twist where the truth eventually emerges of what happened the night Lucy died which is a huge surprise and not at all what I’d unexpected. I recommend this thriller and look forward to the next one by Mr Hunter.

This is a great psychological thriller.
Jake has been arrested for his wife’s murder and his brother Max, is acting as his solicitor. He thinks Jake may have been sleepwalking so was not aware of his actions, so arranges for him to spend some time at a sleep clinic.
As Jake has no memory of that night, he is worried the clinic will not be able to help.
As Jake gets settled, he starts to question the purpose of the clinic and with further black holes in his memory, he becomes suspicious of those around him at the clinic.
This book has a few twists and turns and I really enjoyed it.
Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I have loved the books I have read by M A Hunter so I was very excited to read this one. It did not disappoint and had me hooked immediately.