Sleeping with Friends

From the author of The Blondes comes a twisted, darkly humorous story about a woman’s attempted murder, her lost memories, and the old friends who try to put her back together—or finish her off for good.

When Mia Sinclair-Kroner wakes from a coma, all she can remember are the movies she’s known and loved. Her college friends quickly assemble for a weekend party, in an effort to help her remember. But with old friends come old wounds, and it soon becomes clear that Mia’s accident might not have been an accident at all.

Was it Agnes, driven by her unspoken resentments? Or Zoey, who covets everything Mia has? Have the years apart only fanned the extinguished flame between Ethan and Mia, compelling him to violence? Or did Victor, who moved away, return with an agenda? Or was it Martin, the wealthy husband, who put a country estate between Mia and her past?

As old tensions and new suspicions rise, these friends must wade through their film knowledge, shared history, and everything that’s kept them apart in order to figure out which one of them is trying to end things once and for all.

Emily Schultz is the cofounder of Joyland Magazine. Her most recent novel, Little Threats, was published by GP Putnam’s Sons and was named an Apple Books Best of November 2020 pick. Her novel The Blondes released in the United States with St. Martin’s Press and Picador, in France with Asphalte Éditions, and in Canada with Doubleday. It was named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Kirkus Reviews. The Blondes was produced as a scripted podcast starring Madeline Zima (Twin Peaks), created by Schultz and Brian J. Davis. Her writing has appeared in Elle, Slate, Evergreen Review, Vice, Today’s Parent, Hazlitt, the Hopkins Review, and Prairie Schooner. She lives in Brooklyn, where she is a producer with the indie media company Heroic Collective.

Her next novel will be Brooklyn Kills Me, also from Thomas & Mercer.

www.emilyschultz.com