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    One Among the Sleepless

    By Mike Bennett

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    Sex, Death, and Noisy Neighbours.

    A killer has come to town. The victims are connected; each pointing to the next, as if in answer to the question: Who is The One?
    Is it Peter Reynolds: mild-mannered office clerk pouring petrol through his neighbour’s letterbox in the middle of the night?
    Is it Wayne Dolan: a man whose sexual fantasies about his neighbour spiral into dangerous obsession when he learns of her secret life as a dominatrix?
    Or is it Gaz: leader of three friends who love nothing more than sex, weed and partying? All women are easy prey for his charms. All except Sally. And the one who doesn’t want him, is the one he has to have – whether she likes it or not.
    Mick Nixon has to find the connection, because people are disappearing. And if he and Sally are ever going to share more than just lunch, he’d better hurry up, or they could be next.
    A dark, funny, and at times horrific ride, One Among the Sleepless is a thriller set just below the surface of suburban existence. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll throw it through your neighbour’s window tied to a house brick!
    “A tale that’s harder to put down than a delicious bad habit.” Walt Kolenda. Examiner.com

    "It has everything, drama, suspense, humour and oddity; plus all the naughty bits. It’s a real human interest piece with a healthy dose of murder & bondage."
    Onion Petal. Podiobooks review of the podcast of One Among the Sleepless
    "I just can’t get enough of this book! It is fantastic, filled with absolutely everything – comedy, romance, death, and a nice healthy dose of sexual activity. Ok... perhaps healthy is pushing it a bit... I didn’t find one dull chapter in this weird, raunchy, thrilling novel."
    Ella. Podiobooks review of the podcast of One Among the Sleepless
    "Extraordinary! Absolute and unbridled genius. This novel, unrelenting in wit, humor, style and story offers just a glimpse at Bennett’s unique brilliance."
    Jake Slatnesky. Podiobooks review of the podcast of One Among the Sleepless
    "An interesting bunch of characters: the goofy stoners, the regular single girl who happens to be a dominatrix, and a pretty regular guy who proudly rides his chopper bicycle – even though he's an otherwise normal full-grown adult. But there's also the dim girl who'll do anything (yes anything) for the attentions of the guy of her dreams. And finally, there's a smelly homeless big guy with mirrored sunglasses and a conviction that out there somewhere is “The One” who he must let nothing and no-one get in the way of him “helping” ... I love this story."
    Kevin FirstPersonShow.net Amazon.co.uk review of the original paperback edition of One Among the Sleepless
    "Here you have a tale that will cause smiles, tears, laughter, shock, unease, horror and ultimately satisfaction. The pictures in my head were vivid and detailed as this story sped along and I am left feeling that I have lived with these people."
    Brella-Owul. Podiobooks review of the podcast of One Among the Sleepless
    "A dark humour which is compulsive reading. Nothing is predictable but everything is constant in its entertainment value."
    D.J. Hammond. Amazon.co.uk review of the original paperback edition of One Among the Sleepless.
    "Mike Bennett is a f**king genius. All the characters are not only personified to a scary realism, but shamefully relateable. Glen is the best supporting character since Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction."
    Cincy Loves Bennett. Podiobooks review of the podcast of One Among the Sleepless

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Bennett
    Release dateDec 10, 2012
    ISBN9781301702329
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    One Among the Sleepless
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    Mike Bennett

    Mike Bennett is a UK/Ireland based author and podcaster. His works include the award-winning vampire novel, Underwood and Flinch, the first book in the Underwood and Flinch Chronicles.

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    • 4/5
      The characters and excellent narration kept me glued to this one. The plot kind of fizzled at the end, but it was still totally worth it.
    • 4/5
      I first encountered One Among the Sleepless many years ago, when I listened to it as a story released in the form of a podcast. I continued following Mike Bennet's offerings, and while I eventually couldn't remember that much about One Among the Sleepless, I always remembered liking it. I therefore felt a little nervous about reading it. What if I didn't like it this time around?I still like it.From the outset, the story seems like a down to earth tale about relatively normal people living their lives in relatively normal ways. Then the book gradually takes a turn for the weird, gets stranger, and then goes onto rather cleverly bouncing back and forth between absurdity and utter normality. In a strange way the book never feels too ridiculous or unlikely, even at the heights of its absurdity.The book has a collection of interesting characters. They don't develop much, but they don't need to: they serve their purpose very well, and drive the story onward. Some of the characters are thoroughly likable, charming, and witty people. Others are horrible, strange, mad, or all of the above. These elements are balanced rather well.It has to be mentioned that this book has quite a large amount of debauchery in it. Thankfully it never seems out of place. Occasionally overdone, yes, but very deliberately so, and only to create the sense of excessiveness, and sometimes absurdity, that is called for in many of the book's scenes.My biggest problem with the book is the ending. While it wasn't bad, it seemed to fizzle out, giving the impression of ending without the story being quite finished. I'm all for open endings, but this seemed incomplete rather than open. It didn't leave me guessing, but rather left me just not knowing. It didn't even leave me with the feeling of anything being unresolved. It just stopped. In a story revolving so heavily around characters, it would be nice to have a little more closure for at least some of them.Overall One Among the Sleepless was a very enjoyable read. It's not for everyone, but if you aren't easily offended, if you like slightly strange stories, and if you feel like a quick, darkly funny, entertaining, very British piece of good fun, you could do much worse.