"It's been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released from prison, she's wanted nothing more than to live a normal life: a nice flat, a steady job, even a few friends. But when one of those friends, Laura von Hoven - free-spirited beauty and wife of Nadja's boss - kills her lover and begs Nadja for her help, Nadja can't seem to be able to refuse. The two women make for a remote house in the woods, the perfect place to bury a body. But their plan quickly falls apart and Nadja finds herself outplayed, a pawn in a bizarre game in which she is both the perfect victim and the perfect murderer .


Coming in 2021 -- the mind-bending new thriller from the bestselling author of Dear Child It's been years since Nadja was convicted of a cruel crime. After her release from prison, she's wanted nothing more than to live a normal life. But then a murder occurs and a remote house in the woods becomes the scene of a bizarre game -- because Nadja's past makes her the perfect victim. And the perfect murderer . . . A haunting novel about guilt and retribution, Sleepless is the stunning sequel to the No 1 bestselling Dear Child (250.000 copies sold in Germany and soon to be published in 19 territories!) Praise for Romy Hausmann: 'A chilling, original and mesmerizing work. Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with. You can't stop reading' David Baldacci 'Deliciously dark' Alice Feeney 'Very compelling' Peter James 'Disturbingly good' Lesley Kara.