Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz [Review]

Sleep No More (The Lost Night Files #1) by Jayne Ann Krentz
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: March 15, 2023

The Lost Night Files
1. Sleep No More - Paperback | Kindle
2. The Night Island
3. Shattering Dawn

Jayne Ann Krentz
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Seven months ago, Pallas Llewellyn, Talia March, and Amelia Rivers were strangers, until their fateful stay at the Lucent Springs Hotel. An earthquake and a fire partially destroyed the hotel, but the women have no memory of their time there. Now close friends, the three women co-host a podcast called the Lost Night Files, where they investigate cold cases and hope to connect with others who may have had a similar experience to theirs—an experience that has somehow enhanced the psychic abilities already present in each woman.

After receiving a tip for their podcast, Pallas travels to the small college town of Carnelian, California, to explore an abandoned asylum. Shaken by the dark energy she feels in the building, she is rushing out when she’s stopped by a dark figure—who turns out to be the women's mysterious tipster.

Ambrose Drake is certain he’s a witness to a murder, but without a body, everyone thinks he’s having delusions caused by extreme sleep deprivation. But Ambrose is positive something terrible happened at the Carnelian Sleep In`stitute the night he was there. Unable to find proof on his own, he approaches Pallas for help, only for her to realize that Ambrose, too, has a lost night that he can’t remember—one that may be connected to Pallas. Pallas and Ambrose conduct their investigation using the podcast as a cover, and while the townsfolk are eager to share what they know, it turns out there are others who are not so happy about their questions—and someone is willing to kill to keep the truth from coming out.

Thoughts on Sleep No More: That feeling when you're in a JAK mood and you pick up the newest and it had all the things you needed. My heart eyes are strong with this one. I mean, I got an unexplained occurrence that led to unexpected abilities in our main characters, shady individuals plotting nefarious things, found family who have a person's back no matter how weird things get, and two people who find each other when they need it most.

So. Pallas and Ambrose. They both had stronger than average intuition (for lack of a better word, although it was a little more than intuition even before things happened) and then they both experienced AN EVENT that kicked that intuition into high gear. When their paths cross (thanks to Ambrose and his unwillingness to let things lie when he's mostly sure an injustice has been done), they find a way to work together to figure out what was done to them and what the bigger picture might be.

Besides working together to solve a maybe-murder (no body, no crime!), they also have a bit of a connection. The type that leads to steamy kisses and tangled sheets. Which is a big yessssssss in my book.

On the downside to working together, there's a little danger. Tiny bit. Like booby traps and people who want to kill them and stuff like that.

Yup. Danger, setup for Pallas's cohorts to figure out their upgraded abilities, a bad guy with big (BAD) plans, and plenty of steam. EXACTLY what I was looking for when I picked up this book. *thumbs up*