If I Die Before I Wake

This is a debut to be reckoned with. – Barry Forshaw * Guardian *
The author conveys a real sense of the true horror of being locked inside a body that won’t move with a brain that still works. And she persuades us to stay with the story to its strangely exhilarating conclusion. – Christina Appleyard * Daily Mail *
The author conveys a real sense of the true horror of being locked inside a body that won’t move with a brain that still works. And she persuades us to stay with the story to its strangely exhilarating conclusion. – Christina Appleyard * Daily Mail *
If I Die Before I Wake is a captivating thriller by an exciting new voice. I read it in two days because I had to know who did it! Koch keeps you guessing until the very end. * Mary Lynn Bracht, author of White Chrysanthemum *
I loved If I Die Before I Wake. I was completely gripped - a sign of a true story-teller. It’s utterly compelling and has an ending that will rip the heart out of you. * Jo Spain, author of The Confession *
A great premise and really beautifully written, with a very moving ending. * Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home *
A crucial decision in fiction writing is point of view, and Koch, having found a striking angle, makes compelling use of it. – Mark Lawson * The Catholic Herald *
Gripping from the outset and beautifully told, If I Die Before I Wake sucks you in and stays with you long after the final page – Jo Jakeman, author of Sticks and Stones
One of the most intriguing premises I’ve ever seen in a crime novel… This is a tense, suspenseful novel which slowly builds up into an absolute page turner… this novel definitely establishes Koch’s name as an exciting writer in crime fiction – Milly Munro * Palatinate *

Emily Koch is an award-winning journalist and author of two novels, If I Die Before I Wake and Keep Him Close. Her books have been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, won France’s Prix du Bureau des Lecteurs Folio Policier, longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, and been selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Waterstones said her second novel ‘cements Koch’s place as one of the most exciting new crime writers of our day.’ She lives in Bristol.

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