Before I Sleep

Detective Chief Inspector Bill Slider knows he’s in trouble when the borough commander mentions Slider has been involved in sensitive cases before. In other words, if the investigation goes wrong, it’s okay to sacrifice Slider and his team. This time, the pressure comes from the top. Henry Holland, a writer of seafaring adventure novels, went to school with the police commissioner. Holland’s wife Felicity disappeared after leaving her pottery class the day before, and he demands a search. Although the couple has been married for 24 years, Felicity had a slightly risqué youth, and she’s alienated from her prominent father. As the investigation progresses, Slider wonders if Felicity chose to disappear, but the discovery of her purse, in a wooded area where murderer often dump bodies, leads the team to intensify their search. Slider questions family members gingerly, until the case leads him right back to Henry and the realization that the man hasn’t told them the truth about the day his wife disappeared.