None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

Summary from Goodreads:

The Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie in this riveting psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial killers.

In 1982, two teenagers—serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell—are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases. From the start, Emma and Travis develop a quick friendship, gaining information from juvenile murderers that even the FBI can't crack. But when the team is called in to give advice on an active case—a serial killer who exclusively hunts teenagers—things begin to unravel. Working against the clock, they must turn to one of the country's most notorious incarcerated murderers for help: teenage sociopath Simon Gutmunsson. Despite Travis's objections, Emma becomes the conduit between Simon and the FBI team. But while Simon seems to be giving them the information they need to save lives, he's an expert manipulator playing a very long game...and he has his sights set on Emma.

Captivating, harrowing, and chilling, None Shall Sleep is an all-too-timely exploration of not only the monsters that live among us, but also the monsters that live inside us.

Review:

I’m not exactly sure what this says about me, but I love stories about serial killers…I binged through all of Dexter and You. I found Silence of the Lambs to be one of the most interesting, creepy storylines out there. There’s just something so fascinating about how the human brain works to me, and human brains that don’t feel empathy? So when I came across a book that’s being compared to Silence of the Lambs and is written by an author who’s already written a teen Sherlock book that I loved? I couldn’t get my hands on it fast enough.

I knew I was going to love this. I was right. I read it in less than 24 hours. I just had to know where it was all leading. In some regards I knew it was leading to a big, crazy finale, but I don’t think I knew how big….And I loved all the bumps and creepy details along the way.

Also, this isn’t a book about one serial killer. It’s a book where the main characters are interviewing several serial killers! They are interviewing ones who are already incarcerated, but of course this conflicts with an active case….It’s kind of like that one season of Dexter when you realize Dexter isn’t the only one in Miami….

Then of course, there’s Emma, the survivor. She’s such a great main character. She’s still dealing with everything she’s already been through, but fighting to do all that she can for everyone else. She’s so angry and flawed, but perfect for this job. I love all the scenes with her and Simon. I almost wanted to skip all the other scenes to get back to those. I of course didn’t because I didn’t want to miss anything.

The book doesn’t paint the FBI in the most positive light. Then again, I guess there’s good cops and bad cops everywhere? It was interesting to see inside some of the buildings and jobs they were doing. I really felt like I could see this all in my head. Like I was watching this as a Netflix show. I would binge this show if it were created.

The whole ending of this book was just insane. My poor husband kept trying to talk to me, and I was like “please shush!” The story was an interesting concept (if not the most probable). The characters were fascinating. I could read whole books on all of them. And I just couldn’t stop reading. I give this a 10/10.