The Hours Before Dawn (Paperback)

from Liz1564

The back cover of Celia Fremlin's The Hours Before Dawn identifies it as a 1975 Edgar-winning thriller. I would put it more in the horror category. There were times I was so horrified I wanted to throw the book across the room. And I would bet that Fremlin would have appreciated the gesture. Loui...

from PatsyMurray

My mother had this book in her collection in the 1960s. I read it then and thought it so very good I have looked for it ever since. Last week I found it at Uncle Edgar's Bookshop in south Minneapolis. It really is as thrilling a read as I remembered! Today it is a bit dated because Louise, the ma...

from DeltaQueen50

In The Hours Before Dawn, author Celia Fremlin uses the clever idea of a mother's sleep deprivation to built her story upon. Louise Henderson has a very full plate indeed. Caring for three children, one a baby that cries incessantly every night between 2:00 am and dawn, dealing with a husband tha...

from ashleytylerjohn

An early relative of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, a domestic drama with an unreliable narrator (well, she's reliable, but she's so sleep-deprived that she gets confused), and a wonderful sense of lurking danger without being sure what might be coming and who might be the cause.The author ...

from auntieknickers

Protagonist has three children, including a new baby who won't sleep at night, and a traditional British husband who can't figure out why his shirts aren't being ironed properly. To help with expenses they take in a boarder and that's when things really start to go pear-shaped! Highly recommended...