An amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor.

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New York Times Bestseller

"An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page." –Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island

"Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That's the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in this debut literary thriller. . . . You'll stay up late reading until you know." — People (4 stars)

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love–all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. Every morning, she awakens beside a stranger in an unfamiliar bed. She sees a middle-aged face in the bathroom mirror that she does not recognize. And every morning, the man patiently explains that he is Ben, her husband, that she is forty-seven-years-old, and that an accident long ago damaged her ability to remember.

In place of memories Christine has a handful of pictures, a whiteboard in the kitchen, and a journal, hidden in a closet. She knows about the journal because Dr. Ed Nash, a neurologist who claims to be treating her without Ben's knowledge, reminds her about it each day. Inside its pages, the damaged woman has begun meticulously recording her daily events—sessions with Dr. Nash, snippets of information that Ben shares, flashes of her former self that briefly, miraculously appear.

But as the pages accumulate, inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions that Christine is determined to find answers to. And the more she pieces together the shards of her broken life, the closer she gets to the truth . . . and the more terrifying and deadly it is.

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Without her husband's knowledge, Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former self through journal entries until inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions.

"Thebest debut novel I've ever read."-Tess Gerritsen,bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series "Anexceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished thelast page." -Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Moonlight Mile S. J. Watson makes his powerful debutwith this compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller,reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who,following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form newmemories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is-and whoshe can trust.

"As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me. . . ." Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love-all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

Christine, suffering from a rare form of amnesia where she cannot retain memories from day to day, starts seeing a new doctor who recommends she keep a journal, and her life starts getting scary when she sees she has written "Dont' trust Ben," the man who claims to be her husband.

Christine wakes each morning unaware of who she is and unable to recognize the stranger in her bed. Prompted by her doctor, Christine writes a journal about her life and reads it each morning. And as fragments of her memory return, she uncovers the shocking reality of what triggered her condition.

FICTION. Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

Christine wakes in a strange bed beside a man she does not recognise. In the bathroom she finds a photograph of him taped to the mirror, and beneath it the words Your husband . Each day, Christine wakes knowing nothing of her life. Each night, her mind erases the day. But before she goes to sleep, she will recover fragments from her past, flashbacks to the accident that damaged her, and then mercifully she will forget. Chilling, exquisitely crafted and compulsively readable, S. J. Watson s debut novel Before I Go to Sleep is a psychological thriller of the highest order. It asks primary questions. Are there things best not remembered? Who are we if we do not know our own history? How do we love without memory? - Goodreads.

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"Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That's the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in this debut literary thriller. . . . You'll stay up late reading until you know."

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"The summer's single most suspenseful plot belongs to BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP. . . . pure page-turner."

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"Memories--real, false, and a bit of both--are at the heart of Watson's haunting, twisted debut.... Watson handles what could have turned into a cheap narrative gimmick brilliantly, building to a chillingly unexpected climax."

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"This mesmerizing, skillfully written debut novel works on multiple levels. It is both an affecting portrait of the profound impact of a debilitating illness and a pulse-pounding thriller whose outcome no one could predict."

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"Watson's debut novel unwinds as a story that is both complicated and compellingly hypnotic. . . . Watson's pitch--perfect writing propels the story to a frenzied climax that will haunt readers long after they've closed the cover on this remarkable book."

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"An intriguingly fresh look at the amnesia-focused psychological thriller. . . . A captivating and highly suspenseful read, populated with believable characters who lead the reader through a taut, well-constructed plot."

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"An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page."

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"Quite simply the best debut novel I have ever read."

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"A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller."

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"Brilliant in its pacing, profound in its central question, suspenseful on every page and satisfying in its thriller ending."

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"Thebest debut novel I've ever read."—Tess Gerritsen,bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series

"Anexceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished thelast page." —Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Moonlight Mile

S. J. Watson makes his powerful debutwith this compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller,reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who,following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form newmemories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is—and whoshe can trust.

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Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. And every morning that man must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband; she is forty-seven years old; and a terrible accident two decades earlier decimated her ability to form new memories. But it's the phone call from a neurologist named Dr. Nash that directs her to her hidden journal. For the past few weeks, Christine has been recording her activities and rereading past entries, learning the facts of her life as retold by the husband upon whom she is completely dependent. As the entries accumulate, Christine finds herself asking more and more questions-about what she missed and what Ben might not be telling her...

Each day, Christine wakes knowing nothing of her life. Each night, her mind erases the day. But before she goes to sleep, she will recover fragments from her past, flashbacks to the accident that damaged her, and then mercifully she will forget.

Christine wakes up every morning with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle-aged face. And every morning, the man she wakes up to must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, and a terrible accident two decades earlier decimated her ability to form new memories. But it's the phone call from a Dr. Nash--a neurologist who claims to be working with Christine, without her husband's knowledge--that directs her to her journal, hidden in the back of her closet. For the past few weeks, Christine has been recording her daily activities and rereading past entries, relearning the facts of her life as retold by the husband upon whom she has become completely dependent. As the entries accumulate, inconsistencies in Ben's account jump off the page. What was life like before the accident? Do they have a child? And what exactly was the horrific accident that caused such a profound loss of memory? The closer Christine gets to the truth, the more unbelievable it seems.

Christine Lucas awakens each morning in London with no idea who she is or why she's in bed with a strange man, until he tells her that his name is Ben and they've been married for 22 years. Slowly, Christine learns that she has amnesia and is unable to remember her past or retain new memories: every night when she falls asleep, the slate is wiped clean. Dr. Nash, her therapist, has encouraged her to write in a journal that she keeps secret from Ben. Christine realizes how truly tangled and dangerous her life is after she sees the words "don't trust Ben" written in her journal, whose contents reveal that the only person she can trust is herself.

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association, John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the Galaxy National UK Thriller, Crime Novel of the Year, 2011. Christine wakes in a strange bed beside a man she does not recognise. In the bathroom she finds a photograph of him taped to the mirror, and beneath it the words 'Your husband'. Each day, Christine wakes knowing nothing of her life. Each night, her mind erases the day. But before she goes to sleep, she will recover fragments from her past, flashbacks to the accident that damaged her, and then - mercifully- she will forget. Chilling, exquisitely crafted and compulsively readable, S. J. Watson's debut novel Before I Go to Sleep is a psychological thriller of the highest order. It asks primary questions. Are there things best not remembered? Who are we if we do not know our own history? How do we love without memory? Now a major motion film directed by Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock), starring Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. S. J. Watson's debut novel, Before I Go To Sleep , has sold over four million copies and has been published in over 40 languages around the world. It has won several awards, including the UK's Crime Novel of the Year (2011) and the Prix du Polar Prize for Best Crime Novel in France. He lives in London. 'A deeply unsettling debut that asks the most terrifying question-what do you have left when you lose yourself?' Val McDermid 'A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller.' Lionel Shriver 'An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page.' Dennis Lehane 'Has an impossible-to-put-down quality... Before I Go to Sleep is a psychological thriller of intricacy and mind-bending qualities.' Herald Sun

Christine wakes in a strange bed beside a man she does not recognise. In the bathroom she finds a photograph of him taped to the mirror, and beneath it the words 'Your husband'. Each day, Christine wakes knowing nothing of her life. Each night, her mind erases the day. But before she goes to sleep, she will recover fragments from her past, flashbacks to the accident that damaged her, and then - mercifully - she will forget.

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S. J. Watson makes a splash with this startling thriller, which acclaimed novelist Tess Gerritsen calls "the best debut novel I have ever read." Christine wakes each morning unaware of who she is and unable to recognize the stranger in her bed. Prompted by her doctor, Christine writes a journal about her life and reads it each morning. And as fragments of her memory return, she uncovers the shocking reality of what triggered her condition.

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Fiction. Literature. Imagine awakening each morning not knowing who you are, where you live, and what happened in the years between what you can remember and each new day when you awaken. Orlagh Cassidy narrates Christine's chilling story of memory and forgetting. Afflicted with a strange form of amnesia as a result of an accident, she must write each day's details and revelations in a diary to keep track of them. Ben, her husband, tells her a mix of truths and lies, while her psychiatrist works to help her remember. Cassidy portrays Christine in crisp tones that alternate between cool, logical determination and the terror of remembering just snatches of her past. Cassidy draws listeners into the shadowy depths of Christine's increasing fear each time a snatch of memory returns. This novel will haunt listeners, and Cassidy's narration is top-notch. M.B.K. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine. HTML:

"Thebest debut novel I've ever read."—Tess Gerritsen,bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series

"Anexceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished thelast page." —Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Moonlight Mile

S. J. Watson makes his powerful debutwith this compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller,reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who,following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form newmemories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is—and whoshe can trust.

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S.J. Watson makes his powerful debut with this compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller, reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who, following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form new memories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is and who she can trust.

Before I Go to Sleep

S. J. Watson's astonishing debut, Before I Go to Sleep, is the must-read book of the year. Each night when Christine Lucas goes to sleep her mind erases the day. Each day when she wakes she tries to reconstruct her life, her identity, her marriage. But how can she know who she is if she forgets her past?.

The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--the disturbing psychological thriller--reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento--in which an amnesiac desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is and who she can trust, is now available in a special edition to tie-in with the release of the feature film starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. The sensational New York Times bestseller--now a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winners Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. "As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I am still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me. . . . " Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love--all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may be telling you only half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

In this gripping psychological thriller in the vein of "Shutter Island" and the film "Memento," an amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor.

Every day Christine wakes up not knowing where she is. Her memories disappear every time she falls asleep. Her husband, Ben, is a stranger to her, and he's obligated to explain their life together on a daily basis--all the result of a mysterious accident that made Christine an amnesiac.

Every morning Christine Lucas wakes without memories. Her past, her present, the people she loves -- all are erased every night when she goes to sleep.

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.`

As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me ...' Welcome to Christine's life. Quite simply the best debut novel I've ever read. - Tess Gerritsen. Brilliant in its pacing, profound in its central question, suspenseful on every page - and satisfying in its thriller ending. - Anita Shreve. A deft, perceptive exploration of a fascinating neurological condition, and a cracking good thriller. -Lionel Shriver. A terrific first novel - well-written, genuinely unsettling and psychologically very plausible. Thrillers seldom come much better than this. Loved it, read it in one - Joanne Harris. An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page - Dennis Lehane. So high-concept, so ambitious and so structurally brilliant.

Dennis Lehane said it was exceptional. Anita Shreve said it was brilliant, profound and suspenseful. Lionel Shriver said it was a cracking good thriller. Snapped up by more than thirty publishers and acquired for film, S. J. Watson's astonishing debut, Before I Go to Sleep, is the must-read book of the year.Each night when Christine Lucas g...

S. J. Watson makes his powerful debut with Before I Go to Sleep, a compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller, reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who, following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form n

'Mesmerising and unsettling . . . The best debut thriller for years' Sunday Times Now a major film starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong Over 7 million copies sold worldwide ____________ Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. ____________ Readers are obsessed with Before I Go To Sleep: ***** 'A genius plot with an incredible twist. Before I go to Sleep is one of the best books I've read in a very long time.' ***** 'The book had me gripped from the very beginning . . . a real can't-put-it-down-till-the-last-page read.' ***** 'It's dark, fascinating, original and addictive - l read it in a day.' ____________ Final Cut, the unputdownable new thriller from S. J. Watson, is out now.

Following a mysterious accident, a woman who cannot remember her past or form new memories desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is, and who she can trust.

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love, all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. Christine, an amnesiac who, following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form new memories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is and who she can trust. Winner of the 2011 Crime Writer's Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the Galaxy National UK Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year, 2011.

A promising writer makes his debut with this disturbing psychological thriller, reminiscent of "Shutter Island" and "Memento," in which an amnesiac desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is--and who she can trust.

Nearly strangled to death in her twenties, Christine awakens each morning with absolutely no memory of what happened then-or since. The stranger in her bed must explain that he is her husband, Ben. With the help of a doctor who determines to circumvent Ben, Christine starts a journal-though she must reread it each day, and the doctor must call to tell her where it is. The truth she uncovers is nothing like you'd expect. I've seen this debut, and, yes, it's a gripping, one-sitting psychological thriller.

GENERAL FICTION. Dennis Lehane said it was exceptional. Anita Shreve said it was brilliant, profound and suspenseful. Lionel Shriver said it was a cracking good thriller. Snapped up by more than thirty publishers and acquired for film, S. J. Watson's astonishing debut, Before I Go to Sleep, is the must-read book of the year.Each night when Christine Lucas goes to sleep her mind erases the day.Each day she wakes in a strange bed with a man she has never seen before. He explains that he is Ben, her husband, that she is forty-seven years old, and that an accident long ago damaged her memory.Each day she tries to reconstruct her life, her identity, her marriage.But how can she know who she is if she forgets her past?How can she love someone she can't remember?Are there things best forgotten?And why is she so frightened?'A deeply unsettling debut that asks the most terrifying question-what do you have left when you lose yourself?' Val McDermid.GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. Dennis Lehane said it was exceptional. Anita Shreve said it was brilliant, profound and suspenseful. Lionel Shriver said it was a cracking good thriller. Snapped up by more than thirty publishers and acquired for film, S. J. Watson's astonishing debut, Before I Go to Sleep, is the must-read book of the year.Each night when Christine Lucas goes to sleep her mind erases the day.Each day she wakes in a strange bed with a man she has never seen before. He explains that he is Ben, her husband, that she is forty-seven years old, and that an accident long ago damaged her memory.Each day she tries to reconstruct her life, her identity, her marriage.But how can she know who she is if she forgets her past?How can she love someone she can't remember?Are there things best forgotten?And why is she so frightened?'A deeply unsettling debut that asks the most terrifying question-what do you have left when you lose yourself?' Val McDermid.

"Every day Christine wakes up not knowing where she is. Her memories disappear every time she falls asleep. Her husband, Ben, is a stranger to her, and he's obligated to explain their life together on a daily basis. It is all the result of a mysterious accident that made Christine an amnesiac. With the encouragement of her doctor, Christine starts a journal to help jog her memory every day. One morning, she opens it and sees that she's written three unexpected and terrifying words: "Don't trust Ben." Suddenly everything her husband has told her falls under suspicion. What kind of accident caused her condition? Who can she trust? Why is Ben lying to her?"--Publisher's description.

Waking up every day not knowing where she is, who the man is beside her, or how she got there, Chrissie Lucas lives each day relying on what others tell her. An accident over twenty years ago has left Chrissie with a rare memory disorder. One where she can't retain new memories and has lost many of her old ones. Relying on her husband, Ben, to tell her about her life and fill in the gaps. Chrissie lives each day anew.

As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me... Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?

"Es ist wie sterben, jeden Tag. Immer und immer wieder." Ohne Erinnerung sind wir nichts. Stell dir vor, du verlierst sie immer wieder, sobald du einschläfst. Dein Name, deine Identität, die Menschen, die du liebst - alles über Nacht ausradiert. Es gibt nur eine Person, der du vertraust. Aber erzählt sie dir die ganze Wahrheit? Als Christine aufwacht, ist sie verstört: Das Schlafzimmer ist fremd, und neben ihr im Bett liegt ein unbekannter älterer Typ. Sie kann sich an nichts erinnern. Schockiert muss sie feststellen, dass sie nicht Anfang zwanzig ist, wie sie denkt, sondern 47, verheiratet und seit einem Unfall vor vielen Jahren in einer Amnesie gefangen. Jede Nacht vergisst sie alles, was gewesen ist. Sie ist völlig angewiesen auf ihren Mann Ben, der sich immer um sie gekümmert hat. Doch dann findet Christine ein Tagebuch. Es ist in ihrer Handschrift geschrieben - und was darin steht, ist mehr als beunruhigend. Was ist wirklich mit ihr passiert?

Publicado en 42 pa#65533;ses. Premio de la Crime Writer's Association al Mejor Debut del A#65533;o. Galaxy National Book Award a la Novela de Intriga del A#65533;o. Prix du Polar a la Mejor Novela de Intriga. #65533;Mientras duerma, mi mente borrar#65533; todo lo que he hecho hoy. E igual que hoy, me despertar#65533; ma#65533;ana. Pensando que soy joven. Pensando que a#65533;n tengo por delante toda una vida llena de posibilidades...#65533; Christine es incapaz de recordar. Debido a un terrible accidente, cada ma#65533;ana al despertar ha olvidado d#65533;nde est#65533;, por qu#65533; est#65533; all#65533; y qui#65533;n es el hombre que duerme a su lado. Ni tan siquiera se reconoce en la imagen que le devuelve el espejo. Vive atrapada en una existencia que depende de lo que le cuentan su paciente marido y el psic#65533;logo al que visita a escondidas de aqu#65533;l. Y tambi#65533;n de lo que escribe en el diario que esconde todas las noches antes de acostarse. Pero Christine no tarda en sospechar que alguien no est#65533; dici#65533;ndole toda la verdad, que las cosas no son lo que parecen y que sobre ella se cierne una amenaza cuya clave se encuentra oculta en su memoria. #65533;Qu#65533; suceder#65533;a si no recordaras tu nombre, tu identidad, tu pasado e incluso a todos a los que amas cada ma#65533;ana al despertar? Todo olvidado durante la noche, tu vida convertida en un rompecabezas. #65533;Y si, a dem#65533;s, sospecharas que la #65533;nica persona en la que conf#65533;as no te est#65533; contando toda la verdad? Con No conf#65533;es en nadie, un thriller psicol#65533;gico adictivo y de desenlace imprevisible, S.J. Watson deslumbr#65533; a la cr#65533;tica y los lectores de todo el mundo. Y su maestr#65533;a se reafirma con su segunda novela: Otra vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION S. J. Watson makes his powerful debut with this compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller,reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who,following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form newmemories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is--and whoshe can trust.

Sin el conocimiento de su marido, Christine, cuya memoria está dañado por un accidente de hace mucho tiempo, es tratado por un neurólogo que le ayuda a recordar su antiguo yo a través de las entradas de diario hasta que comienzan a surgir inconsistencias, que plantea interrogantes inquietantes.

¿Y SI OLVIDARAS QUIÉN ERES CADA VEZ QUE DESPIERTAS? 　 ¿Qué sucedería si cada mañana al despertar no recordaras tu nombre, tu identidad, tu pasado e incluso a todos a los que amas? Todo olvidado durante la noche, tu vida convertida en un rompecabezas. ¿Y si, además, sospecharas que la única persona en la que confías no está contándote toda la verdad? «Absolutamente asfixiante, perturbador y con un poder de atracción que ni el más guapo de Hollywood lucirá jamás. Así es No confíes en nadie, que promete no dejarnos dormir.» 20 minutos