Sleep Tight (Onyx Book) [Paperback]

Anne Frasier (Author)

Book Description

Series: Onyx Book | Publication Date: April 1, 2003

With her national bestselling debut, Hush, Anne Frasier joined the ranks of Tami Hoag, Lisa Gardner, and Kay Hooper as a strong new voice in blockbuster suspense fiction. Now she pits a female FBI profiler against a serial killer whose violent history has ties to her own tragic past.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Women who dye their hair blonde may think twice before heading to the salon after reading Frasier's (Hush) enthralling thriller about a serial killer who plucks the eyes out of his young blonde victims and grafts rose stems onto their fingers-all in an effort to create the perfect woman. Minneapolis FBI agent Mary Cantrell has a personal interest in the latest string of murders taking place in her hometown. The killer may very well be an old high school classmate named Gavin Hitchcock, who was convicted of raping and murdering her best friend and then released after serving nine years in prison. But when the abductions persist even after Gavin is returned to custody, Mary's sister, Gillian, a local cop who's befriended Gavin and believes him to be innocent, goes undercover to trap the real killer. Some vivid autopsy scenes may turn the stomachs of the squeamish, but there's a lot more to this clever intrigue than graphic police procedures. Indeed, one of Frasier's many strengths is her ability create characters and relationships that are as compelling as the mystery itself. From the estranged Cantrell sisters and their broad-minded mother to Mary's handsome partner and the troubled Gavin, Frasier's well-rounded characters will linger with readers long after the killer is caught.
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Review

"Frasier's well-rounded characters will linger with readers long after the killer is caught." -- Publishers Weekly Reviews, March 17, 2003

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451410777
• ISBN-13: 978-0451410771
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #722,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne Frasier (a.k.a. Theresa Weir) is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of twenty-one books and numerous short stories that have spanned the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. Her titles have been printed in both hardcover and paperback and translated into twenty languages. Her memoir, The Orchard, was a 2011 Oprah Magazine Fall Pick, Number Two on the Indie Next list, a featured B+ review in Entertainment Weekly, and a Librarians' Best Books of 2011. Going back to 1988, Weir's debut title was the cult phenomenon AMAZON LILY, initially published by Pocket Books and later reissued by Bantam Books. Writing as Theresa Weir she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list (HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier finalist. Well-known in the mystery community, she served as hardcover judge for the Thriller presented by International Thriller Writers, and was guest of honor at the Diversicon 16 mystery/science fiction conference held in Minneapolis in 2008. Frasier books have received high praise from print publications such as Publishers Weekly, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Crimespree, as well as online praise from Spinetingler, Book Loons, Armchair Interviews, Sarah Weinman's Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, and Ali Karim's Shots Magazine. Her books have featured cover quotes from Lisa Gardner, Jane Ann Krentz, Linda Howard, Kay Hooper, and J.A. Konrath. Her short stories and poetry can be found in DISCOUNT NOIR, ONCE UPON A CRIME, and THE LINEUP, POEMS ON CRIME. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers.


Recent releases:

The Orchard -- Theresa Weir memoir (hardcover) September 2011 Grand Central Publishing
Deadly Treats -- Halloween anthology edited and compiled by Anne Frasier (trade paperback) September 2011 Nodin Press
Max Under the Stars-- Theresa Weir digital-only short story/fantasy, 2011

Upcoming releases:

Once Upon a Crime anthology, Red Cadillac (short story) by Anne Frasier -- April 2012
Second Theresa Weir memoir (Alzheimer's), coming late 2012
Book One of the Cat Trilogy (Theresa Weir) coming late 2012
Play Dead sequel (Anne Frasier), coming early 2013

Customer Reviews

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If your looking for a book that will keep you on the edge of, April 6, 2003

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Christine (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews

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your seat read this book! The way Anne Frasier writes reminds me of Lisa Gardner. And that's a good thing. This book will keep you up all night trying to finish it.
"Sleep Tight" is about an FBI agent named Mary Cantrell and her reluctant return home to Minneaplois. The reason for this is because When Mary was younger she found her best friends body in the woods. It also doesn't help that her younger sister who is a local cop, has befriend the guy (Gavin) convicted of killing her best friend. She comes home to help out on a case where a guy is kidnapping young blond blue-eyed girls and later killing them. Each clue ends up leading them to Gavin. But is everything really as it seems? A must read!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taut psychological suspense!, November 4, 2003

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After reading Anne Frasier's first suspense thriller, 'Hush', I knew it would not be my last. 'Sleep Tight' has made me a true fan. This taut psychological thriller combines well crafted characters, edge of your seat suspense, subtle romance and intelligent plotting.

FBI agent Mary Cantrell returns home to investigate the abduction and murder of two young women. There with the help of her friend and partner, Anthony Spence, she must find a killer and face her own demons. Back in her childhood home living with with her mother and working with her younger sister,Gillian, now a law enforcement officer herself, Mary must finally let go of the past in order to solve these hideous crimes.

This story works on many levels. Frasier paints a strong psychological portrait of Mary, a woman haunted by the murder of her friend and hurt by the betrayal of her sister. Mary's sister Gillian strives to assuage her self imposed guilt by bringing justice to others at any risk. Since Mary's recent gunshot wound while attempting to protect her partner, Anthony is consumed by fears for Mary's safety and by the realization that he cares for he much more than he'll admit. Frasier brings the past and the present together to tell a tale of betrayal and redemption that is fascinating and compelling. There is no doubt that I will continue to read anything that Anne Frasier writes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars chilling, taut and electrifying serial killer novel, April 13, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleep Tight (Onyx Book) (Paperback)

Mary and Fiona were the best of friends so that when Mary stumbled over her murdered friend's body in their tree house she was devastated. The fact that her sister Gillian hated Fiona and defended the man who confessed to killing her almost destroyed her. When Gavin got out of prison, Gillian got him a job, an apartment and gave him moral support.

Mary becomes an FBI agent while Gillian becomes a police officer for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in her hometown of Minneapolis. When two teenage blondes are abducted and later found dead, Gillian and Mary find themselves working on the same case. As more teen-age blondes turn up murdered, the officials believe they have an organized serial killer on the loose, one that wants to make Gillian his next victim.

SLEEP TIGHT is a chilling, taut and electrifying serial killer novel with an antagonist who will send chills of fear up the spines of the reader. In the midst of so much tragedy, it is heartwarming to see the wedge between the sisters dissolves to the point where they become friends. Anne Frasier has written a novel so terrifyingly ugly yet realistic, many readers will need a night light when they go to sleep.

Harriet Klausner