A Podcast Reopens Old Wounds In 'Are You Sleeping'
Kathleen Barber's debut novel is an on-trend mashup of murder, social media and Serial-style true-crime podcasting, but though well paced, it suffers from thin characters and a lack of context.
Bethanne Patrick is a freelance writer and critic who tweets @TheBookMaven.
A quandary: There is an absolutely thrilling dilemma baked into , a debut thriller from Kathleen Barber. However, not only can I not discuss it without revealing too much — I'm not even sure if it's meant to be a dilemma, or if it's an oversight by the author and her editors. If the former, it could have used more framing; if the
