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y separately published work icon Close Your Eyes single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Joe O'Loughlin Michael Robotham , 2003 series - author novel (number 7 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Close Your Eyes
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The chilling new psychological thriller from one of the most brilliant crime authors of today

I close my eyes and feel my heart begin racing

Someone is coming

They're going to find me

'A mother and her teenage daughter are found brutally murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defiled by multiple stab wounds and the other left lying like Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince. Reluctantly, clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is drawn into the investigation when a former student, calling himself the 'Mindhunter', trading on Joe's name, has jeopardised the police inquiry by leaking details to the media and stirring up public anger.

'With no shortage of suspects and tempers beginning to fray, Joe discovers links between these murders to a series of brutal attacks where the men and women are choked unconscious and the letter 'A' is carved into their foreheads.

As the case becomes ever more complex, nothing is quite what it seems and soon Joe's fate, and that of those closest to him, become intertwined with a merciless, unpredictable killer . . .' (Publication summary)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Schließe deine Augen Josef Rusnak , ( dir. Josef Rusnak ) Germany : Network Movie , 2021 21216610 2021 single work film/TV

Notes

  • Dedication: For all those victims of domestic violence - may we never close our eyes.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability

    Parkinson's disease.

    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2015 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 464p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 06 August 2015
      ISBN: 9780751552881
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27th September 2016
      ISBN: 9780733637209
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Sphere ,
      2016 .
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      Extent: 480p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 22 September 2016
      ISBN: 9781405530675
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Mulholland Books ,
      2017 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 7th 2017
      ISBN: 9780316267953
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2018 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 480p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 May 2018

      ISBN: 9780733637728, 9780733637735
Alternative title: Der Schlafmacher
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Goldmann ,
      2016 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 412p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 11 January 2016
      ISBN: 9783442314089

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Sound recording. (German)

Works about this Work

All Crime Is Psychological : Michael Robotham 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 22 February vol. 263 no. 8 2016;

'Professor Joe O'Loughlin takes center stage in Close Your Eyes, Michael Robotham's 10th series novel featuring an ensemble cast. In an interview, Robotham discusses the book.' (Publication abstract)

Well Read Margot Lloyd , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 November 2015; (p. 27)

— Review of The Heat Garry Disher , 2015 single work novel ; Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Crime Scene : Michael Robotham : Close Your Eyes Karen Chisholm , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2015;

— Review of Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of The Big Whatever Peter Doyle , 2015 single work novel ; Kingdom of the Strong Tony Cavanaugh , 2015 single work novel ; Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Review : Close Your Eyes Maryanne Vagg , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2015; (p. 45)

— Review of Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Tears before Bedtime at a Surprising Turn of Events Sue Turnbull , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2015; (p. 25) The Saturday Age , 22-23 August 2015; (p. 25)

— Review of Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Review : Close Your Eyes Maryanne Vagg , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2015; (p. 45)

— Review of Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of The Big Whatever Peter Doyle , 2015 single work novel ; Kingdom of the Strong Tony Cavanaugh , 2015 single work novel ; Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Crime Scene : Michael Robotham : Close Your Eyes Karen Chisholm , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2015;

— Review of Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
Well Read Margot Lloyd , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 November 2015; (p. 27)

— Review of The Heat Garry Disher , 2015 single work novel ; Close Your Eyes Michael Robotham , 2015 single work novel
All Crime Is Psychological : Michael Robotham 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , 22 February vol. 263 no. 8 2016;

'Professor Joe O'Loughlin takes center stage in Close Your Eyes, Michael Robotham's 10th series novel featuring an ensemble cast. In an interview, Robotham discusses the book.' (Publication abstract)

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